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 30
and ends at nightfall on Oct 2.
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 |
|---|---|
| Pesach 🫓 | ‑ F‑Sa * ‑ Su‑Th ‑ Th‑F 15-21 Nisan 5806 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Sa‑Su * 6 Sivan 5806 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 10 Av 5806 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei 5807 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Tishrei 5807 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ Su‑M * ‑ Tu‑Su 15-21 Tishrei 5807 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M * 22 Tishrei 5807 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Su‑M 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5807 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Sh'vat 5806 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑ M‑Tu 14 Adar I 5806 |
| Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
| Shushan Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Adar I 5806 |
| Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ W‑Th 14 Adar II 5806 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 15 Adar II 5806 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Sa‑Sa 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5806 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Iyyar 5806 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ W‑Th 18 Iyyar 5806 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Th‑F 15 Av 5806 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Elul 5806 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 22 Sa 21 Elul 5806 |
| 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 | Mar 21 W 13 Adar II 5806 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 20 F 14 Nisan 5806 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 22 Su 18 Tamuz 5806 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Oct 3 W 3 Tishrei 5807 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 30 Sh'vat 5806 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 10 Nisan 5806 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 27 Nisan 5806 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 3 Iyyar 5806 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 4 Iyyar 5806 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Iyyar 5806 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 28 Iyyar 5806 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 29 Tamuz 5806 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Nov 6 Tu 7 Cheshvan 5807 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 12 Cheshvan 5807 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 29 Cheshvan 5807 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 6 Kislev 5807 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Sh'vat 5806 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Adar I 5806 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Adar II 5806 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 23 Adar II 5806 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5806 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Nisan 5806 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Av 5806 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 16 Av 5806 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Tishrei 5807 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Su‑M 1 Sh'vat 5806 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑ M‑W 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I 5806 |
| Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar II | ‑ W‑F 30 Adar I - 1 Adar II 5806 |
| Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5806 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5806 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Sivan 5806 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5806 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Th‑F 1 Av 5806 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ F‑Su 30 Av - 1 Elul 5806 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5807 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ W‑F 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5807 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ F‑Su 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5807 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |