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Hebrew birthdays are celebrated according to the Hebrew date on which we were born. This tool provides a list of exact dates on which a Hebrew birthday will occur for the next 20 years. Simply enter the correct Gregorian (Civil) or Hebrew (Jewish) birthdate and future Jewish birthdays will be displayed. Please note that days on the Hebrew calendar begin at sunset, so make sure to check the box if relevant when entering a Gregorian date.

First and foremost, a birthday is a day to feel grateful. It’s a day for parents to be grateful to G‑d for the precious gift He granted them. A day for the Jewish nation to be grateful for the addition of a new member of the nation-family. And, of course, it is a day for the birthday celebrant to express gratitude to G‑d for the gift of life.

This is the day when you were given the mandate to change the world. The day when G‑d entrusted you with the mission to challenge a world that is hostile to spirituality and transform it into G‑d’s private sanctum. And in accomplishing this goal, you, too, were given the ability to achieve incredible spiritual heights—heights unimaginable to the soul before it was dispatched from its lofty heavenly abode to inhabit a physical body.

Celebrating a birthday is thus also a demonstration of confidence. Confidence that you are and will continue to be worthy of G‑d’s trust. No matter the obstacles, you will persevere and live up to G‑d’s expectations of you.

This day takes on additional significance if you are above the age of bar or bat mitzvah. The word “mitzvah” means commandments, but is also related to the word “tzaveta,” which means “connection.” Fulfilling G‑d’s commandments is the vehicle through which we connect to G‑d. Until bar and bat mitzvah, mitzvot are primarily an educational experience—the commandment element kicking in upon adulthood. That means greater responsibility, but an infinitely greater connection, too. Your birthday is also the anniversary of that momentous occasion. Another reason to be grateful…

Déjà Vu

Time is like a spiral. Annually, on the anniversary of any momentous event, we have the ability to tap into the same spiritual energy that originally caused that event (hence the concept of Jewish holidays).

When you were born, G‑d invested within you a soul abounding with talents and qualities. Your mazel was shining and at full strength. That same energy is present once again every year on the anniversary of that date. On this day you have the ability to accomplish that which would perhaps be very difficult on another day.

Rosh Hashanah is so special because it is the birthday of humankind—it is the day when Adam and Eve were created. Your birthday is your personal Rosh Hashanah—utilize it to its utmost!

A Hebrew birthday (also known as a Jewish birthday) is the date on which a person is born according to the Hebrew calendar. This is important for Jews, particularly when calculating the correct date for day of birth, day of death, a bar mitzva or a bat mitzva. This is because the Jewish calendar differs from the secular and Christian Gregorian calendar as well as from the Islamic calendar, in most years the two birthdays do not coincide - typically, they coincide just once in 19 years.

"A person wanting to know the civil date for celebrating a Jewish birthday ... must first determine the date within the Jewish calendar (not necessarily a straightforward procedure) and then determine the corresponding day in the civil calendar."[1] The exercise is made more complicated by the fact that Jewish days start and end in the evening, so a person born after dusk will have the following day's date as their birthday.[2]

Especially among Hasidic Jews, there is a custom that a boy's first haircut takes place on his third Hebrew birthday known as an upsherin.[3]

References

^ Lance Latham (6 January 1998). Standard C Date/Time Library: Programming the World's Calendars and Clocks. Taylor & Francis. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-87930-496-6.
^ Arthur Spier (1986). The Comprehensive Hebrew Calendar: Twentieth to Twenty-second Century, 5660-5860, 1900-2100. Feldheim Publishers. pp. 4–. ISBN 978-0-87306-398-2.
^ Eleanor M. Nesbitt (2004). Intercultural Education: Ethnographic and Religious Approaches. Sussex Academic Press. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-1-84519-034-7.

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A Hebrew birthday (also known as a Jewish birthday) is the date on which a person is born according to the Hebrew calendar.Your Hebrew birthday is like your personal Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) in that it is the day God entrusted you with the mission of making the world a better, more faithful, and Godly place.

Fill out the form below to tell us your Gregorian birth date. When you push submit, wait for the page to refresh to see your Hebrew birthday.

Put in your birth date and you can see your Hebrew birthday for the next several years. Now you can have two parties on on the Hebrew Date and one on the Gregorian Calendar.