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Holidays

Calendar of Major Jewish Holidays

* indicates a holiday that begins the day before at Sundown

2020-21 (5781)

Holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date specified.

Dates in bold are yom tov, so they have similar obligations and restrictions to Shabbat in the sense that normal “work” is forbidden.

Erev Rosh Hashanah September 18, 2020
Rosh Hashanah September 19 & 20, 2020
Kol Nidre September 27, 2020
Yom Kippur September 28, 2020
Erev Sukkot October 2, 2020
Sukkot October 3 & 4, 2020
Sukkot (Hoshana Rabbah) October 9, 2020
Sh’mini Atzeret October 10, 2020
Simhat Torah October 11, 2020
1st Night of Hanukkah December 10, 2020
Hanukkah December 11-18, 2020
Tu B’Shvat February 10, 2o021
Erev Purim February 25, 2021
Purim February 26, 2021
First Seder March 27, 2021
Passover (start) March 28 & 29, 2021
Passover (end) April 3 & 4, 2021
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) April 8, 2021
Yom HaZikaron (Israel Memorial Day) April 14, 2021
Yom HaAtzma’ut (Israel Independence Day) April 15, 2021
Lag B’Omer April 30, 2021
Yom Yerushalayim May 20, 2021
Erev Shavu’ot May 16, 2021
Shavu’ot May 17 & 18, 2021
Tisha B’Av July 18, 2021
Tu B’Av July 24, 2021