Jewish
Holidays

Jewish festivals occur on the Hebrew calendar, which is based on both the sun and moon’s cycles—vs. the Gregorian calendar, which is based solely on the sun’s. Jewish holidays encompass biblical festivals, seasonal milestones, historical celebrations, and rabbinic observations.

There are multiple terms in the Hebrew language to distinguish between holidays—Festival Days refer to the six Biblically-mandated festival dates, while High Holy Days refer to Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, and the Three Pilgrimage Festivals commemorate historical Jewish migrations.

It is also important to note that Jewish “holidays” begin and end at sunset, rather than at midnight—as in the Gregorian calendar.

DateHolidayCategoryTags
Jan 27 Monday
Auschwitz Liberation Day , ,
Holocaust Memorial Day , ,
International Holocaust Remembrance Day , ,
Feb 6 Thursday
Tu BiShvat , ,
Feb 8 Saturday
Scout Sabbath ,
Feb 9 Sunday
National Bagel and Lox Day ,
Mar 2 Saturday
Jewish Book Week , ,
Mar 23 Saturday
Erev Purim ,
Esther Fast ,
Mar 24 Sunday
Purim , ,
Apr 22 Monday
Passover , ,
Pesach , ,
Apr 30 Tuesday
Last day of Passover ,
May 1 Wednesday
Jewish American Heritage Month , ,
May 4 Saturday
Yom HaShoah , ,
May 12 Sunday
Yom HaAtzmaut , ,
May 13 Monday
Israel Independence Day , ,
May 21 Tuesday
Pesach Sheni ,
May 26 Sunday
Lag BaOmer , ,
Jun 5 Wednesday
Jerusalem Day
Jun 11 Tuesday
Erev Shavuot
Shavuot
Jul 16 Tuesday
Ashura ,
Jul 23 Tuesday
Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz , ,
Fast of Tammuz , ,
Aug 12 Monday
Tisha B'Av ,
Aug 13 Tuesday
Fast of Ninth of Av , ,
Aug 18 Sunday
Tu B'Av ,
Oct 2 Wednesday
Rosh Hashanah
Oct 5 Saturday
Gedaliah Fast
Oct 12 Saturday
Yom Kippur
Oct 16 Wednesday
Sukkot ,
Oct 22 Tuesday
Hoshana Rabbah
Oct 24 Thursday
Shemini Atzeret
Oct 25 Friday
Simchat Torah
Nov 29 Friday
Sigd Day , ,
Dec 7 Saturday
Hanukkah , ,