Public Holidays in Israel 2029

Complete list of 31 public holidays and observances in Israel for 2029. Dates, days, and holiday types.

Passover (Pesach)April 2, 2026

13 days left

9 Public Holidays

254 Working Days

111 Days Off

4 Long Weekends

Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday	Type
Jan 31	Wednesday	Tu Bishvat (Arbor Day)	Observance
Feb 28	Wednesday	Fast of Esther	School
Mar 1	Thursday	Purim	School
Mar 26	Monday	Aliyah Day	Observance
Mar 31	Saturday	Passover (Pesach)	Public
Apr 1	Sunday	Passover (intermediate days)	School
Apr 6	Friday	Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover	Public
Apr 12	Thursday	Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)	Observance
Apr 18	Wednesday	Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day (Yom HaZikaron)	Observance
Apr 19	Thursday	Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut)	Public
Apr 25	Wednesday	Herzl Day	Observance
May 3	Thursday	Lag BaOmer	School
May 9	Wednesday	Victory in Europe Day	Observance
May 13	Sunday	Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim)	Observance
May 20	Sunday	Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)	Public
Jul 1	Sunday	Seventeenth of Tamuz, fast	Observance
Jul 12	Thursday	Jabotinsky Day	Observance
Jul 22	Sunday	Tisha B'Av, fast	Observance
Jul 27	Friday	Tu B'Av (Fifteenth of Av)	Observance
Sep 10	Monday	Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah)	Public
Sep 11	Tuesday	Rosh Hashanah (Day 2)	Public
Sep 12	Wednesday	Fast of Gedaliah (Tzom Gedalya)	Observance
Sep 19	Wednesday	Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)	Public
Sep 24	Monday	Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)	Public
Sep 25	Tuesday	The week of Sukkot	School
Oct 1	Monday	Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret	Public
Oct 21	Sunday	Rabin Day	Observance
Nov 7	Wednesday	Sigd	Observance
Nov 13	Tuesday	Ben-Gurion Day	Observance
Dec 2	Sunday	Hanukkah	School
Dec 16	Sunday	Tenth of Tevet	Observance

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Long Weekends in 2029

Israel has 4 long weekends in 2029 — periods of 3 or more consecutive days off without using any leave days.

September 8, 2029 — September 11, 2029 4 days

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

April 6, 2029 — April 8, 2029 3 days

Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover

September 22, 2029 — September 24, 2029 3 days

Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)

September 29, 2029 — October 1, 2029 3 days

Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret

Holidays by Month

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Holiday Breakdown

7 On Weekdays

Extra days off from work

2 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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