Public Holidays in Israel 2028

Complete list of 32 public holidays and observances in Israel for 2028. Dates, days, and holiday types.

Passover (Pesach)April 2, 2026

13 days left

9 Public Holidays

252 Working Days

114 Days Off

2 Long Weekends

Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday	Type
Jan 9	Sunday	Tenth of Tevet	Observance
Feb 12	Saturday	Tu Bishvat (Arbor Day)	Observance
Mar 9	Thursday	Fast of Esther	School
Mar 12	Sunday	Purim	School
Apr 6	Thursday	Aliyah Day	Observance
Apr 11	Tuesday	Passover (Pesach)	Public
Apr 12	Wednesday	Passover (intermediate days)	School
Apr 17	Monday	Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover	Public
Apr 24	Monday	Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)	Observance
May 1	Monday	Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day (Yom HaZikaron)	Observance
May 2	Tuesday	Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut)	Public
May 7	Sunday	Herzl Day	Observance
May 9	Tuesday	Victory in Europe Day	Observance
May 14	Sunday	Lag BaOmer	School
May 24	Wednesday	Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim)	Observance
May 31	Wednesday	Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)	Public
Jul 11	Tuesday	Seventeenth of Tamuz, fast	Observance
Jul 23	Sunday	Jabotinsky Day	Observance
Aug 1	Tuesday	Tisha B'Av, fast	Observance
Aug 7	Monday	Tu B'Av (Fifteenth of Av)	Observance
Sep 21	Thursday	Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah)	Public
Sep 22	Friday	Rosh Hashanah (Day 2)	Public
Sep 24	Sunday	Fast of Gedaliah (Tzom Gedalya)	Observance
Sep 30	Saturday	Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)	Public
Oct 5	Thursday	Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)	Public
Oct 6	Friday	The week of Sukkot	School
Oct 12	Thursday	Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret	Public
Nov 1	Wednesday	Rabin Day	Observance
Nov 18	Saturday	Sigd	Observance
Nov 24	Friday	Ben-Gurion Day	Observance
Dec 13	Wednesday	Hanukkah	School
Dec 28	Thursday	Tenth of Tevet	Observance

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Long Weekends in 2028

Israel has 2 long weekends in 2028 — periods of 3 or more consecutive days off without using any leave days.

September 21, 2028 — September 24, 2028 4 days

Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah), Rosh Hashanah (Day 2)

April 15, 2028 — April 17, 2028 3 days

Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover

Holidays by Month

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Holiday Breakdown

8 On Weekdays

Extra days off from work

1 On Weekends

Already non-working days

17 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	29

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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