Hebrew calendar · Tishrei – Cheshvan 5787
Jewish Calendar October 2026
October 2026 corresponds to the Hebrew months of Tishrei – Cheshvan 5787. The month opens with the end of Sukkot: Hoshana Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah (October 2–4). Tap any day to see its Hebrew date, the psalm of the day and the weekly Torah portion.
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Tap a day to see its Hebrew date, the psalm of the day and the Torah portion. Each Jewish day begins at sundown: holidays start the evening before.
The Jewish holidays
Minor fast daysתַּעֲנִיּוֹתShort fasts from dawn to nightfall that recall events in the history of Jerusalem and t...HanukkahחֲנֻכָּהThe Festival of Lights: eight nights of candles remembering the rededication of the Tem...Lag BaOmerל״ג בָּעֹמֶרThe 33rd day of the Omer: a joyful break in a season of mourning, celebrated with bonfi...Passover (Pesach)פֶּסַחThe festival of freedom: eight days remembering the Exodus from Egypt, beginning with t...PurimפּוּרִיםThe most joyful day of the year, remembering how Queen Esther saved the Jewish people i...Rosh Chodeshרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁThe beginning of each Hebrew month, at the new moon: a small monthly holiday.Rosh Hashanahרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָהThe Jewish New Year: two days of prayer, the sound of the shofar and sweet wishes for a...ShabbatשַׁבָּתThe weekly day of rest, from Friday at sundown to Saturday night: a gift of peace, fami...ShavuotשָׁבוּעוֹתThe Feast of Weeks: the day God gave the Torah at Mount Sinai, seven weeks after Passover.Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torahשְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת · שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָהThe closing days of the fall holidays, when the yearly reading of the Torah ends and be...SukkotסֻכּוֹתThe Feast of Tabernacles: seven days of joy living in a sukkah, a hut that recalls the ...Tisha B'Avתִּשְׁעָה בְּאָבThe saddest day of the Jewish year, a fast mourning the destruction of both Temples in ...Tu BiShvatט״ו בִּשְׁבָטThe New Year of the Trees: a day to thank God for nature, eat fruits of the Land of Isr...Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmautיוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּתIsrael's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, followed by Independen...Yom HaShoahיוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָהHolocaust Remembrance Day: remembering the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.Yom Kippurיוֹם כִּפּוּרThe Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish year: a day of fasting, prayer and ...