Upcoming Jewish Holiday 2025
The Jewish holidays include Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover, Shavuot, fast days and other special occasions.
Sunday, July 13, 2025 through Sunday, August 3, 2025
Work permitted, except Shabbat
- Fast of the 17th of Tammuz - July 13, 2025
- Fast of Tish'a B'Av - August 2 - 3, 2025
- Chabad Upper East Side Tisha B'Av Schedule
The “Three Weeks” and Tisha B’Av are designated as a time of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple and the galut (exile).
Saturday, August 9, 2025
No work is permitted due to Shabbat.
Our sages proclaimed the 15th of Av as one of the happiest days of the year, when Jewish maidens would go out to dance, hoping to attract fitting suitors.
Begins sunset of Monday, September 22, 2025
Ends nightfall of Wednesday, September 24, 2025
No work is permitted.
Rosh Hashanah, first of the High Holidays, is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G‑d as king.
Begins sunset of Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Ends nightfall of Thursday, October 2, 2025
No work is permitted.
Yizkor is recited on Yom Kippur, Thursday, October 2
Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, when we fast, pray, seek forgiveness from G‑d and our fellows, and come closer to G‑d. It is the peak of the High Holidays.
Begins sunset of Monday, October 6, 2025
Ends nightfall of Monday, October 13, 2025
No work permitted on October 7 - 8. Work is permitted on October 9 - 10 and October 12 - 13 with certain restrictions..
Dates listed are for outside Israel.
The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—is the holiday when we expose ourselves to the elements in covered huts, commemorating G‑d's sheltering our ancestors as they traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land. The Four Kinds express our unity and our belief in G‑d’s omnipresence. Coming after the solemn High Holidays, it is a time of joy and happiness
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Begins sunset of Monday, October 13, 2025
Ends nightfall of Wednesday, October 15, 2025
No work is permitted.
Yizkor is recited on Shemini Atzeret, Tuesday, October 14
Dates listed are for outside Israel.
Following the seven joyous days of Sukkot, comes the happy holiday known as Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah.
Begins sunset of Sunday, December 14, 2025
Ends nightfall of Monday, December 22, 2025
Work permitted, except Shabbat
Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the occupying mighty Greek armies.
Begins sunrise of Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Ends nightfall of Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Work permitted
On Asarah B'Tevet, the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Asarah B'Tevet is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance.
Monday, February 2, 2026
Work permitted
The 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees.
Begins sunset of Monday, March 2, 2026
Ends nightfall of Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Work should be avoided.
Consult a Rabbi if this is not possible.
Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia.
Begins sunset of Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Ends nightfall of Thursday, April 9, 2026
No work permitted on April 2 - 3 and April 8 - 9. Work is permitted only on April 5 - 7 with certain restrictions.
Yizkor is recited on Passover, Thursday, April 9
Dates listed are for outside Israel.
Passover (Pesach) celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Our Passover megasite has tools, guides, insights, stories, inspiration—and just about everything you need to celebrate Passover. (But bring your own wine.)
Friday, May 1, 2026
Work permitted
Thirty days ago we cleaned our homes and souls of leaven, and matzahed our way through the week-long festival of Passover. And now, Pesach Sheni—a second Passover experience!
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Work permitted
Lag BaOmer is a festive day on the Jewish calendar, celebrating the anniversary of the passing of the great sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and the end of a plague that raged amongst the disciples of the great sage Rabbi Akiva.
Begins sunset of Thursday, May 21, 2026
Ends nightfall of Saturday, May 23, 2026
No work is permitted.
Yizkor is recited on Shavuot, Saturday, May 23
Dates listed are for outside Israel.
Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues, just as they were in the desert on Mt. Sinai over 3,300 years ago.
Special Years & Periodic Events
Information on the septennial Hakhel and Shemitah (Sabbatical) years, and the once-in-28-years Sun Blessing.
List of approved dates to hold a Jewish wedding
Listing of Jewish Holidays for 2025
Listing of Jewish Holidays for 2026
Listing of Jewish Holidays for 2027
Special Dates on the Chabad Chassidic Calendar
