{
  "name": "Jewish Holidays 2026–2028",
  "description": "Start and end dates (Gregorian, diaspora observance) for every major Jewish holiday from 2026 through 2028. Each holiday begins at sundown the evening before its start date; 'Erev' rows mark that evening explicitly.",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Dates courtesy of Hebcal.com (https://www.hebcal.com/)",
  "publisher": "Hebrew Homeschool Hub (https://hebrewhomeschoolhub.com/)",
  "generated": "2026-07-01",
  "temporalCoverage": "2026-01-01/2028-12-31",
  "count": 98,
  "holidays": [
    {
      "name": "Tu BiShvat",
      "hebrew": "ט״ו בשבט",
      "start": "2026-02-02",
      "end": "2026-02-02",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Purim (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב פורים",
      "start": "2026-03-02",
      "end": "2026-03-02",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Purim",
      "hebrew": "פורים",
      "start": "2026-03-03",
      "end": "2026-03-03",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shushan Purim",
      "hebrew": "שושן פורים",
      "start": "2026-03-04",
      "end": "2026-03-04",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaAliyah",
      "hebrew": "יום העליה",
      "start": "2026-03-28",
      "end": "2026-03-28",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Pesach (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב פסח",
      "start": "2026-04-01",
      "end": "2026-04-01",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pesach",
      "hebrew": "פסח",
      "start": "2026-04-02",
      "end": "2026-04-09",
      "days": 8,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaShoah",
      "hebrew": "יום השואה",
      "start": "2026-04-14",
      "end": "2026-04-14",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaZikaron",
      "hebrew": "יום הזכרון",
      "start": "2026-04-21",
      "end": "2026-04-21",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaAtzma’ut",
      "hebrew": "יום העצמאות",
      "start": "2026-04-22",
      "end": "2026-04-22",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pesach Sheni",
      "hebrew": "פסח שני",
      "start": "2026-05-01",
      "end": "2026-05-01",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lag BaOmer",
      "hebrew": "ל״ג בעומר",
      "start": "2026-05-05",
      "end": "2026-05-05",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom Yerushalayim",
      "hebrew": "יום ירושלים",
      "start": "2026-05-15",
      "end": "2026-05-15",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Shavuot (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב שבועות",
      "start": "2026-05-21",
      "end": "2026-05-21",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shavuot",
      "hebrew": "שבועות",
      "start": "2026-05-22",
      "end": "2026-05-23",
      "days": 2,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Tish’a B’Av (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב תשעה באב",
      "start": "2026-07-22",
      "end": "2026-07-22",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tish’a B’Av",
      "hebrew": "תשעה באב",
      "start": "2026-07-23",
      "end": "2026-07-23",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tu B’Av",
      "hebrew": "ט״ו באב",
      "start": "2026-07-29",
      "end": "2026-07-29",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rosh Hashana LaBehemot",
      "hebrew": "ראש השנה למעשר בהמה",
      "start": "2026-08-14",
      "end": "2026-08-14",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Leil Selichot",
      "hebrew": "סליחות",
      "start": "2026-09-05",
      "end": "2026-09-05",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Rosh Hashana (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב ראש השנה",
      "start": "2026-09-11",
      "end": "2026-09-11",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rosh Hashana 5787",
      "hebrew": "ראש השנה",
      "start": "2026-09-12",
      "end": "2026-09-13",
      "days": 2,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Yom Kippur (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב יום כיפור",
      "start": "2026-09-20",
      "end": "2026-09-20",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom Kippur",
      "hebrew": "יום כיפור",
      "start": "2026-09-21",
      "end": "2026-09-21",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Sukkot (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב סוכות",
      "start": "2026-09-25",
      "end": "2026-09-25",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sukkot",
      "hebrew": "סוכות",
      "start": "2026-09-26",
      "end": "2026-10-02",
      "days": 7,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shmini Atzeret",
      "hebrew": "שמיני עצרת",
      "start": "2026-10-03",
      "end": "2026-10-03",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Simchat Torah",
      "hebrew": "שמחת תורה",
      "start": "2026-10-04",
      "end": "2026-10-04",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sigd",
      "hebrew": "חג הסיגד",
      "start": "2026-11-09",
      "end": "2026-11-09",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chanukah — first candle at nightfall",
      "hebrew": "חנוכה: א׳ נר",
      "start": "2026-12-04",
      "end": "2026-12-04",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chanukah",
      "hebrew": "חנוכה",
      "start": "2026-12-05",
      "end": "2026-12-12",
      "days": 8,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chag HaBanot",
      "hebrew": "חג הבנות",
      "start": "2026-12-10",
      "end": "2026-12-10",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tu BiShvat",
      "hebrew": "ט״ו בשבט",
      "start": "2027-01-23",
      "end": "2027-01-23",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Purim Katan",
      "hebrew": "פורים קטן",
      "start": "2027-02-21",
      "end": "2027-02-21",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shushan Purim Katan",
      "hebrew": "שושן פורים קטן",
      "start": "2027-02-22",
      "end": "2027-02-22",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Purim (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב פורים",
      "start": "2027-03-22",
      "end": "2027-03-22",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Purim",
      "hebrew": "פורים",
      "start": "2027-03-23",
      "end": "2027-03-23",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shushan Purim",
      "hebrew": "שושן פורים",
      "start": "2027-03-24",
      "end": "2027-03-24",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaAliyah",
      "hebrew": "יום העליה",
      "start": "2027-04-17",
      "end": "2027-04-17",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Pesach (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב פסח",
      "start": "2027-04-21",
      "end": "2027-04-21",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pesach",
      "hebrew": "פסח",
      "start": "2027-04-22",
      "end": "2027-04-29",
      "days": 8,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaShoah",
      "hebrew": "יום השואה",
      "start": "2027-05-04",
      "end": "2027-05-04",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaZikaron",
      "hebrew": "יום הזכרון",
      "start": "2027-05-11",
      "end": "2027-05-11",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaAtzma’ut",
      "hebrew": "יום העצמאות",
      "start": "2027-05-12",
      "end": "2027-05-12",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pesach Sheni",
      "hebrew": "פסח שני",
      "start": "2027-05-21",
      "end": "2027-05-21",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lag BaOmer",
      "hebrew": "ל״ג בעומר",
      "start": "2027-05-25",
      "end": "2027-05-25",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom Yerushalayim",
      "hebrew": "יום ירושלים",
      "start": "2027-06-04",
      "end": "2027-06-04",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Shavuot (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב שבועות",
      "start": "2027-06-10",
      "end": "2027-06-10",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shavuot",
      "hebrew": "שבועות",
      "start": "2027-06-11",
      "end": "2027-06-12",
      "days": 2,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Tish’a B’Av (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב תשעה באב",
      "start": "2027-08-11",
      "end": "2027-08-11",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tish’a B’Av",
      "hebrew": "תשעה באב",
      "start": "2027-08-12",
      "end": "2027-08-12",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tu B’Av",
      "hebrew": "ט״ו באב",
      "start": "2027-08-18",
      "end": "2027-08-18",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rosh Hashana LaBehemot",
      "hebrew": "ראש השנה למעשר בהמה",
      "start": "2027-09-03",
      "end": "2027-09-03",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Leil Selichot",
      "hebrew": "סליחות",
      "start": "2027-09-25",
      "end": "2027-09-25",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Rosh Hashana (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב ראש השנה",
      "start": "2027-10-01",
      "end": "2027-10-01",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rosh Hashana 5788",
      "hebrew": "ראש השנה",
      "start": "2027-10-02",
      "end": "2027-10-03",
      "days": 2,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Yom Kippur (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב יום כיפור",
      "start": "2027-10-10",
      "end": "2027-10-10",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom Kippur",
      "hebrew": "יום כיפור",
      "start": "2027-10-11",
      "end": "2027-10-11",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Sukkot (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב סוכות",
      "start": "2027-10-15",
      "end": "2027-10-15",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sukkot",
      "hebrew": "סוכות",
      "start": "2027-10-16",
      "end": "2027-10-22",
      "days": 7,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shmini Atzeret",
      "hebrew": "שמיני עצרת",
      "start": "2027-10-23",
      "end": "2027-10-23",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Simchat Torah",
      "hebrew": "שמחת תורה",
      "start": "2027-10-24",
      "end": "2027-10-24",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sigd",
      "hebrew": "חג הסיגד",
      "start": "2027-11-29",
      "end": "2027-11-29",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chanukah — first candle at nightfall",
      "hebrew": "חנוכה: א׳ נר",
      "start": "2027-12-24",
      "end": "2027-12-24",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chanukah",
      "hebrew": "חנוכה",
      "start": "2027-12-25",
      "end": "2028-01-01",
      "days": 8,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chag HaBanot",
      "hebrew": "חג הבנות",
      "start": "2027-12-30",
      "end": "2027-12-30",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2027,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tu BiShvat",
      "hebrew": "ט״ו בשבט",
      "start": "2028-02-12",
      "end": "2028-02-12",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Purim (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב פורים",
      "start": "2028-03-11",
      "end": "2028-03-11",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Purim",
      "hebrew": "פורים",
      "start": "2028-03-12",
      "end": "2028-03-12",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shushan Purim",
      "hebrew": "שושן פורים",
      "start": "2028-03-13",
      "end": "2028-03-13",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaAliyah",
      "hebrew": "יום העליה",
      "start": "2028-04-06",
      "end": "2028-04-06",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Pesach (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב פסח",
      "start": "2028-04-10",
      "end": "2028-04-10",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pesach",
      "hebrew": "פסח",
      "start": "2028-04-11",
      "end": "2028-04-18",
      "days": 8,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaShoah",
      "hebrew": "יום השואה",
      "start": "2028-04-24",
      "end": "2028-04-24",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaZikaron",
      "hebrew": "יום הזכרון",
      "start": "2028-05-01",
      "end": "2028-05-01",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom HaAtzma’ut",
      "hebrew": "יום העצמאות",
      "start": "2028-05-02",
      "end": "2028-05-02",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pesach Sheni",
      "hebrew": "פסח שני",
      "start": "2028-05-10",
      "end": "2028-05-10",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lag BaOmer",
      "hebrew": "ל״ג בעומר",
      "start": "2028-05-14",
      "end": "2028-05-14",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom Yerushalayim",
      "hebrew": "יום ירושלים",
      "start": "2028-05-24",
      "end": "2028-05-24",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Shavuot (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב שבועות",
      "start": "2028-05-30",
      "end": "2028-05-30",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shavuot",
      "hebrew": "שבועות",
      "start": "2028-05-31",
      "end": "2028-06-01",
      "days": 2,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Tish’a B’Av (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב תשעה באב",
      "start": "2028-07-31",
      "end": "2028-07-31",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tish’a B’Av",
      "hebrew": "תשעה באב",
      "start": "2028-08-01",
      "end": "2028-08-01",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tu B’Av",
      "hebrew": "ט״ו באב",
      "start": "2028-08-07",
      "end": "2028-08-07",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rosh Hashana LaBehemot",
      "hebrew": "ראש השנה למעשר בהמה",
      "start": "2028-08-23",
      "end": "2028-08-23",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Leil Selichot",
      "hebrew": "סליחות",
      "start": "2028-09-16",
      "end": "2028-09-16",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "minor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Rosh Hashana (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב ראש השנה",
      "start": "2028-09-20",
      "end": "2028-09-20",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rosh Hashana 5789",
      "hebrew": "ראש השנה",
      "start": "2028-09-21",
      "end": "2028-09-22",
      "days": 2,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Yom Kippur (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב יום כיפור",
      "start": "2028-09-29",
      "end": "2028-09-29",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yom Kippur",
      "hebrew": "יום כיפור",
      "start": "2028-09-30",
      "end": "2028-09-30",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Erev Sukkot (holiday begins at sundown)",
      "hebrew": "ערב סוכות",
      "start": "2028-10-04",
      "end": "2028-10-04",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sukkot",
      "hebrew": "סוכות",
      "start": "2028-10-05",
      "end": "2028-10-11",
      "days": 7,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shmini Atzeret",
      "hebrew": "שמיני עצרת",
      "start": "2028-10-12",
      "end": "2028-10-12",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Simchat Torah",
      "hebrew": "שמחת תורה",
      "start": "2028-10-13",
      "end": "2028-10-13",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sigd",
      "hebrew": "חג הסיגד",
      "start": "2028-11-16",
      "end": "2028-11-16",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "modern"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chanukah — first candle at nightfall",
      "hebrew": "חנוכה: א׳ נר",
      "start": "2028-12-12",
      "end": "2028-12-12",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chanukah",
      "hebrew": "חנוכה",
      "start": "2028-12-13",
      "end": "2028-12-20",
      "days": 8,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "major"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chag HaBanot",
      "hebrew": "חג הבנות",
      "start": "2028-12-18",
      "end": "2028-12-18",
      "days": 1,
      "year": 2028,
      "category": "minor"
    }
  ]
}