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 |
|---|---|
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑, 2036 Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 2036 Tu‑W 10 Tishrei |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 2036 Su‑Tu ‑, 2036 W‑Su 15-21 Tishrei |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 2036 Su‑M 22 Tishrei |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑, 2036 M‑Tu 23 Tishrei |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 2036 Sa‑Su 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2037 Sa‑Su 14 Adar |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑, 2037 M‑W ‑, 2037 Th‑Su ‑, 2037 Su‑Tu 15-22 Nisan |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 2037 Tu‑Th 6-7 Sivan |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 2037 M‑Tu 9 Av |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑, 2036 Th‑F 1 Tevet |
| North African Chanukah festival of daughters | |
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 2037 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2037 Su‑M 15 Adar |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Birkat Hachamah ☀️ | Apr 8, 2037 W 23 Nisan |
| A rare Jewish blessing recited once every 28 years thanking G-d for creating the sun | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 2037 Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 2037 Tu‑W 14 Iyyar |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 2037 Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 2037 Su‑M 15 Av |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 2037 Tu‑W 1 Elul |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 5, 2037 Sa 25 Elul |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays | |
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 |
|---|---|
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 24, 2036 W 3 Tishrei |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 28, 2036 Su 10 Tevet |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Feb 26, 2037 Th 11 Adar |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Mar 30, 2037 M 14 Nisan |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jun 30, 2037 Tu 17 Tamuz |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Oct 28, 2036 Tu 7 Cheshvan |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2036 Sa‑Su 12 Cheshvan |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2036 M‑Tu 6 Kislev |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2037 Sa‑Su 30 Sh'vat |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2037 Sa‑Su 11 Iyyar |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2037 Sa‑Su 29 Tamuz |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑, 2036 Tu‑W 29 Cheshvan |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2037 W‑Th 10 Nisan |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 2037 Su‑M 28 Nisan |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2037 Su‑M 5 Iyyar |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2037 M‑Tu 6 Iyyar |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2037 Tu‑W 28 Iyyar |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 2036 F‑Sa 6 Tishrei |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 2037 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 2037 F‑Sa 29 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 2037 F‑Sa 13 Adar |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑, 2037 F‑Sa 20 Adar |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 2037 F‑Sa 27 Adar |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 2037 F‑Sa 12 Nisan |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 2037 F‑Sa 6 Av |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 2037 F‑Sa 13 Av |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 2036 M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 2036 W‑Th 1 Kislev |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 2036 Th‑F 1 Tevet |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 2037 F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑, 2037 Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 2037 M‑Tu 1 Nisan |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 2037 Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 2037 Th‑F 1 Sivan |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 2037 F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 2037 Su‑M 1 Av |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 2037 M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |