Shabbat & Holiday Guide

Major holidays 2022  ✡️

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

Holiday

Dates

Pesach  🫓🍷  F‑Su
 M‑Th
 Th‑Sa
15-22 Nisan 5782
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread
Shavuot  ⛰️🌸  Sa‑M
6-7 Sivan 5782
Festival of Weeks
Rosh Hashana  🍏🍯  Su‑Tu
1-2 Tishrei 5783
The Jewish New Year
Yom Kippur  ✡️  Tu‑W
10 Tishrei 5783
Day of Atonement
Sukkot  🌿🍋  Su‑Tu
 W‑Su
15-21 Tishrei 5783
Feast of Booths
Shmini Atzeret  ✡️  Su‑M
22 Tishrei 5783
Eighth Day of Assembly
Simchat Torah  ✡️  M‑Tu
23 Tishrei 5783
Day of Celebrating the Torah
Chanukah  🕎  Su‑M
25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5783
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication

Minor holidays 2022  ✡️

Holiday

Dates

Tu BiShvat  🌳  Su‑M
15 Sh'vat 5782
New Year for Trees
Purim Katan  🎭  M‑Tu
14 Adar I 5782
Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years
Purim  🎭📜  W‑Th
14 Adar II 5782
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther
Shushan Purim  🎭📜  Th‑F
15 Adar II 5782
Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities
Days of the Omer    Sa‑Sa
16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5782
7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot
Pesach Sheni  ✡️  Sa‑Su
14 Iyyar 5782
Second Passover, one month after Passover
Lag BaOmer  🔥  W‑Th
18 Iyyar 5782
33rd day of counting the Omer
Tu B'Av  ❤️  Th‑F
15 Av 5782
Minor Jewish holiday of love
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot  🐑  Sa‑Su
1 Elul 5782
New Year for Tithing Animals
Leil Selichot  🕍 Sep 17 Sa
21 Elul 5782
Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays

Minor fasts 2022  ✡️

Minor fasts begin at dawn and end at nightfall.

Tish'a B'Av begins at sundown on the first date specified and ends at nightfall on the second date specified.

Holiday

Dates

Ta'anit Esther Mar 16 W
13 Adar II 5782
Fast of Esther
Ta'anit Bechorot Apr 15 F
14 Nisan 5782
Fast of the First Born
Tzom Tammuz Jul 17 Su
18 Tamuz 5782
Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple
Tish'a B'Av  ✡️  Sa‑Su
10 Av 5782
The Ninth of Av
Tzom Gedaliah Sep 28 W
3 Tishrei 5783
Fast of the Seventh Month

Modern holidays 2022  🇮🇱

Holiday

Dates

Yom HaAliyah  🇮🇱  Su‑M
10 Nisan 5782
Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel
Yom HaShoah  ✡️  W‑Th
27 Nisan 5782
Holocaust Memorial Day
Yom HaZikaron  🇮🇱  Tu‑W
3 Iyyar 5782
Israeli Memorial Day
Yom HaAtzma'ut  🇮🇱  W‑Th
4 Iyyar 5782
Israeli Independence Day
Yom Yerushalayim  🇮🇱  Sa‑Su
28 Iyyar 5782
Jerusalem Day
Yom HaAliyah School Observance  🇮🇱 Nov 1 Tu
7 Cheshvan 5783
Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools
Sigd  ✡️  Tu‑W
29 Cheshvan 5783
Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur

Special Shabbatot 2022  🕍

Holiday

Dates

Shabbat Shirah  F‑Sa
13 Sh'vat 5782
Shabbat of Song
Shabbat Shekalim  F‑Sa
25 Adar I 5782
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar
Shabbat Zachor  F‑Sa
9 Adar II 5782
Shabbat before Purim
Shabbat Parah  F‑Sa
23 Adar II 5782
Shabbat of the Red Heifer
Shabbat HaChodesh  F‑Sa
1 Nisan 5782
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan
Shabbat HaGadol  F‑Sa
8 Nisan 5782
Shabbat before Pesach
Shabbat Chazon  F‑Sa
9 Av 5782
Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision)
Shabbat Nachamu  F‑Sa
16 Av 5782
Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation)
Shabbat Shuva  F‑Sa
6 Tishrei 5783
Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning)

Rosh Chodesh 2022  🌒

Holiday

Dates

Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat  Su‑M
1 Sh'vat 5782
Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Adar I  M‑W
30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I 5782
Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Adar II  W‑F
30 Adar I - 1 Adar II 5782
Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Nisan  F‑Sa
1 Nisan 5782
Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar  Sa‑M
30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5782
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Sivan  M‑Tu
1 Sivan 5782
Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Tamuz  Tu‑Th
30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5782
Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Av  Th‑F
1 Av 5782
Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Elul  F‑Su
30 Av - 1 Elul 5782
Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan  M‑W
30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5783
Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Kislev  W‑F
30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5783
Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar
Rosh Chodesh Tevet  F‑Su
30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5783

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