Jewish Festival Calendar 2024: The Jews or Jewish people represent an ethno religious group, whose ethnicity, nationality and religion are closely interlinked. The traditional faith of the Jewish nation is Judaism. There are 13.2 million Jews worldwide, according to the Jewish agency for Israel. While 5.4 million Jews are based in their homeland Israel, a thumping 5.3 million Jews are situated in the U.S. and their remaining population is distributed around the world in different sizes of communities.
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According to the Hebrew Bible, The Land of Israel is the promised homeland to Jews by God. Festive holidays are an integral part of the Jewish life, just as in the case of any other community across the world. Festive rituals and traditions have kept the Jewish identity and history alive since ages. They contribute to their sense of community and belonging, apart from serving as reminders of significant historic events.
Most of the Jewish festivals can trace their roots and origin to important religious happenings, which contributed to their evolvements as a religious community. These festivals are related to religious events dating back to historic times. The most important Jewish festivals are the Sabbath – when Jews are forbidden to work and the three pilgrimage festivals – Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. Of the three, Passover signifies the freedom of Jews from their enslavement by Egyptians, while Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to Moses and the Israelite at Mount Sinai. Sukkot is one of the three biblical pilgrims’ festivals, when it was traditional for Jews to visit the Temple in Jerusalem. The other main festivals of the Jews are the two holy days – Rosh Hashanah, commonly referred to as the Jewish New Year; and Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement. Hanukkah is another major Jewish festival, which extends over a week, like Passover.
Jewish Festival Calendar 2024 | ||
DAY | DATE | HOLIDAY |
Thursday | January 25, 2024 | Tu Bishvat |
Sunday | March 24, 2024 | Purim |
Monday | March 25, 2024 | Shushan Purim |
Thursday | April 18, 2024 | Yom Hashoah |
Monday | April 22, 2024 | Passover – First Day |
Tuesday | April 30, 2024 | Passover – Final Day |
Monday | May 13, 2024 | Yom HaZikaron |
Tuesday | May 14, 2024 | Yom HaAtzma’ut |
Wednesday | May 22, 2024 | Second Passover |
Sunday | May 26, 2024 | Lag BaOmer |
Wednesday | June 05, 2024 | Yom Yerushalayim |
Tuesday | June 11, 2024 | Shavuot (1st day) |
Thursday | June 13, 2024 | Shavuot |
Tuesday | July 23, 2024 | The 17th of Tammuz |
Tuesday | August 13, 2024 | Tish’a B’Av |
Wednesday | October 02, 2024 | Rosh HaShana Starts |
Friday | October 04, 2024 | Rosh HaShana Ends |
Sunday | October 06, 2024 | Fast of Gedaliah |
Saturday | October 12, 2024 | Yom Kippur |
Wednesday | October 16, 2024 | Sukkot Starts |
Wednesday | October 23, 2024 | Sukkot Ends |
Thursday | October 24, 2024 | Shmini Atzeret |
Friday | October 25, 2024 | Simchat Torah |
Wednesday | December 25, 2024 | Hanukkah Starts |