2022 – 2023 Jewish Holiday Calendar 5783 (2024)

September
Rosh Hashana – Sundown on Sunday, September 25th – Nightfall on Tuesday, September 27th

October
Yom Kippur – Sundown on Tuesday, October 4th – Nightfall on Wednesday, October 5th
Sukkot – Sundown on Sunday, October 9th – Nightfall on Sunday, October 16th
Shemini Atzeret – Sundown on Sunday, October 16th – Nightfall on Monday, October 17th
Simchat Torah – Sundown on Monday, October 17th – Nightfall on Tuesday, October 18th

December
Chanukah – Sundown on Sunday, December 18th – Nightfall on Monday, December 26th

February
Tu B’Shevat – Sundown on Sunday, February 5th – Nightfall on Monday, February 6th

March
Purim – Sundown on Monday, March 6th – Nightfall on Tuesday, March 7th

April
Passover – Sundown on Wednesday, April 5th – Nightfall on Thursday, April 13th

May
Lag BaOmer – Sundown on Monday, May 8th – Nightfall on Tuesday, May 9th
Shavuot – Sundownon Thursday, May 25th – Nightfall on Saturday, May 27th

July
Tisha B’Av – Sundown on Wednesay, July 26th – Nightfall on Thursday, July 27th

August
Tu B’Av – Sundown on Tuesday, August 1st – Nightfall on Wednesday, August 2nd

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Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew:ראש השנה), (literally “head of the year”), is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim (“Days of Awe”), celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur.

Rosh Hashanah is observed on the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. It is described in the Torah asיום תרועה(Yom Teru’ah, a day of sounding [the Shofar]).

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Yom Kippur (Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּרorיום הכיפורים), Also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance.

Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days (or sometimes “the Days of Awe”).

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Sukkot (Hebrew:סוכותorסֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, or sukkos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October).

It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Jews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.

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Shemini Atzeret (שמיני עצרת– “the Eighth [day] of Assembly”) is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei (first month of calendar).

In the Diaspora, an additional day is celebrated, the second day being separately referred to as Simchat Torah. In Israel and Reform Judaism, the holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are combined into a single day and the names are used interchangeably.

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Simchat Torah or Simḥath Torah (also Simkhes Toreh, Hebrew:שִׂמְחַת תורָה, lit., “Rejoicing with/of the Torah,”) is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle.

Simchat Torah is a component of the Biblical Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret (“Eighth Day of Assembly”), which follows immediately after the festival of Sukkot in the month of Tishrei (mid-September to early October on the Gregorian calendar).

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Hanukkah (Hebrew:חֲנֻכָּה, usually spelledחנוכהpronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah or Chanuka), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.

Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

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Tu BiShvat or Tu B’Shevat or Tu B’Shvat (Hebrew:ט״ו בשבט‎) is a minor Jewish holiday, occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat.

It is also called “The New Year of the Trees” or (Hebrew:ראש השנה לאילנות, Rosh HaShanah La’Ilanot‎). Tu BiShvat is one of four “New Years” mentioned in the Mishnah.

Purim פּוּרִים

Begins at sundown on Monday, March 6th

Ends at nightfall on Tuesday, March 7th

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Passover (Hebrew:פֶּסַחPesach) commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt.

Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, which is in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for seven or eight days. It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays.

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Lag BaOmer (Hebrew:ל״ג בעומר), also Lag B’Omer, is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar.

One reason given for the holiday is as the day of passing of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Modern Jewish tradition links the holiday to the Bar Kokhba Revolt against the Roman Empire (132-135 CE). In Israel, it is celebrated as a symbol for the fighting Jewish spirit.

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The festival of Shavuot (or Shavuos, in Ashkenazi usage; Shabhuʿoth in Classical and Mizrahi Hebrew Hebrew:שבועות, lit. “Weeks”) is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June).

Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day G-d gave the Torah to the entire Israelite nation assembled at Mount Sinai, although the association between the giving of the Torah (Matan Torah) and Shavuot is not explicit in the Biblical text. The holiday is one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer.

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Tisha B’Av (Hebrew:תשעה באבorט׳ באב, “the Ninth of Av,”) is an annual fast day in Judaism, named for the ninth day (Tisha) of the month of Av in the Hebrew calendar.

The fast commemorates the destruction of both the First Temple and Second Temple in Jerusalem, which occurred about 655 years apart, but on the same Hebrew calendar date. Tisha B’Av is never observed on Shabbat. If the 9th of Av falls on a Saturday, the fast is postponed until the 10th of Av.

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Tu B’Av (Hebrew:ט״ו באב, the fifteenth of the month Av) is a minor Jewish holiday.

In modern-day Israel, it is celebrated as a holiday of love (Hebrew:חג האהבה‎, Hag HaAhava), similar to Valentine’s Day. It has been said to be a “great day for weddings”.