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

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

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

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

Religious Holidays