Jewish Holidays 2026
The full Hebrew year 5786–5787 with dates, candle lighting, and what each holiday celebrates.
Jewish holidays begin at sundown the evening before the date listed (Hebrew days start at sunset). Here is the complete 2026 calendar — every major and minor holiday — with what to expect.
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- Purim — March 3 (Tue). The story of Esther; reading the Megillah, costumes, mishloach manot.
- Passover (Pesach) — April 1–9. Begins with the Seder Wednesday night. Leavened bread is removed from the home for 8 days.
- Yom HaShoah — April 14. Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- Yom HaZikaron — April 21. Israeli Memorial Day.
- Yom HaAtzmaut — April 22. Israeli Independence Day.
- Lag BaOmer — May 5. 33rd day of the Omer count; bonfires and weddings allowed.
- Shavuot — May 22–24. The giving of the Torah at Sinai. All-night learning is traditional.
Summer 2026
- 17th of Tammuz — July 2 (fast day, walls of Jerusalem breached).
- Tisha B'Av — July 23. Major fast day mourning the destruction of both Temples.
High Holy Days (Fall 2026)
- Rosh Hashanah — Sept 11–13. The Jewish new year, beginning of 10 days of repentance.
- Yom Kippur — Sept 20–21. Day of Atonement. 25-hour fast.
- Sukkot — Sept 25–Oct 2. The festival of booths; meals in the sukkah for 7 days.
- Shemini Atzeret — Oct 3.
- Simchat Torah — Oct 4. Completion and restart of the annual Torah cycle.
Winter 2026
- Hanukkah — Dec 4–12. 8 nights of lighting the chanukiah, latkes, sufganiyot.
- Tu BiShvat — Jan 13, 2026. New year of the trees.
Shabbat candle lighting
Every Friday at sundown. Light at least 18 minutes before sunset. Your local Chabad or synagogue website lists exact times for your zip code.
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