Jewish Holidays 2027: Every Date, Israel vs. Abroad, and What to Do
Every Jewish holiday and fast in 2027 with start and end dates. Rosh Hashanah begins sundown Fri, Oct 1. Israel vs. diaspora days and which fall on Shabbat.
The big Jewish holidays of 2027: Purim on Tuesday, March 23, Passover from sundown Wednesday, April 21, Shavuot from sundown Thursday, June 10, Rosh Hashanah 5788 from sundown Friday, October 1, Yom Kippur on Monday, October 11, Sukkot from sundown Friday, October 15, and Chanukah with the first candle on Friday night, December 24. Every holiday starts the evening before the date on a wall calendar. Below is the full year, including the minor days and the fasts, with the places where Israel and the rest of the world keep different days.
Quick disclosure: Bayit is our app, and this is its journal. We mention it once near the end. If you want Chanukah 2026 and the rest of the current Hebrew year, see our Jewish holidays 2026-2027 calendar, and for today's Hebrew date and what's next, is today a Jewish holiday?
Jewish holidays 2027 at a glance
Dates for outside Israel, per Hebcal. The last column says what changes in Israel.
| Holiday | Begins | Ends | In Israel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat | Fri, Jan 22 at sundown | Sat, Jan 23 at nightfall | Same |
| Purim | Mon, Mar 22 at sundown | Tue, Mar 23 at nightfall | Same (Jerusalem: Shushan Purim, Wed, Mar 24) |
| Passover (Pesach) | Wed, Apr 21 at sundown | Thu, Apr 29 at nightfall | Ends a day earlier, Wed, Apr 28 |
| Shavuot | Thu, Jun 10 at sundown | Sat, Jun 12 at nightfall | One day, ends Fri, Jun 11 |
| Tisha B'Av | Wed, Aug 11 at sundown | Thu, Aug 12 at nightfall | Same |
| Rosh Hashanah 5788 | Fri, Oct 1 at sundown | Sun, Oct 3 at nightfall | Same, two days everywhere |
| Yom Kippur | Sun, Oct 10 at sundown | Mon, Oct 11 at nightfall | Same |
| Sukkot | Fri, Oct 15 at sundown | Fri, Oct 22 at nightfall | Only the first day is Yom Tov |
| Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah | Fri, Oct 22 at sundown | Sun, Oct 24 at nightfall | One day, ends Sat, Oct 23 |
| Chanukah | Fri, Dec 24 at sundown | Sat, Jan 1, 2028 at nightfall | Same |
"Sundown" means the holiday starts that evening, so candles are lit then. "Nightfall" is when three stars are out, a bit after sunset. For the exact minutes in your city, check candle lighting times.
What Hebrew year is 2027?
Two of them. From January 1 until Rosh Hashanah, it is still 5787. The year 5788begins at sundown on Friday, October 1, 2027. So when you see "Jewish holidays 5787" or "2026-2027," that covers this year's Purim, Passover and Shavuot, and the fall holidays of 2027 belong to 5788.
5787 is a leap year. It has two months of Adar, which is why there is a small Purim Katan in February and why Purim and Passover come about three weeks later than they did in 2026. It is also why Rosh Hashanah 2027 lands in October instead of September.
The full 2027 calendar, month by month
This list adds the minor days, the fasts, and Israel's national days. The date shown is the main day. Unless a row says dawn, it begins at sundown the evening before.
| Date | Holiday | Hebrew date | What to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jan 23 | Tu BiShvat | 15 Shevat 5787 | New year for trees. Falls on Shabbat. |
| Sun, Feb 21 | Purim Katan | 14 Adar I | A small leap-year Purim. No Megillah, no fast. |
| Mon, Mar 22 | Fast of Esther | 13 Adar II | Dawn to nightfall. The Megillah is read that night. |
| Tue, Mar 23 | Purim | 14 Adar II | Megillah again in the morning, gifts, charity, a festive meal. |
| Wed, Mar 24 | Shushan Purim | 15 Adar II | Purim in Jerusalem and other walled cities. |
| Wed, Apr 21 | Erev Pesach, Fast of the Firstborn | 14 Nisan | No chametz from the morning. First Seder at night. |
| Thu, Apr 22 to Thu, Apr 29 | Passover | 15 to 22 Nisan | Yom Tov Apr 22-23 and Apr 28-29 abroad. In Israel, Apr 22 and Apr 28. |
| Tue, May 4 | Yom HaShoah | 27 Nisan | Holocaust Remembrance Day. |
| Tue, May 11 | Yom HaZikaron | 4 Iyar | Israel's Memorial Day. |
| Wed, May 12 | Yom HaAtzmaut | 5 Iyar | Israel Independence Day. |
| Fri, May 21 | Pesach Sheni | 14 Iyar | The "second Passover." Some eat a piece of matzah. |
| Tue, May 25 | Lag BaOmer | 18 Iyar | Bonfires, haircuts, weddings. Begins Monday night. |
| Fri, Jun 4 | Yom Yerushalayim | 28 Iyar | Jerusalem Day. |
| Fri, Jun 11 to Sat, Jun 12 | Shavuot | 6 to 7 Sivan | Two days abroad. One day (Friday) in Israel. |
| Thu, Jul 22 | 17 Tammuz | 17 Tammuz | Dawn to nightfall fast. The Three Weeks begin. |
| Thu, Aug 12 | Tisha B'Av | 9 Av | Full fast, from sundown Wednesday. |
| Wed, Aug 18 | Tu B'Av | 15 Av | A small, happy day. No special rituals required. |
| Fri, Sep 3 | Elul begins | 1 Elul | Rosh Chodesh is Sep 2-3. Many shuls blow the shofar on weekday mornings. |
| Sat night, Sep 25 | Selichot | 23 Elul | Ashkenazim start Selichot late that night. Sephardim began at the start of Elul. |
| Sat, Oct 2 to Sun, Oct 3 | Rosh Hashanah | 1 to 2 Tishrei 5788 | The new year 5788. Two days everywhere. |
| Mon, Oct 4 | Fast of Gedaliah | 3 Tishrei | Dawn to nightfall. |
| Mon, Oct 11 | Yom Kippur | 10 Tishrei | Full fast, from sundown Sunday. |
| Sat, Oct 16 to Fri, Oct 22 | Sukkot | 15 to 21 Tishrei | Yom Tov Oct 16-17 abroad, Oct 16 in Israel. Hoshana Rabbah is Friday, Oct 22. |
| Sat, Oct 23 | Shemini Atzeret | 22 Tishrei | In Israel this is also Simchat Torah. |
| Sun, Oct 24 | Simchat Torah | 23 Tishrei | Outside Israel only. |
| Sat, Dec 25 to Sat, Jan 1, 2028 | Chanukah | 25 Kislev to 2 Tevet | First candle Friday night, Dec 24, before Shabbat candles. |
For the start of every Hebrew month, see Rosh Chodesh 2026-2027, and for which parsha is read each week, see the Torah portion schedule.
Fast days in 2027
Two fasts are full fasts, about 25 hours from sundown to nightfall: Tisha B'Av and Yom Kippur. The others are daytime only. Pregnant and nursing women, and anyone who is ill, should ask a rabbi before fasting.
| Fast | Date | Starts | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fast of Esther | Mon, Mar 22 | Dawn | Nightfall |
| Fast of the Firstborn | Wed, Apr 21 | Dawn | Nightfall (usually ended by a siyum) |
| 17 Tammuz | Thu, Jul 22 | Dawn | Nightfall |
| Tisha B'Av | Thu, Aug 12 | Sundown Wed, Aug 11 | Nightfall Thu, Aug 12 |
| Fast of Gedaliah | Mon, Oct 4 | Dawn | Nightfall |
| Yom Kippur | Mon, Oct 11 | Sundown Sun, Oct 10 | Nightfall Mon, Oct 11 |
You won't find the Tenth of Tevet in 2027. It fell on Sunday, December 20, 2026 (see our Asara B'Tevet 2026 guide), and the next one is Sunday, January 9, 2028. The Fast of the Firstborn is only for firstborn sons, and most of them skip it by attending a siyum, a short celebration of finishing a piece of Torah study, that morning.
Israel vs. outside Israel in 2027
Outside Israel, most festivals get an extra day. The start is the same everywhere. What changes is the end:
- Passover is seven days in Israel, with one Seder, and ends at nightfall Wednesday, April 28. Abroad it is eight days, with a second Seder on Thursday night, April 22, and ends Thursday, April 29.
- Shavuot is one day in Israel, Friday, June 11. Abroad it is Friday and Saturday.
- In Israel, only the first day of Sukkot (Saturday, October 16) is Yom Tov. Abroad, Sunday is too.
- Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are one day in Israel, Saturday, October 23. Abroad, Simchat Torah is Sunday, October 24.
- Rosh Hashanah is two days everywhere, and Yom Kippur is one day everywhere.
Purim has its own twist. Jerusalem keeps it a day later, as Shushan Purim, on Wednesday, March 24.
Which holidays fall on Shabbat in 2027
2027 has a lot of holidays touching Shabbat, and that changes a few practical things:
- Tu BiShvat is on Shabbat, January 23, so the fruit can just join the Shabbat table. Here are ideas for a Tu BiShvat seder.
- On Passover abroad, the second day is Friday, April 23, and runs straight into Shabbat. That means you make an eruv tavshilin on Wednesday afternoon so you can cook on Friday for Shabbat. More in our Passover 2027 guide.
- Shavuot starts on Friday, June 11, so you need an eruv tavshilin on Thursday, June 10, in Israel and abroad.
- Rosh Hashanah starts on Shabbat, October 2. The shofar is not blown on Shabbat, so you hear it only on Sunday, October 3. Many communities also move Tashlich to Sunday. See what the shofar is for.
- Sukkot starts on Shabbat, October 16. The lulav and etrog are not used on Shabbat, so the first time you shake them is Sunday, October 17.
- Shemini Atzeret is on Shabbat, October 23. In Israel, so is Simchat Torah.
- Chanukah starts on Friday night, December 24. Light the menorah first, then Shabbat candles, all before sunset.
Days off work in 2027
The days when work is not allowed are the Yom Tov days. In 2027, outside Israel, there are 13 of them, but so many fall on weekends that only 6 land on a Monday to Friday. All of the fall Yom Tov days except Yom Kippur are on Saturday or Sunday.
| Holiday | Yom Tov days abroad | Mon-Fri days | In Israel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passover, days 1-2 | Thu, Apr 22 and Fri, Apr 23 | 2 | Thu, Apr 22 only |
| Passover, days 7-8 | Wed, Apr 28 and Thu, Apr 29 | 2 | Wed, Apr 28 only |
| Shavuot | Fri, Jun 11 and Sat, Jun 12 | 1 | Fri, Jun 11 only |
| Rosh Hashanah | Sat, Oct 2 and Sun, Oct 3 | 0 | Same two days |
| Yom Kippur | Mon, Oct 11 | 1 | Same |
| Sukkot, days 1-2 | Sat, Oct 16 and Sun, Oct 17 | 0 | Sat, Oct 16 only |
| Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah | Sat, Oct 23 and Sun, Oct 24 | 0 | Sat, Oct 23 only |
You will also want to leave early on the afternoons before: Wednesday, April 21 and Tuesday, April 27 (Passover), Thursday, June 10 (Shavuot), Friday, October 1 (Rosh Hashanah), Sunday, October 10 (Yom Kippur), and Friday, October 15 and Friday, October 22 (Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret). Purim, Chanukah, Tu BiShvat and Lag BaOmer are normal workdays. The middle days of Passover and Sukkot, called Chol HaMoed, allow some work, and many people keep it light.
How to actually keep each one
If you are new to this, here is the one thing to do for each holiday. It is a starting point, and you can add more as the years go by.
- Tu BiShvat:eat a fruit you haven't eaten this season and say its blessing.
- Purim: hear the Megillah on Monday night and Tuesday morning, and send one friend a gift of two foods. Our Purim 2027 guide covers all four mitzvot.
- Passover: go to a Seder, eat the matzah, and skip bread for the week. Start with the Passover 2027 plan.
- Shavuot: hear the Ten Commandments read in shul on the first morning. Many people also stay up the first night learning.
- Tisha B'Av: fast, and hear Eichah (Lamentations) read on Wednesday night.
- Rosh Hashanah:hear the shofar on Sunday, and eat apple in honey at the first night's meal. Use the month before, Elul, as a warm-up.
- Yom Kippur: fast and come for Kol Nidrei on Sunday night. Here is how the day works.
- Sukkot: eat a meal in a sukkah. Shake a lulav from Sunday on. See what Sukkos is.
- Simchat Torah: go dance with the Torah. Nobody checks if you know the steps.
- Chanukah: light the menorah each night, adding one candle. Here are the Chanukah blessings and how to light the menorah.
And there is one day a week that comes more often than all of these put together. If you only start one thing, start with Shabbos.
Staying ready for the next one
Knowing the date is the easy part. What catches people off guard is the evening before: a fast that starts at dinner, an eruv tavshilin you remember on Friday morning, a Seder you didn't book. A few minutes a day with the weekly parsha and the calendar keeps the next holiday in view, so it doesn't sneak up on you. Our guide to starting a daily Torah habit is a good place to begin.
Bayit has a short Daily Plan, this week's parsha one aliyah a day, and candle lighting times in one place. If a few minutes a day sounds doable, try the Daily Plan.
Frequently asked
What are the Jewish holidays in 2027?
Outside Israel: Tu BiShvat Jan 23, Purim Mar 23, Passover Apr 22-29, Shavuot Jun 11-12, Tisha B'Av Aug 12, Rosh Hashanah Oct 2-3, Yom Kippur Oct 11, Sukkot Oct 16-22, Shemini Atzeret Oct 23, Simchat Torah Oct 24, and Chanukah from Dec 25, 2027 to Jan 1, 2028. Each one begins at sundown the evening before.
When is Rosh Hashanah 2027?
Rosh Hashanah 2027 begins at sundown on Friday, October 1, 2027, and ends at nightfall on Sunday, October 3. It starts the Hebrew year 5788. The first day is Shabbat, so the shofar is blown only on Sunday, October 3.
When is Yom Kippur 2027?
Yom Kippur 2027 begins at sundown on Sunday, October 10, with Kol Nidrei, and ends at nightfall on Monday, October 11. It is a full fast of about 25 hours.
What Hebrew year is 2027?
Most of 2027 is the Hebrew year 5787, a leap year with two months of Adar. The year 5788 begins at sundown on Friday, October 1, 2027, with Rosh Hashanah.
Are Jewish holiday dates different in Israel in 2027?
Yes, for a few festivals. In Israel, Passover is seven days and ends Wednesday, April 28, Shavuot is one day (Friday, June 11), only the first day of Sukkot is Yom Tov, and Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are both on Saturday, October 23. Rosh Hashanah is two days everywhere.
How many Jewish holidays fall on weekdays in 2027?
Outside Israel there are 13 Yom Tov days in 2027, when work is not allowed, and only 6 fall Monday to Friday: April 22, 23, 28 and 29 (Passover), June 11 (Shavuot) and October 11 (Yom Kippur). Rosh Hashanah, the first days of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah all fall on weekends.
What are the Jewish fast days in 2027?
Fast of Esther (Mon, Mar 22), Fast of the Firstborn (Wed, Apr 21), 17 Tammuz (Thu, Jul 22), Tisha B'Av (sundown Wed, Aug 11 to nightfall Thu, Aug 12), Fast of Gedaliah (Mon, Oct 4) and Yom Kippur (sundown Sun, Oct 10 to nightfall Mon, Oct 11). The Tenth of Tevet does not fall in 2027: it was Dec 20, 2026, and next is Jan 9, 2028.
When is Chanukah 2027?
The first Chanukah candle is lit on Friday evening, December 24, 2027, before the Shabbat candles. Chanukah ends at nightfall on Saturday, January 1, 2028.