Public holidays in Israel 2026

There are 9 public holidays in Israel in 2026, 5 of them on a weekday. The next one is counted down below, with the long weekends and the days worth taking off between them.

 

 

Public holidays in 2026

Date Holiday
Thu, Apr 2 Passover (Pesach)
Wed, Apr 8 Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover
Wed, Apr 22 Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut)
Fri, May 22 Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)
Sat, Sep 12 Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah)
Sun, Sep 13 Rosh Hashanah (Day 2)
Mon, Sep 21 Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
Sat, Sep 26 Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)
Sat, Oct 3 Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret
Other days in 2026
  • Mon, Feb 2 Tu Bishvat (Arbor Day)
  • Mon, Mar 2 Fast of Esther
  • Tue, Mar 3 – Wed, Mar 4 Purim
  • Sat, Mar 28 Aliyah Day
  • Fri, Apr 3 – Tue, Apr 7 Passover (intermediate days)
  • Tue, Apr 14 Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
  • Tue, Apr 21 Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day (Yom HaZikaron)
  • Mon, Apr 27 Herzl Day
  • Tue, May 5 Lag BaOmer
  • Sat, May 9 Victory in Europe Day
  • Fri, May 15 Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim)
  • Thu, Jul 2 Seventeenth of Tamuz, fast
  • Tue, Jul 14 Jabotinsky Day
  • Thu, Jul 23 Tisha B'Av, fast
  • Wed, Jul 29 Tu B'Av (Fifteenth of Av)
  • Mon, Sep 14 Fast of Gedaliah (Tzom Gedalya)
  • Sun, Sep 27 – Fri, Oct 2 The week of Sukkot
  • Thu, Oct 22 Rabin Day
  • Mon, Nov 9 Sigd
  • Mon, Nov 16 Ben-Gurion Day
  • Sat, Dec 5 – Sat, Dec 12 Hanukkah
  • Sun, Dec 20 Tenth of Tevet

Public holidays in 2027

Date Holiday
Thu, Apr 22 Passover (Pesach)
Wed, Apr 28 Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover
Wed, May 12 Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut)
Fri, Jun 11 Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)
Sat, Oct 2 Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah)
Sun, Oct 3 Rosh Hashanah (Day 2)
Mon, Oct 11 Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
Sat, Oct 16 Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)
Sat, Oct 23 Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret
Other days in 2027
  • Sat, Jan 23 Tu Bishvat (Arbor Day)
  • Mon, Mar 22 Fast of Esther
  • Tue, Mar 23 – Wed, Mar 24 Purim
  • Sat, Apr 17 Aliyah Day
  • Fri, Apr 23 – Tue, Apr 27 Passover (intermediate days)
  • Tue, May 4 Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
  • Sun, May 9 Victory in Europe Day
  • Tue, May 11 Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day (Yom HaZikaron)
  • Mon, May 17 Herzl Day
  • Tue, May 25 Lag BaOmer
  • Fri, Jun 4 Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim)
  • Thu, Jul 22 Seventeenth of Tamuz, fast
  • Tue, Aug 3 Jabotinsky Day
  • Thu, Aug 12 Tisha B'Av, fast
  • Wed, Aug 18 Tu B'Av (Fifteenth of Av)
  • Mon, Oct 4 Fast of Gedaliah (Tzom Gedalya)
  • Sun, Oct 17 – Fri, Oct 22 The week of Sukkot
  • Thu, Nov 11 Rabin Day
  • Mon, Nov 29 Sigd
  • Mon, Dec 6 Ben-Gurion Day
  • Sat, Dec 25 – Sat, Jan 1 Hanukkah

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Long weekends in 2026

  • Thu, Apr 2 – Sat, Apr 4: 3 days off · Passover (Pesach)
  • Fri, Sep 11 – Sun, Sep 13: 3 days off · Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah), Rosh Hashanah (Day 2)

Bridge days in 2026

  • Take Thu, Apr 9 off: 4 days off, Wed, Apr 8 – Sat, Apr 11 · Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover
  • Take Thu, Apr 23 off: 4 days off, Wed, Apr 22 – Sat, Apr 25 · Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut)
  • Take Sun, Sep 20 off: 4 days off, Fri, Sep 18 – Mon, Sep 21 · Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

Long weekends in 2027

  • Thu, Apr 22 – Sat, Apr 24: 3 days off · Passover (Pesach)
  • Fri, Oct 1 – Sun, Oct 3: 3 days off · Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah), Rosh Hashanah (Day 2)

Bridge days in 2027

  • Take Thu, Apr 29 off: 4 days off, Wed, Apr 28 – Sat, May 1 · Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover
  • Take Thu, May 13 off: 4 days off, Wed, May 12 – Sat, May 15 · Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut)
  • Take Sun, Oct 10 off: 4 days off, Fri, Oct 8 – Mon, Oct 11 · Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

The dates are worked out from the rules of date-holidays, an open-source holiday database built from Wikipedia’s articles. The lists on this page are shared under the same license, CC BY-SA 3.0. A holiday announced for one year only may be missing: check your government’s or employer’s list before you book.

Questions and answers

How many public holidays are there in Israel in 2026?

9: Passover (Pesach), Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover, Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut), Shavuot (Feast of Weeks), Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah), Rosh Hashanah (Day 2), Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret.

What is a bridge day?

A workday between a holiday and a weekend. One day of leave taken there gives you four or more days off in a row; the list above shows each one.

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