Holidays in Israel
🇮🇱In Israel, there are 30 holidays: 15 observance holidays, 6 school holidays, 9 public holidays. The most recent holiday in Israel is Hanukkah (School Holiday), observed in 3 days on 26 December 2024.
Observance Holidays are days of significance but not official holidays.
School Holidays are breaks for educational institutions.
Public Holidays are official days off recognized by the government.
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
Tu Bishvat (Arbor Day) Observance Holiday | 25 Jan 2024 a year ago |
Fast of Esther School Holiday | 21 Mar 2024 9 months ago |
Purim School Holiday | 24 Mar 2024 9 months ago |
Aliyah Day Observance Holiday | 18 Apr 2024 8 months ago |
Passover (Pesach) Public Holiday | 23 Apr 2024 8 months ago |
Passover (intermediate days) School Holiday | 24 Apr 2024 8 months ago |
Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover Public Holiday | 29 Apr 2024 8 months ago |
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) Observance Holiday | 06 May 2024 8 months ago |
Victory in Europe Day Observance Holiday | 09 May 2024 7 months ago |
Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day (Yom HaZikaron) Observance Holiday | 13 May 2024 7 months ago |
Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut) Public Holiday | 14 May 2024 7 months ago |
Herzl Day Observance Holiday | 19 May 2024 7 months ago |
Lag BaOmer School Holiday | 26 May 2024 7 months ago |
Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) Observance Holiday | 05 Jun 2024 7 months ago |
Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) Public Holiday | 12 Jun 2024 6 months ago |
Seventeenth of Tamuz, fast Observance Holiday | 23 Jul 2024 5 months ago |
Jabotinsky Day Observance Holiday | 04 Aug 2024 5 months ago |
Tisha B'Av, fast Observance Holiday | 13 Aug 2024 4 months ago |
Tu B'Av (Fifteenth of Av) Observance Holiday | 19 Aug 2024 4 months ago |
Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah) Public Holiday | 03 Oct 2024 3 months ago |
Rosh Hashanah (Day 2) Public Holiday | 04 Oct 2024 3 months ago |
Fast of Gedaliah (Tzom Gedalya) Observance Holiday | 06 Oct 2024 3 months ago |
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) Public Holiday | 12 Oct 2024 2 months ago |
Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) Public Holiday | 17 Oct 2024 2 months ago |
The week of Sukkot School Holiday | 18 Oct 2024 2 months ago |
Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret Public Holiday | 24 Oct 2024 2 months ago |
Rabin Day Observance Holiday | 13 Nov 2024 a month ago |
Sigd Observance Holiday | 30 Nov 2024 23 days ago |
Ben-Gurion Day Observance Holiday | 08 Dec 2024 15 days ago |
Hanukkah School Holiday | 26 Dec 2024 in 3 days |