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Jewish Festivals and Fasts

Welcome to the Jewish Calendar here you will be able to find out all calendar information such as times and dates of all Jewish festivals and fasts.

Please be aware that many festivals do come in on the evening before the festival start date.

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Tu Bishvat
Mon Feb 9th
15 Shevat		 Sat Jan 30th
15 Shevat
Fast of Esther
 Mon Mar 9th
13 AdarI		 Thu Feb 25th
11 AdarI
Purim
 Tue Mar 10th
14 AdarI		 Sun Feb 28th
14 AdarI
Shushan Purim
Wed Mar 11th
15 AdarI		 Mon Mar 1st
15 AdarI
Fast of the Firstborn
Wed Apr 8th
14 Nisan		 Mon Mar 29th
14 Nisan
Pesach
 Thu Apr 9th - Thu Apr 16th
15 Nisan - 22 Nisan		 Tue Mar 30th - Tue Apr 6th
15 Nisan - 22 Nisan
Yom Hashoah
Tue Apr 21st
27 Nisan		 Sun Apr 11th
27 Nisan
Yom Hazikaron
 Tue Apr 28th
4 Iyyar		 Sun Apr 18th
4 Iyyar
Yom Ha'atzmaut
 Wed Apr 29th
5 Iyyar		 Mon Apr 19th
5 Iyyar
Lag B'Omer
 Tue May 12th
18 Iyyar		 Sun May 2nd
18 Iyyar
Yom Yerushalayim
Fri May 22nd
28 Iyyar		 Wed May 12th
28 Iyyar
Shavuot
 Fri May 29th - Sat May 30th
6 Sivan - 7 Sivan		 Wed May 19th - Thu May 20th
6 Sivan - 7 Sivan
Fast of Tammuz
 Thu Jul 9th
17 Tammuz		 Tue Jun 29th
17 Tammuz
Tisha B'Av
 Thu Jul 30th
9 Av		 Tue Jul 20th
9 Av
Rosh Hashanah
 Sat Sep 19th - Sun Sep 20th
1 Tishri - 2 Tishri		 Thu Sep 9th - Fri Sep 10th
1 Tishri - 2 Tishri
Fast of Gedalliah
 Mon Sep 21st
3 Tishri		 Sat Sep 11th
3 Tishri
Yom Kippur
 Mon Sep 28th
10 Tishri		 Sat Sep 18th
10 Tishri
Succot
 Sat Oct 3rd - Fri Oct 9th
15 Tishri - 21 Tishri		 Thu Sep 23rd - Wed Sep 29th
15 Tishri - 21 Tishri
Hoshannah Rabbah
 Fri Oct 9th
21 Tishri		 Wed Sep 29th
21 Tishri
Shemini Atzeret
 Sat Oct 10th
22 Tishri		 Thu Sep 30th
22 Tishri
Simchat Torah
 Sun Oct 11th
23 Tishri		 Fri Oct 1st
23 Tishri
Chanukah
 Sat Dec 12th - Sun Dec 20th
25 Kislev - 3 Tevet		 Thu Dec 2nd - Fri Dec 10th
25 Kislev - 3 Tevet
Fast of Tevet
Tue Jan 6th
10 Tevet		 Fri Dec 17th
10 Tevet