TIME · LETTERS · KABBALAH

Calendar & traditions

Explore Hebrew and civil dates with Jewish or Christian observances. The Kabbalah guide follows the Hebrew months and Jewish sources.

October 2026

Tishrei 5787 – Cheshvan 5787

Kabbalah · CheshvanNun · Scorpio · SmellJewish · Diaspora

TORAH · WEEKLY READING

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Shabbat for the selected week ·

Diaspora · 6 Cheshvan 5787

Sefaria · main annual Torah passage Chabad · Torah & Chasidic commentary Rabbi Sacks · ethical essays KabbalaOnline · mystical commentary Check the reading on Hebcal

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Main Torah reference · Genesis 6:9-11:32

Schedule: Diaspora. Israel and the Diaspora can read different portions after some festivals.

About the weekly reading

Use the arrow keys to move by day or week; Home/End for a week edge and Page Up/Down for a month.

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Holiday / fastShabbatRosh Chodesh

Hebrew date · This Hebrew date begins the previous evening.

Coming up this month

Exports selected observances in this month as all-day civil dates. Notes explain Jewish evening or dawn starts and Christian civil-day dates; local times are not included.

Does the observance choice change the calendar?

The choice filters the observances shown. You can still browse civil or Hebrew months and convert dates. The Kabbalah guide follows the Hebrew month independently, using Jewish sources; it does not assign Kabbalistic meanings to Christian feasts.

Why can Christian feast dates differ?

Western mode computes Easter in the Gregorian calendar; Orthodox mode uses the Julian Easter rule, then converts to civil dates. The fixed-feast setting is separate. Churches may transfer feasts such as Ascension or Epiphany to Sunday; check your local church calendar.

Selected Christian feasts follow shared date rules. Denominations and local churches may observe different dates or transfer some feasts to Sunday.

TORAH · WEEKLY READING

From a date to a weekly Torah portion

A parashah is a portion of the Torah read in the synagogue. Follow the Hebrew calendar through the weekly reading, open the passage itself, and compare commentary before forming your own reflection.

The Torah reading and the Kabbalah month guide offer separate paths into Jewish learning. The reading follows the annual synagogue cycle; the month guide follows Hebrew months and the symbolic correspondences of Sefer Yetzirah.

Why does the weekly Torah reading sometimes differ?

This calendar follows the annual reading cycle. Some weeks join two portions, and festival readings can replace the regular portion. Israel and the Diaspora sometimes follow different schedules because some festivals last an extra day in the Diaspora. The card uses the Shabbat on or after your selected date and the schedule you choose.

This is the annual reading cycle. Check the linked sources and your community for special maftir, haftarah customs and triennial subdivisions.

Reading schedules are adapted from Hebcal · CC BY 4.0.

Read with the sources

Begin with the Torah passage, then compare explanations from named sources. A translation or commentary is a reading of the text; different Jewish traditions may interpret the same passage differently.

Source pages may use a different language from this calendar.

Continue your learning

Sefer Yetzirah

A calendar of letters and meaning

In Jewish mystical learning, Sefer Yetzirah connects twelve simple Hebrew letters with the months of the year and twelve traditional constellations.

We follow the Gra version of Sefer Yetzirah, chapter 5; other versions differ in their correspondences. This layer presents month correspondences, with contemporary reflections written by Mazalogy.

Sefer Yetzirah · Gra version · chapter 5
Explore all twelve months Read the calendar essay

01 · Hebrew date

Convert a date

Find the Hebrew date for a civil date. Choose the evening boundary explicitly.

Birth atlas
2 Cheshvan 5787

This Hebrew date begins the previous evening.

Near sunset, the date can be uncertain. Explore both candidates; exact boundaries require a location and a local calendar.

02 · Understanding the Jewish year

A few useful questions

A calendar of lunar months, kept in step with the seasons. The dates are calculated; the meaning is yours to explore.

About evening boundaries
When does a Hebrew date begin?

The Hebrew day begins in the evening. A cell shows the Hebrew date during the daylight portion of its civil date. After nightfall, the next Hebrew date applies. Sunset, twilight and observance times depend on location.

Why are there two Adar months?

Seven years in each 19-year cycle have an extra month. These leap years contain Adar I and Adar II, keeping the lunar calendar aligned with the seasons. Purim falls in Adar II in a leap year.

Why choose Israel or Diaspora?

Some festivals have an extra day outside Israel. This setting changes festival dates and weekly Torah readings. Rosh Hashanah has two days in both places. Modern civic holidays are not included.

03 · Mazalogy

Sources & method

Jewish: Hebrew dates use documented month lengths and Hebcal year boundaries. Holidays follow date and fast-day postponement rules; Torah readings use Hebcal schedules.

Christian: Western mode computes Easter in the Gregorian calendar; Orthodox mode uses the Julian Easter rule, then converts to civil dates. The fixed-feast setting is separate. Churches may transfer feasts such as Ascension or Epiphany to Sunday; check your local church calendar.