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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

Shevat
15 Shevat
Tu B'Shvat

New Year of the Trees

February / March

Adar
14 Adar
Purim

Feast of Lots, costumes, megillah, hamantaschen

March / April

Nisan
15-22 Nisan
Passover (Pesach)

Festival of Freedom, seder, matzah, exodus story

May / June

Sivan
6-7 Sivan
Shavuot

Festival of Weeks, Torah given at Sinai, dairy foods

July / August

Av
9 Av
Tisha B'Av

Day of Mourning, destruction of the Temples

September / October

Tishrei
1-2 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 / Tevet
25 Kislev, 2/3 Tevet
Hanukkah

Festival of Lights, 8 nights, menorah, latkes

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