Jewish Holidays 2022 for the Diaspora (2024)

This page displays the Diaspora holiday schedule.The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.

Major holidays 2022✡️

Purim

Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination.🎭️📜

Wed, 16 March sunset - Thu, 17 March nightfall
14 Adar II 5782

Pesach

Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Also called Chag HaMatzot (the Festival of Matzah), it commemorates the Exodus and freedom of the Israelites from ancient Egypt.🫓🍷

Fri, 15 April sunset - Sat, 23 April nightfall
15-22 Nisan 5782

Shavuot

Festival of Weeks. Commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.⛰️🌸

Sat, 4 June sunset - Mon, 6 June nightfall
6-7 Sivan 5782

Tish’a B’Av✡️

The Ninth of Av. Fast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples.

Sat, 6 August sunset - Sun, 7 August nightfall
10 Av 5782

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Rosh Hashana

The Jewish New Year. Also spelled Rosh Hashanah.🍏🍯

Sun, 25 September sunset - Tue, 27 September nightfall
1-2 Tishrei 5783

Yom Kippur

Day of Atonement. The holiest day of the year in Judaism, traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.✡️

Tue, 4 October sunset - Wed, 5 October nightfall
10 Tishrei 5783

Sukkot

Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, shalosh regalim).🌿🍋

Sun, 9 October sunset - Sun, 16 October nightfall
15-21 Tishrei 5783

Shmini Atzeret✡️

Eighth Day of Assembly. Immediately following Sukkot, it is observed as a separate holiday in the Diaspora and is combined with Simchat Torah in Israel.

Sun, 16 October sunset - Mon, 17 October nightfall
22 Tishrei 5783

Simchat Torah

Day of Celebrating the Torah. Celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle.✡️

Mon, 17 October sunset - Tue, 18 October nightfall
23 Tishrei 5783

Chanukah

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah).🕎

Sun, 18 December sunset - Mon, 26 December nightfall
25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5783

Minor holidays 2022✡️

Tu BiShvat

New Year for Trees. Tu BiShvat is one of four “New Years” mentioned in the Mishnah.🌳

Sun, 16 January sunset - Mon, 17 January nightfall
15 Sh’vat 5782

Purim Katan🎭️

Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years

Mon, 14 February sunset - Tue, 15 February nightfall
14 Adar I 5782

Shushan Purim Katan🎭️

Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years in Jerusalem and walled cities

Tue, 15 February sunset - Wed, 16 February nightfall
15 Adar I 5782

Shushan Purim🎭️📜

Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities

Thu, 17 March sunset - Fri, 18 March nightfall
15 Adar II 5782

Days of the Omer㊾

7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot. Also called Sefirat HaOmer, it is a practice that consists of a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between the two holidays

Sat, 16 April sunset - Sat, 4 June nightfall
16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5782

Pesach Sheni✡️

Second Passover, one month after Passover

Sat, 14 May sunset - Sun, 15 May nightfall
14 Iyyar 5782

Lag BaOmer🔥

33rd day of counting the Omer. The holiday is a temporary break from the semi-mourning period the counting of the Omer.

Wed, 18 May sunset - Thu, 19 May nightfall
18 Iyyar 5782

Tu B’Av❤️

Minor Jewish holiday of love. Observed on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av.

Thu, 11 August sunset - Fri, 12 August nightfall
15 Av 5782

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot🐑

New Year for Tithing Animals

Sat, 27 August sunset - Sun, 28 August nightfall
1 Elul 5782

Leil Selichot🕍

Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays

Sat, 17 September after nightfall - nightfall
21 Elul 5782

Chag HaBanot✡️

North African Chanukah festival of daughters. Called Eid al-Banat in Arabic, the holiday was most preserved in Tunisia.

Fri, 23 December sunset - Sat, 24 December nightfall
30 Kislev 5783

Minor fasts 2022

Minor fasts begin at dawn and end at nightfall.

Ta’anit Esther

Fast of Esther

Wed, 16 March dawn - nightfall
13 Adar II 5782

Ta’anit Bechorot

Fast of the First Born

Fri, 15 April dawn - nightfall
14 Nisan 5782

Tzom Tammuz

Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple

Sun, 17 July dawn - nightfall
18 Tamuz 5782

Tzom Gedaliah

Fast of the Seventh Month. Commemorates the assassination of the Jewish governor of Judah.

Wed, 28 September dawn - nightfall
3 Tishrei 5783

Modern holidays 2022🇮🇱

Modern Israeli holidays are national holidays officially recognized by theKnesset, Israel's parliament.

Family Day🇮🇱

Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit

Mon, 31 January sunset - Tue, 1 February nightfall
30 Sh’vat 5782

Yom HaAliyah🇮🇱

Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel

Sun, 10 April sunset - Mon, 11 April nightfall
10 Nisan 5782

Yom HaShoah✡️

Holocaust Memorial Day

Wed, 27 April sunset - Thu, 28 April nightfall
27 Nisan 5782

Yom HaZikaron🇮🇱

Israeli Memorial Day. Remembers those who died in the War of Independence and other wars in Israel.

Yom HaAtzma’ut🇮🇱

Israeli Independence Day. Commemorates the declaration of independence of Israel in 1948.

Wed, 4 May sunset - Thu, 5 May nightfall
4 Iyyar 5782

Herzl Day🇮🇱

Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl

Tue, 10 May sunset - Wed, 11 May nightfall
10 Iyyar 5782

Yom Yerushalayim🇮🇱

Jerusalem Day. Commemorates the re-unification of Jerusalem in 1967.

Sat, 28 May sunset - Sun, 29 May nightfall
28 Iyyar 5782

Jabotinsky Day🇮🇱

Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Wed, 27 July sunset - Thu, 28 July nightfall
29 Tamuz 5782

Yom HaAliyah School Observance🇮🇱

Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools

Tue, 1 November dawn - nightfall
7 Cheshvan 5783

Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day🇮🇱

Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

Sat, 5 November sunset - Sun, 6 November nightfall
12 Cheshvan 5783

Sigd✡️

Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur

Tue, 22 November sunset - Wed, 23 November nightfall
29 Cheshvan 5783

Ben-Gurion Day🇮🇱

Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion

Tue, 29 November sunset - Wed, 30 November nightfall
6 Kislev 5783

Special Shabbatot 2022🕍

Shabbat Shirah

Shabbat of Song. Shabbat that includes Parashat Beshalach.

Fri, 14 January sunset - Sat, 15 January nightfall
13 Sh’vat 5782

Shabbat Shekalim

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar. Read in preparation for Purim.

Fri, 25 February sunset - Sat, 26 February nightfall
25 Adar I 5782

Shabbat Zachor

Shabbat of Remembrance. Shabbat before Purim.

Fri, 11 March sunset - Sat, 12 March nightfall
9 Adar II 5782

Shabbat Parah

Shabbat of the Red Heifer. Shabbat before Shabbat HaChodesh, in preparation for Passover.

Fri, 25 March sunset - Sat, 26 March nightfall
23 Adar II 5782

Shabbat HaChodesh

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan. Read in preparation for Passover.

Fri, 1 April sunset - Sat, 2 April nightfall
1 Nisan 5782

Shabbat HaGadol

Shabbat before Pesach (The Great Shabbat)

Fri, 8 April sunset - Sat, 9 April nightfall
8 Nisan 5782

Shabbat Chazon

Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision. Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av.

Fri, 5 August sunset - Sat, 6 August nightfall
9 Av 5782

Shabbat Nachamu

Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation). The first of seven Shabbatot leading up to Rosh Hashanah.

Fri, 12 August sunset - Sat, 13 August nightfall
16 Av 5782

Shabbat Shuva

Shabbat of Returning. Shabbat that occurs during the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Fri, 30 September sunset - Sat, 1 October nightfall
6 Tishrei 5783

Rosh Chodesh 2022🌒

רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon.

Note: the first day of Tishrei is notconsidered Rosh Chodesh. The holiday that occurs on the 1st day of Tishreiis called Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.For the month of Tishrei, the major holiday of Rosh Hashana takesprecedence over what would be a minor holiday.

Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat

Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar. שְׁבָט (transliterated Sh'vat or Shevat) is the 11th month of the Hebrew year, has 30 days, and corresponds to January or February on the Gregorian calendar.

Sun, 2 January sunset - Mon, 3 January nightfall
1 Sh’vat 5782

Rosh Chodesh Adar I

Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar. Adar I (אַדָר א׳) is the 12th month of the Hebrew year, occurs only on leap years, has 30 days, and corresponds to February or March on the Gregorian calendar.

Mon, 31 January sunset - Wed, 2 February nightfall
30 Sh’vat - 1 Adar I 5782

Rosh Chodesh Adar II

Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar. Adar II (אַדָר ב׳), sometimes "Adar Bet" or "Adar Sheni", is the 13th month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, occurs only on leap years, and corresponds to February or March on the Gregorian calendar.

Wed, 2 March sunset - Fri, 4 March nightfall
30 Adar I - 1 Adar II 5782

Rosh Chodesh Nisan

Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. נִיסָן (transliterated Nisan or Nissan) is the 1st month of the Hebrew year, has 30 days, and corresponds to March or April on the Gregorian calendar.

Fri, 1 April sunset - Sat, 2 April nightfall
1 Nisan 5782

Rosh Chodesh Iyyar

Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar. אִיָיר (transliterated Iyyar or Iyar) is the 2nd month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, and corresponds to April or May on the Gregorian calendar.

Sat, 30 April sunset - Mon, 2 May nightfall
30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5782

Rosh Chodesh Sivan

Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar. Sivan (סִיוָן) is the 3rd month of the Hebrew year, has 30 days, and corresponds to May or June on the Gregorian calendar.

Mon, 30 May sunset - Tue, 31 May nightfall
1 Sivan 5782

Rosh Chodesh Tamuz

Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar. תַּמּוּז (transliterated Tamuz or Tammuz) is the 4th month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, and corresponds to June or July on the Gregorian calendar.

Tue, 28 June sunset - Thu, 30 June nightfall
30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5782

Rosh Chodesh Av

Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar. Av (אָב) is the 5th month of the Hebrew year, has 30 days, and corresponds to July or August on the Gregorian calendar.

Thu, 28 July sunset - Fri, 29 July nightfall
1 Av 5782

Rosh Chodesh Elul

Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar. Elul (אֱלוּל) is the 6th month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, and corresponds to August or September on the Gregorian calendar.

Fri, 26 August sunset - Sun, 28 August nightfall
30 Av - 1 Elul 5782

Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan

Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar. חֶשְׁוָן (transliterated Cheshvan or Heshvan) is the 8th month of the Hebrew year, has 29 or 30 days, and corresponds to October or November on the Gregorian calendar.

Mon, 24 October sunset - Wed, 26 October nightfall
30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5783

Rosh Chodesh Kislev

Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar. Kislev (כִּסְלֵו) is the 9th month of the Hebrew year, has 30 or 29 days, and corresponds to November or December on the Gregorian calendar.

Wed, 23 November sunset - Fri, 25 November nightfall
30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5783

Rosh Chodesh Tevet

Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar. Tevet (טֵבֵת) is the 10th month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, and corresponds to December or January on the Gregorian calendar.

Fri, 23 December sunset - Sun, 25 December nightfall
30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5783