The Jewish Year
Jewish Holiday Calendar
The Jewish calendar is lunisolar, it follows both the moon and the sun. Gregorian dates shift each year as the two calendars realign. The Hebrew months and their associated holidays remain constant; only the secular dates change.
Dates below show approximate Gregorian season. Consult a current Jewish calendar for exact dates each year.
Major Holiday
Minor Holiday / Other
Day of Mourning
January / February
Shevat15 Shevat
Tu B'Shvat →
New Year of the Trees
February / March
Adar14 Adar
Purim →
Feast of Lots, costumes, megillah, hamantaschen
March / April
Nisan15-22 Nisan
Passover (Pesach) →
Festival of Freedom, seder, matzah, exodus story
May / June
Sivan6-7 Sivan
Shavuot →
Festival of Weeks, Torah given at Sinai, dairy foods
July / August
Av9 Av
Tisha B'Av
Day of Mourning, destruction of the Temples
September / October
Tishrei1-2 Tishrei
Rosh Hashanah →
Jewish New Year, shofar, apples and honey
10 Tishrei
Yom Kippur →
Day of Atonement, holiest day, 25-hour fast
15-21 Tishrei
Sukkot →
Festival of Tabernacles, sukkah, four species
22-23 Tishrei
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah
Completing and restarting the Torah reading cycle
November / December
Kislev / Tevet25 Kislev, 2/3 Tevet
Hanukkah →
Festival of Lights, 8 nights, menorah, latkes
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