Jewish Holidays 2020 / 2021
There are too many Jewish Holidays celebrated in ways according to their importance. It’s forbidden to work during some holidays. Some are celebrated for just one day while the others for days.
The Jewish calendar is a very complicated one considering the other calendars. Because the date of the holidays changes every year.
Sometimes it is 2 weeks early than the previous year’s, sometimes 3 weeks later. It changes every year and updated holiday dates are announced by the Jewish authorities to the society.
For those who’d like to learn some information about Jewish holiday culture and those of don’t know anything about the holidays, we prepared a holiday chart showing the year 2019 and 2020’s schedule
| Day | Holiday | Information |
| Monday, September 30 | Rosh HaShanah | The great judgement day ( repentance day ) |
| Wednesday, October 9 | Yom Kippur* | Confession and fast day of prayer |
| Monday, October 14 | Sukkot* | An ancient holiday of celebrating the new harvest |
| Monday, October 21 | Shemini Atzeret* | The end of Sukkot, praying for rain one-time per year |
| Tuesday, October 22 | Simchat Torah* | The day that Jews celebrate the finishing of the reading Torah’s scroll |
| Tuesday, November 5 | Yom HaAliyah | Celebrating the Jews’ entrance to the land of Israeli at the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan. |
| Monday, December 23 | Hanukkah | Festival of liberation, freedom. Candles are lighted each day. |
| Monday, February 10 | Tu Bishvat | Day of Trees , Trees are planted for celebration. |
| Tuesday, March 10 | Purim | Celebration of escape from massacre described in Book of Esther |
| Saturday, April 4 | Yom HaAliyah | Celebrating the Jews’ entrance to the land of Israeli at the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan. |
| Thursday, April 9 | Pesach | Celebration of the Jews’ release from Egyptian rule. |
| Tuesday, April 21 | Yom Ha’Shoah | Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| Wednesday, April 29 | Yom Ha’atzmaut | Israeli State Independence Day |
| Tuesday, May 12 | Lag Ba’omer | Period between Passover and Shavuot. |
| Monday, May 25 | Pesach Sheni | Korban Pesach is the main thing done in this day |
| Friday, May 29 | Shavuot* | Celebrating the giving of the Torah by God |
| Thursday, July 30 | Tisha B’Av | Commemoration Day of the destruction of the second Temple in Jerusalem by Romans |
