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 Oct 4
and ends at nightfall on Oct 6.
This page displays the Israel holiday schedule. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of 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 🍏🍯 | ‑, 2043 Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 2043 Tu‑W 10 Tishrei |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 2043 Su‑M * ‑, 2043 Tu‑Su 15-21 Tishrei |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 2043 Su‑M * 22 Tishrei |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 2044 Sa‑Su 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2044 Sa‑Su 14 Adar |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓 | ‑, 2044 M‑Tu * ‑, 2044 W‑Su ‑, 2044 Su‑M 15-21 Nisan |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 2044 Tu‑W * 6 Sivan |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 2044 M‑Tu 9 Av |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑, 2044 Th‑F 1 Tevet |
| North African Chanukah festival of daughters | |
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 2044 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2044 Su‑M 15 Adar |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 2044 Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 2044 Tu‑W 14 Iyyar |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 2044 Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 2044 Su‑M 15 Av |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 2044 Tu‑W 1 Elul |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 17, 2044 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 | Oct 7, 2043 W 3 Tishrei |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Jan 10, 2044 Su 10 Tevet |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 10, 2044 Th 11 Adar |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 11, 2044 M 14 Nisan |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 12, 2044 Tu 17 Tamuz |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Nov 10, 2043 Tu 7 Cheshvan |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2043 Sa‑Su 12 Cheshvan |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑, 2043 Tu‑W 29 Cheshvan |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2043 M‑Tu 6 Kislev |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2044 Sa‑Su 30 Sh'vat |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2044 W‑Th 10 Nisan |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 2044 Su‑M 28 Nisan |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2044 Su‑M 5 Iyyar |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2044 M‑Tu 6 Iyyar |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2044 Sa‑Su 11 Iyyar |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2044 Tu‑W 28 Iyyar |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2044 Sa‑Su 29 Tamuz |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 2043 F‑Sa 6 Tishrei |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 2044 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 2044 F‑Sa 29 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 2044 F‑Sa 13 Adar |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑, 2044 F‑Sa 20 Adar |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 2044 F‑Sa 27 Adar |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 2044 F‑Sa 12 Nisan |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 2044 F‑Sa 6 Av |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 2044 F‑Sa 13 Av |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 2043 M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 2043 W‑Th 1 Kislev |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 2044 Th‑F 1 Tevet |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 2044 F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑, 2044 Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 2044 M‑Tu 1 Nisan |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 2044 Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 2044 Th‑F 1 Sivan |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 2044 F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 2044 Su‑M 1 Av |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 2044 M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |