Public holidays in Israel 2026
9 national public holidays in Israel in 2026. The weekend is Friday and Saturday.
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 2 April | Thursday | Passover (Pesach) |
| 8 April | Wednesday | Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover |
| 22 April | Wednesday | Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut) |
| 22 May | Friday | Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) |
| 12 September | Saturday | Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah) |
| 13 September | Sunday | Rosh Hashanah (Day 2) |
| 21 September | Monday | Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) |
| 26 September | Saturday | Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) |
| 3 October | Saturday | Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 2 February · Tu Bishvat (Arbor Day) (observance)
- 28 March · Aliyah Day (observance)
- 14 April · Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) (observance)
- 21 April · Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day (Yom HaZikaron) (observance)
- 27 April · Herzl Day (observance)
- 9 May · Victory in Europe Day (observance)
- 15 May · Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) (observance)
- 2 July · Seventeenth of Tamuz, fast (observance)
- 14 July · Jabotinsky Day (observance)
- 23 July · Tisha B'Av, fast (observance)
- 29 July · Tu B'Av (Fifteenth of Av) (observance)
- 14 September · Fast of Gedaliah (Tzom Gedalya) (observance)
- 22 October · Rabin Day (observance)
- 9 November · Sigd (observance)
- 16 November · Ben-Gurion Day (observance)
- 20 December · Tenth of Tevet (observance)
Source: date-holidays rules v3.26.5 (ISC (data: CC BY-SA 3.0)). About our data
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