Jewish Holidays 2016

Dates of major and minor Jewish holidays, observances and customs, holiday Torah readings.

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Tu BiShvat  🌳

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15 Sh’vat 5776

New Year for Trees. Tu BiShvat is one of four “New Years” mentioned in the Mishnah.

Purim  🎭️📜

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14 Adar II 5776

Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination.

Pesach  🫓

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Dates listed are for Israel 🇮🇱
15-21 Nisan 5776

Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Also called Chag HaMatzot (the Festival of Matzah), it commemorates the Exodus and freedom of the Israelites from ancient Egypt.

Lag BaOmer  🔥

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18 Iyyar 5776

33rd day of counting the Omer. The holiday is a temporary break from the semi-mourning period the counting of the Omer. Practices include lighting bonfires, getting haircuts, and Jewish weddings.

Shavuot  ⛰️🌸

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Dates listed are for Israel 🇮🇱
6 Sivan 5776

Festival of Weeks. Commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.

Tish’a B’Av  ✡️

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10 Av 5776

The Ninth of Av. Fast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples.

Tu B’Av  ❤️

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15 Av 5776

Minor Jewish holiday of love. Observed on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av.

Rosh Hashana  🍏🍯

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1-2 Tishrei 5777

The Jewish New Year. Also spelled Rosh Hashanah.

Yom Kippur  ✡️

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10 Tishrei 5777

Day of Atonement. The holiest day of the year in Judaism, traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.

Sukkot  🌿🍋

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15-21 Tishrei 5777

Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, shalosh regalim).

Shmini Atzeret & Simchat Torah

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Dates listed are for Israel 🇮🇱
22 Tishrei 5777

Eighth Day of Assembly. Immediately following Sukkot, it is observed as a separate holiday in the Diaspora and is combined with Simchat Torah in Israel.

Chanukah  🕎

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25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5777

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah).

Modern holidays 🇮🇱

Modern Israeli holidays are national holidays officially recognized by the Knesset, Israel's parliament.

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Family Day 30 Sh’vat
Yom HaShoah 27 Nisan
Yom HaZikaron 3 Iyyar
Yom HaAtzma'ut 4 Iyyar
Herzl Day 10 Iyyar
Yom Yerushalayim 28 Iyyar
Jabotinsky Day 29 Tamuz
Yom HaAliyah School Observance 7 Cheshvan
Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 12 Cheshvan
Sigd 29 Cheshvan
Ben-Gurion Day 6 Kislev

Rosh Chodesh 🌒

רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon.

Note: the first day of Tishrei is not considered Rosh Chodesh. The holiday that occurs on the 1st day of Tishrei is called Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. For the month of Tishrei, the major holiday of Rosh Hashana takes precedence over what would be a minor holiday.

Rosh ChodeshStartsEnds
Sh'vat
Adar I
Adar II
Nisan
Iyyar
Sivan
Tamuz
Av
Elul
Cheshvan
Kislev
Tevet
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