Public Holidays in Israel 2026

Complete list of 31 public holidays and observances in Israel for 2026. Dates, days, and holiday types.

Passover (Pesach)April 2, 2026

13 days left

9 Public Holidays

256 Working Days

109 Days Off

2 Long Weekends

Holidays

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

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Long Weekends in 2026

Israel has 2 long weekends in 2026 — periods of 3 or more consecutive days off without using any leave days.

May 22, 2026 — May 24, 2026 3 days

Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)

September 19, 2026 — September 21, 2026 3 days

Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

Holidays by Month

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Holiday Breakdown

5 On Weekdays

Extra days off from work

4 On Weekends

Already non-working days

16 Observances

Recognized but not days off

Calendar

January

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

February

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28

March

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

April

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

May

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

June

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

July

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

August

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

September

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30

October

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

November

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30

December

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

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