Jewish Holiday Calendar
Complete calendar of all Jewish holidays and observances with Hebrew dates, meanings, and traditions — from Rosh Hashanah to Tisha B'Av. Updated for any year.
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🌟 About Jewish Holidays
Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew lunisolar calendar and carry deep religious, historical, and cultural significance developed over three millennia.
🎺 Yamim Noraim – Days of Awe
The High Holy Days span from Rosh Hashanah (1–2 Tishrei) through Yom Kippur (10 Tishrei). Rosh Hashanah marks the Jewish New Year and the anniversary of creation. The shofar (ram's horn) is blown 100 times. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year — a 25-hour fast with five prayer services and deep introspection. Between them, the 10 Days of Repentance (Aseret Yemei Teshuvah) are a time for reflection and atonement.
🌿 Sukkot – Feast of Tabernacles
Sukkot (15–21 Tishrei) is a week-long festival celebrating the harvest and commemorating the 40 years of desert wandering. Jews build a sukkah (temporary outdoor structure) and eat meals inside. The Four Species — lulav (palm), etrog (citron), hadassim (myrtle), and aravot (willow) — are waved in all four directions plus up and down. Hoshana Raba (21 Tishrei) is the final day of intense prayer, and Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah concludes the holiday cycle.
🕎 Hanukkah – Festival of Lights
Hanukkah (25 Kislev, 8 days) celebrates the Maccabee victory over the Seleucid Empire and the miracle of one day's oil burning for 8 days in the rededicated Temple. The chanukiyah (9-branched menorah) is lit each night — one additional candle per night. Hanukkah traditions include dreidel (spinning top), gelt (chocolate coins), and fried foods like latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts).
🍷 Pesach – Passover
Pesach (15–22 Nisan, 8 days) commemorates the Exodus from Egypt under Moses. The Passover Seder on the first two nights retells the Exodus story through the Haggadah, with symbolic foods on the Seder plate: matzah (unleavened bread), maror (bitter herbs), charoset, zeroa (shankbone), and beitzah (egg). All chametz (leavened products) are removed from the home. Pesach is the most widely observed Jewish holiday worldwide.