Hebrew birthday calculator / Birthday customs
What people do on a Hebrew birthday
Customs many families keep on the Hebrew birthday, as described by Chabad.org, where the Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraged marking the day this way.
An aliyah
For men and boys: being called up to the Torah on the Shabbat before the birthday.
Extra tzedakah
Giving some additional charity on the day, best before the morning and afternoon prayers.
More Torah study
Adding to your learning, and sharing what you learn with friends.
Your Psalm
Every year of life has a matching chapter of Tehillim: your age plus one. Learn it on the day and say it daily for the year.
Time in prayer
Spending longer on the prayers and saying some extra Psalms.
A new fruit
Eating a fruit you haven’t had this season, so you can say the Shehecheyanu blessing.
A farbrengen
Friends sitting together, making l’chaim and encouraging each other.
Reflection and a new mitzvah
Taking quiet time to think about the past year, and taking on a new mitzvah.
Source: Chabad.org, "Jewish Birthday" (opens in a new tab) · checked 4 Oct 2026
Find your Psalm
Type an age to see your Psalm.
Following Chabad.org's rule of thumb: your age plus one. Turning 40, for example, you begin your 41st year and say Psalm 41.
Which day?
These customs belong to the Hebrew birthday, which falls on a different English date each year. The calculator lists the next 20 and puts them in your phone's calendar, so the day doesn't slip past. Customs vary between communities; your rabbi can tell you what yours keeps.
Work out your own dates
The Hebrew date, the bar or bat mitzvah date, the parsha and the next 20 Hebrew birthdays, from one English date.
