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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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