Festivals – Yom Tov

A Jewish holiday or festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as a holy or secular commemoration of an important event in Jewish history.

In Hebrew, Jewish holidays and festivals, depending on their nature, may be called yom tov ("good day") (Yiddish: yontif) or chag ("festival") or ta'anit ("fast").

A "Yom Tov" has similar obligations and restrictions to Shabbat, with the exception that you can cook, carry, and transfer fire (from a pre-existing flame).

The origins of various Jewish holidays generally can be found in Biblical mitzvot (commandments), rabbinical mandate, and modern Israeli history.

Please click on the links below to learn about the Festivals

Chanukah

Tevet 10

Tu B'Shevat

Purim

Passover

Sefirat HaOmer

Pesach Sheni

Lag BaOmer

Shavuot

The Three Weeks

15th of Av

High Holidays

Sukkot & Simchat Torah

Special Years

Jewish Holiday (Dates in 2012)

Fast of Tevet 10 Work Permitted	January 5
Tu B'Shevat Work Permitted	February 8
Ta'anit Esther Work permitted	March 7
Purim Work should be avoided. Consult a Rabbi if this is not possible.	Nightfall of March 7 through nightfall of March 8
Shushan Purim Work permitted	March 9
Passover No work permitted on April 7-8 and April 13-14. Work is permitted only on April 9-12 with certain restrictions.	Sunset of April 6 through nightfall of April 14
Second Passover Work Permitted	May 6
Lag B'Omer Work Permitted	May 10
Shavuot No work is permitted	Sunset of May 26 through nightfall of May 28
Fast of the 17th of Tammuz Work Permitted	July 8
Fast of Tish'a B'Av Work should be avoided. Consult a Rabbi if this is not possible.	Sunset of July 28 through nightfall of July 29
Rosh Hashanah No work is permitted.	Sunset of September 16 through nightfall of September 18
Fast of Gedaliah Work permitted	September 19
Yom Kippur No work is permitted.	Sunset of September 25 through nightfall of September 26
Sukkot No work permitted on October 1-2 & 6. Work is permitted on October 3-5 with certain restrictions.	Sunset of September 30 through sunset of October 7
Hoshanah Rabbah Work permitted with certain restrictions.	October 7
Shemini Atzeret No work is permitted.	Sunset of October 7 through nightfall of October 8
Simchat Torah No work is permitted.	Nightfall of October 8 through nightfall of October 9
Chanukah Work permitted, except Shabbat	Sunset of December 8 through December 16
Fast of Tevet 10 Work Permitted	December 23