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 9
and ends at nightfall on Sep 11.
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 |
|---|---|
| Pesach 🫓 | ‑ M‑Tu ‑ W‑Su ‑ Su‑M 15-21 Nisan 5797 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Tu‑W 6 Sivan 5797 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ W‑F 1-2 Tishrei 5798 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Tishrei 5798 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ W‑Th ‑ F‑W 15-21 Tishrei 5798 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 22 Tishrei 5798 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ W‑Th 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5798 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5797 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Adar 5797 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Adar 5797 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5797 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 14 Iyyar 5797 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar 5797 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Su‑M 15 Av 5797 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Elul 5797 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 5 Sa 25 Elul 5797 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Ta'anit Esther | Feb 26 Th 11 Adar 5797 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Mar 30 M 14 Nisan 5797 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jun 30 Tu 17 Tamuz 5797 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 9 Av 5797 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 13 Su 4 Tishrei 5798 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 18 F 10 Tevet 5798 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 10 Nisan 5797 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 28 Nisan 5797 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 5 Iyyar 5797 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 6 Iyyar 5797 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 28 Iyyar 5797 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | ‑ F 7 Cheshvan 5798 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Cheshvan 5798 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5797 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Sh'vat 5797 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Adar 5797 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 20 Adar 5797 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Adar 5797 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 12 Nisan 5797 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Av 5797 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Av 5797 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 3 Tishrei 5798 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat 5797 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5797 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Nisan 5797 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5797 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Th‑F 1 Sivan 5797 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5797 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Su‑M 1 Av 5797 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul 5797 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5798 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5798 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ M‑W 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5798 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |