Jewish holidays

This list gives an overview of Jewish festivals, broken down by the feasts of Ordinary Days and division of the Jewish calendar, the newer government -Israeli holidays, as well as other holidays and fast days of Judaism.

Fixed in Ordinary Time

• Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew ראש השנה New Year, 1st - 2nd of Tishri )
• Yom Kippur (Hebrew יום כיפור Atonement, Tishri 10 )
• Sukkot (Hebrew סוכות Feast of Tabernacles, 15th - 23rd Tishri )
• Hoshana Rabba ( the seventh day of celebration, 21 Tishri )
• Shemini Atzeret (Hebrew שמיני עצרת the eighth day of celebration, 22 Tishri )
• Simchat Torah (Hebrew שמחת תורה Torafreude, 23 Tishri )
• Hanukkah (Hebrew חנוכה consecration festival, 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet )
• Tu biSchevat (Hebrew ראש השנה לאילנות New Year of the Trees, 15 Schevat )
• Purim (Hebrew פורים Feast of Lots, 14th or 15th of Adar )
• Passover (Hebrew פסח exceeded, 15th - 22nd of Nisan, in Israel until 21 Nissan)
• Lag baomer (Hebrew ל"ג בעומר thirty-third [ day] of the Omer [ time ], 18 Iyar )
• Shavuot (Hebrew שבועות Feast of Weeks, 6 - 7th of Sivan )
• Tu B'Av ( Av 15 )

Recent Israeli Holidays

• Yom haScho'a - Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Yom Hazikaron - Memorial Day for fallen Israeli soldiers
• Yom haAtzma'ut - Israeli Independence Day
• Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day

Other holidays

• Sabbath ( שבת weekly day of rest)
• Brit Milah ( circumcision ברית מילה )
• Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah ( בת מיצוה בר מיצוה or religious maturity )
• Rosh Chodesh ( ראש חודש monthly day of the appearing crescent moon )

Fasts

• Zom Gedaliah ( Tishri 3 )
• Assara beTevet ( 10 Tevet )
• Ta'anit Esther (13th of Adar )
• Fast of the Firstborn ( Nisan 14 )
• Shiva Assar beTammus ( 17th of Tammuz )
• Tisha Beav ( תשעה באב destruction of the two temples, 9th of Av )