Calendar and Dates of Jewish Holidays

Judaism is an ancient monotheistic religion with the Torah as its holy text1. There are an estimated six million people who identify as Jewish living in the United States of America2. This accounts for only 2% of the American population2. However, there is much controversy over who is actually considered to be Jewish because of both religious and cultural differences among individuals, families, and sects3. Although originally founded as a religion, many Jews consider themselves not as religious, but as ethnically or culturally Jewish only4.
There are eight major and eight minor holidays in the Jewish faith5. Regardless of religious devotion, most Jews in the US participate in the major holidays6. The most significant of which is Passover6. At this day, a large meal called a Seder is eaten with family and friends to recount the story of the Jewish people escaping enslavement in Egypt and finding their own land after wandering through the desert6. Although a minor holiday elsewhere in the world, Hanukkah has also become widely observed because of its proximity to Christmas7. Other than that, Jewish holidays are celebrated to varying degrees7.
Jewish Holidays Dates 2023, 2024 and 2025
- Tu Bishvat
- Monday, February 6, 2023
- Thursday, January 25, 2024
- Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Purim
- Tuesday, March 7, 2023
- Sunday, March 24, 2024
- Friday, March 14, 2025
- Pesach
- from Thursday, April 6 to Thursday, April 13, 2023
- from Tuesday, April 23 to Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- from Sunday, April 13 to Sunday, April 20, 2025
- Lag Ba'Omer
- Tuesday, May 9, 2023
- Sunday, May 26, 2024
- Friday, May 16, 2025
- Shavuot
- Friday, 26 and Saturday, May 27, 2023
- Wednesday, 12 and Thursday, June 13, 2024
- Monday, 2 and Tuesday, June 3, 2025
- Tisha B'Av
- Thursday, July 27, 2023
In NYC, starts Wednesday at 8:19 PM and ends Thursday at 9:03 PM - Tuesday, August 13, 2024
In NYC, starts Monday at 7:58 PM and ends Tuesday at 8:42 PM - Sunday, August 3, 2025
In NYC, starts Saturday at 8:11 PM and ends Sunday at 8:55 PM
- Thursday, July 27, 2023
- Rosh Hashanah
- Saturday, 16 and Sunday, September 17, 2023
In NYC, starts Friday at 6:48 PM and ends Sunday at 7:48 PM - Thursday, 3 and Friday, October 4, 2024
In NYC, starts Wednesday at 6:19 PM and ends Friday at 7:18 PM - Tuesday, 23 and Wednesday, September 24, 2025
In NYC, starts Monday at 6:36 PM and ends Wednesday at 7:35 PM
- Saturday, 16 and Sunday, September 17, 2023
- Yom Kippur
- Monday, September 25, 2023
In NYC, starts Sunday at 6:33 PM and ends Monday at 7:34 PM - Monday, September 25, 2023
In NYC, starts Sunday at 6:33 PM and ends Monday at 7:34 PM - Thursday, October 2, 2025
In NYC, starts Wednesday at 6:21 PM and ends Thursday at 7:22 PM
- Monday, September 25, 2023
- Sukkot
- from Friday, September 29 in the evening, to Sunday, October 8, 2023
- from Wednesday, October 16 in the evening, to Friday, October 25, 2024
- from Monday, October 6 in the evening, to Wednesday, October 15, 2025
- Simchat Torah
- Sunday, October 8, 2023
- Friday, October 25, 2024
- Wednesday, October 15, 2025
- Hanukkah
- from Thursday, December 7 in the evening, to Friday, December 15, 2023
- from Wednesday, December 25, 2024 in the evening, to Thursday, January 2, 2025
- from Sunday, December 14 in the evening, to Monday, December 22, 2025