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Israeli HolidaysVarious public & national holidays observed in Israel |
| sitesworld.comDate | English Name (note: the "local name" is more commonly used in English than the name listed under "English Name") | Local Name | Range of possible dates in Gregorian calendar for the present age | Status |
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| Tishrei 1-2 | New Year | ראש השՠה Rosh Hashanah | between Sept 5 & Oct 5 | Official holiday (2 days) |
| Tishrei 3 | Fast Day of Gedaliah | צום גדליה Fast of Gedalia | Business as usual | |
| Tishrei 10 | Day of Atonement (Most Holy Day of the Year) | יום כיפור Yom Kippur | between Sept 14 & Oct 14 | Official holiday, businesses close around noon on the holiday's eve. Absolutely all businesses nationwide are closed. Virtually NO traffic on the streets with the exception of emergency vehicles. Non-emergency services that normally operate on holidays, e.g. airports, border crossings, broadcasting stations etc. suspend their work for about 28-30 hours. |
| Tishrei 15 | Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) | סוכות Sukkot | between Sept 19 & Oct 19 | Official holiday |
| Tishrei 16-21 | Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) | חול המועד סוכות Chol HaMoed | between Sept 19 & Oct 19 | School holiday, collective paid leave in many businesses and government offices |
| Tishrei 22 | Assembly of the Eighth Day | שמחת תורה/שמיՠי עצרת Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret | between Sept 26 & Oct 26 | Official holiday |
| Heshvan 12 | Yitzhak Rabin's Remembrance Day | יום הזיכרון ליצחק רבין Yom Hazikaron le Yitzhak Rabin | National remembrance day with business as usual | |
| Heshvan 29 | Sigd | סיגד Sigd | Festival unique to the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish community), optional paid leave, business as usual | |
| Kislev 25-Tevet 2/3 | Feast of Rededication (First Day) | חՠוכה Hanukkah | between Nov 27 & Dec 27 | School holiday for the duration of the 8 day festival, business as usual |
| Tevet 10 | Tenth of Tevet Fast | צום עשרה בטבת Tsom Asarah b-Tevet | Business as usual | |
| Shvat 15 | Fifteenth of Shvat (New Year for Trees) | ט"ו בשבט Tu Bishvat | Business as usual | |
| Adar 13 | Fast of Esther | תעՠית אסתר Ta`anit Ester | School holiday, Business as usual | |
| Adar 14 (Adar 15 in some places) | Memorial Feast for the Triumph of Esther | פורים Purim | between February 24 & March 26 | School holiday, optional paid leave |
| Nisan 15 | Passover | פסח Pesach | between March 26 & April 25 | Official holiday |
| Nisan 16-20 | Passover | חול המועד פסח Chol HaMoed Pesach | between March 26 & April 25 | School holiday, collective paid leave in many businesses and government offices |
| Nisan 21 | Seventh day of Passover | שביעי של פסח Shvi'i shel Pesach | between April 1 & May 1 | Official holiday |
| Nisan 27 | Holocaust Remembrance Day | יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה Yom HaZikaron LaShoah VeLaGevurah | between April 7 & May 7 | National remembrance day, business as usual except places of public entertainment |
| May 9 | Victory Day on Nazi Germany | יום הՠיצחון על גרמՠיה הՠאצית Victory Day (May 9) | National remembrance day, business as usual | |
| Iyar 4 | Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day | יום הזיכרון לחללי מערכות ישראל וՠפגעי פעולות האיבה Yom Hazikaron | between April 14 & May 14 | National remembrance day, business as usual except places of public entertainment |
| Iyar 5 | Independence Day | יום העצמאות Yom Ha-Atzmaut | between April 15 & May 15 | Official holiday |
| Iyar 18 | 33rd day of the `Omer | ל"ג בעומר Lag Ba'omer | School holiday | |
| Iyar 28 | Jerusalem Day | יום ירושלים Yom Herut Yerushalayim | Optional paid leave | |
| Sivan 6 | Feast of Weeks | שבועות Shavuot | between May 15 & June 14 | Official holiday |
| Tammuz 17 | Seventeenth of Tammuz fast | שבעה עשר בתמוז Tsom Shiva` Asar b-Tammuz | Business as usual | |
| Av 9 | Ninth of Av fast (Destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples) | תשעה באב Tisha B'Av | Optional paid leave, business as usual except places of public entertainment | |
| Av 15 | Fifteenth of Av (Festival of Love) | ט"ו באב Tu B'Av | Business as usualsitesworld.com |