Israel Public Holidays List 2026

Tu Bishvat (02 Feb) : Tu B'Shevat is the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat and is the birthday for trees that bear fruit or nuts.

Fast of Esther (02 Mar) : Fast of Esther is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Purim Eve (02 Mar) : Purim Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Purim (Tel Aviv) (03 Mar) : Purim is a Jewish holiday to celebrate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to kill all of them during the Persian empire, as told in the scroll of Esther.

Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) (04 Mar) : Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) is a local holiday in Israel

March Equinox (20 Mar) : March Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)

Aliyah Day (28 Mar) : Aliyah Day is a official holiday, business as usual in Israel

Passover Eve (01 Apr) : Passover Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Passover (Day 1) (02 Apr) : During Passover, the Jewish people remember the liberation of the Israelites from slavery, their exodus from Egypt, and that their first-born children were spared during the 10th plague, as told in the Haggadah.

Passover (Day 2) (03 Apr) : Passover (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Passover (Day 3) (04 Apr) : Passover (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Passover (Day 4) (05 Apr) : Passover (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Passover (Day 5) (06 Apr) : Passover (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Passover (Day 6) (07 Apr) : Passover (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Passover (Day 7) (08 Apr) : The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days.

Yom HaShoah (14 Apr) : Yom HaShoah is a Jewish day of remembrance for the lives and the heroism of the six million Jewish people who died in the Holocaust in the years leading up to and during World War II.

Yom HaZikaron (21 Apr) : Yom HaZikaron is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Yom HaAtzmaut (22 Apr) : Israel's Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Israel.

Lag BaOmer (05 May) : Lag B'Omer (Lag Ba'Omer, Lag La'omer, Lag L'Omer) is the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which is a period of 49 days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot.

Jerusalem Day (15 May) : Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is the anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification.

Shavuot Eve (21 May) : Shavuot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Shavuot (22 May) : Shavuot, sometimes known as the Festival of the Weeks, is a Jewish holiday to mark the end of the Counting of the Omer and the anniversary of the day when Jewish people received the Torah.

June Solstice (21 Jun) : June Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)

17th of Tammuz (02 Jul) : The 17th day of the Jewish month of Tammuz is a day of mourning to mark the anniversary of five calamities that befell the Jewish people. It is known as the Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz.

Tisha B'Av Eve (22 Jul) : Tisha B'Av Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Tisha B'Av (23 Jul) : Tisha B' Av is a Jewish day of prayer and fasting. It is observed on the ninth day of the month of Av in the Jewish calendar. It commemorate the anniversary of five calamities, including the destruction of the First Temple and the Second Temple.

Rosh Hashana Eve (11 Sep) : Rosh Hashana Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Rosh Hashana (12 Sep) : Rosh Hashana, commonly known as the Jewish New Year, is the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month in the Hebrew calendar.

Rosh Hashana (Day 2) (13 Sep) : Rosh Hashana (Day 2) is a national holiday and Jewish holiday in Israel

Gedaliah Fast (14 Sep) : Gedaliah Fast is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Yom Kippur Eve (20 Sep) : Yom Kippur Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Yom Kippur (21 Sep) : Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is an important Jewish holiday that centers on the themes of atonement and repentance.

September Equinox (23 Sep) : September Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)

Sukkot Eve (25 Sep) : Sukkot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Sukkot (Day 1) (26 Sep) : The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.

Sukkot (Day 2) (27 Sep) : Sukkot (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Sukkot (Day 3) (28 Sep) : Sukkot (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Sukkot (Day 4) (29 Sep) : Sukkot (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Sukkot (Day 5) (30 Sep) : Sukkot (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Sukkot (Day 6) (01 Oct) : Sukkot (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah (02 Oct) : The last day of Sukkot marks the end of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.

Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah (03 Oct) : Shemini Atzeret (or Shmini Atzeret) is a Jewish holiday dedicated to the love of God, while Simchat Torah (Simchas Torah or Simhat Torah) and celebrates the completion of the annual reading of the Torah.

Aliyah Day School Observance (18 Oct) : Aliyah Day School Observance is a observance in Israel

Hanukkah (Day 1) (05 Dec) : Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for 8 days between the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar.

Hanukkah (Day 2) (06 Dec) : Hanukkah (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Hanukkah (Day 3) (07 Dec) : Hanukkah (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Hanukkah (Day 4) (08 Dec) : Hanukkah (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Hanukkah (Day 5) (09 Dec) : Hanukkah (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet (10 Dec) : Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Hanukkah (Day 7) (11 Dec) : Hanukkah (Day 7) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

Hanukkah (Day 8) (12 Dec) : Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days between the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar.

Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) (20 Dec) : Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

December Solstice (21 Dec) : December Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)