Upcoming Jewish Holidays 2022
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Shavuout
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Begins sunset of Saturday, June 4, 2022 No work is permitted. Yizkor is recited on Shavuot, Monday, June 6 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. |
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The Three Weeks and Tisha B'Av
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Saturday, July 16, 2022 through Sunday, August 7, 2022 Work permitted, except Shabbat 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). |
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Tu B'Av
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Friday, August 12, 2022 Work permitted Our sages proclaimed the 15th of Av as one of the two greatest festivals of the year, yet they ordained no special observances or celebrations for it . . . |
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Rosh Hashanah
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Begins sunset of Sunday, September 25, 2022 No work is permitted. Rosh Hashanah 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. |
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Yom Kippur
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Begins sunset of Tuesday, October 4, 2022 No work is permitted. Yizkor is recited on Yom Kippur, Wednesday, October 5 Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year—the day on which we are closest to G‑d and to the quintessence of our own souls. It is the Day of Atonement—“For on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins before G‑d” (Leviticus 16:30). |
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Sukkot
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Begins sunset of Sunday, October 9, 2022 No work permitted on October 10 - 11. Work is permitted on October 12 - 14 and October 16 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 |
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Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
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Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah Begins sunset of Sunday, October 16, 2022 No work is permitted. Yizkor is recited on Shemini Atzeret, Monday, October 17 Dates listed are for outside Israel. Following the seven joyous days of Sukkot, comes the happy holiday known as Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah. |
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Chanukah
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Begins sunset of Sunday, December 18, 2022 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. |
