Except for minor fasts, holidays begin at sundown on the first date specified and
end at nightfall on the last date specified.
For example, if the dates for Rosh Hashana are listed as
-,
then the holiday begins at sundown on Sep 21
and ends at nightfall on Sep 23.
This page displays the Diaspora holiday schedule. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.
Dates in bold are yom tov, so they have similar obligations and restrictions to Shabbat in the sense that normal “work” is forbidden.
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ W‑Th 14 Adar 5796 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑ F‑Su ‑ M‑Th ‑ Th‑Sa 15-22 Nisan 5796 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Sa‑M 6-7 Sivan 5796 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 10 Av 5796 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei 5797 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Tishrei 5797 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ Su‑Tu ‑ W‑Su 15-21 Tishrei 5797 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 22 Tishrei 5797 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 23 Tishrei 5797 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Sa‑Su 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5797 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Sh'vat 5796 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 15 Adar 5796 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Sa‑Sa 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5796 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Iyyar 5796 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ W‑Th 18 Iyyar 5796 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Th‑F 15 Av 5796 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Elul 5796 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 13 Sa 21 Elul 5796 |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays | |
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 1 Tevet 5797 |
| North African Chanukah festival of daughters | |
Minor fasts begin at dawn and end at nightfall.
Tish'a B'Av begins at sundown on the first date specified and ends at nightfall on the second date specified.
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Asara B'Tevet | Jan 10 Th 10 Tevet 5796 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 12 W 13 Adar 5796 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 11 F 14 Nisan 5796 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 13 Su 18 Tamuz 5796 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 24 W 3 Tishrei 5797 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 28 Su 10 Tevet 5797 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 30 Sh'vat 5796 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Iyyar 5796 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 29 Tamuz 5796 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Oct 28 Tu 7 Cheshvan 5797 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 12 Cheshvan 5797 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 6 Kislev 5797 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 10 Nisan 5796 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 27 Nisan 5796 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 3 Iyyar 5796 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 4 Iyyar 5796 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 28 Iyyar 5796 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 29 Cheshvan 5797 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Sh'vat 5796 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Sh'vat 5796 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Adar 5796 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 23 Adar 5796 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5796 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Nisan 5796 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Av 5796 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 16 Av 5796 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Tishrei 5797 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Tevet 5796 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Sh'vat 5796 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ W‑F 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5796 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5796 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5796 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Sivan 5796 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5796 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Th‑F 1 Av 5796 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ F‑Su 30 Av - 1 Elul 5796 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5797 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ W‑Th 1 Kislev 5797 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Th‑F 1 Tevet 5797 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |