Israel has a total of 54 holidays in 2018. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays and when they are observed. All the information display below is also available via our API as well as downloadable as a csv. Signup here to get started.

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Holiday	Date	Details
Tu Bishvat	Wednesday, January 31, 2018	Tu B'Shevat is the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat and is the birthday for trees that bear fruit or nuts.
Fast of Esther	Wednesday, February 28, 2018	Fast of Esther is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim Eve	Wednesday, February 28, 2018	Purim Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim (Tel Aviv)	Thursday, March 1, 2018	Purim is a Jewish holiday to celebrate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to kill all of them during the Persian empire, as told in the scroll of Esther.
Shushan Purim (Jerusalem)	Friday, March 2, 2018	Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) is a local holiday in Israel
March Equinox	Tuesday, March 20, 2018	March Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Aliyah Day	Monday, March 26, 2018	Aliyah Day is a official holiday, business as usual in Israel
Passover Eve	Friday, March 30, 2018	Passover Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 1)	Saturday, March 31, 2018	During Passover, the Jewish people remember the liberation of the Israelites from slavery, their exodus from Egypt, and that their first-born children were spared during the 10th plague, as told in the Haggadah.
Passover (Day 2)	Sunday, April 1, 2018	Passover (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 3)	Monday, April 2, 2018	Passover (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 4)	Tuesday, April 3, 2018	Passover (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 5)	Wednesday, April 4, 2018	Passover (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 6)	Thursday, April 5, 2018	Passover (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 7)	Friday, April 6, 2018	The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days.
Yom HaShoah	Thursday, April 12, 2018	Yom HaShoah is a Jewish day of remembrance for the lives and the heroism of the six million Jewish people who died in the Holocaust in the years leading up to and during World War II.
Yom HaZikaron	Wednesday, April 18, 2018	Yom HaZikaron is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom HaAtzmaut	Thursday, April 19, 2018	Israel's Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Israel.
Lag BaOmer	Thursday, May 3, 2018	Lag B'Omer (Lag Ba'Omer, Lag La'omer, Lag L'Omer) is the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which is a period of 49 days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot.
Jerusalem Day	Sunday, May 13, 2018	Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is the anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification.
Shavuot Eve	Saturday, May 19, 2018	Shavuot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Shavuot	Sunday, May 20, 2018	Shavuot, sometimes known as the Festival of the Weeks, is a Jewish holiday to mark the end of the Counting of the Omer and the anniversary of the day when Jewish people received the Torah.
June Solstice	Thursday, June 21, 2018	June Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)
17th of Tammuz	Sunday, July 1, 2018	The 17th day of the Jewish month of Tammuz is a day of mourning to mark the anniversary of five calamities that befell the Jewish people. It is known as the Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz.
Tisha B'Av Eve	Saturday, July 21, 2018	Tisha B'Av Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Tisha B'Av	Sunday, July 22, 2018	Tisha B' Av is a Jewish day of prayer and fasting. It is observed on the ninth day of the month of Av in the Jewish calendar. It commemorate the anniversary of five calamities, including the destruction of the First Temple and the Second Temple.
Rosh Hashana Eve	Sunday, September 9, 2018	Rosh Hashana Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Rosh Hashana	Monday, September 10, 2018	Rosh Hashana, commonly known as the Jewish New Year, is the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month in the Hebrew calendar.
Rosh Hashana (Day 2)	Tuesday, September 11, 2018	Rosh Hashana (Day 2) is a national holiday and Jewish holiday in Israel
Gedaliah Fast	Wednesday, September 12, 2018	Gedaliah Fast is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom Kippur Eve	Tuesday, September 18, 2018	Yom Kippur Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom Kippur	Wednesday, September 19, 2018	Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is an important Jewish holiday that centers on the themes of atonement and repentance.
Sukkot Eve	Sunday, September 23, 2018	Sukkot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
September Equinox	Sunday, September 23, 2018	September Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Sukkot (Day 1)	Monday, September 24, 2018	The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Sukkot (Day 2)	Tuesday, September 25, 2018	Sukkot (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 3)	Wednesday, September 26, 2018	Sukkot (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 4)	Thursday, September 27, 2018	Sukkot (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 5)	Friday, September 28, 2018	Sukkot (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 6)	Saturday, September 29, 2018	Sukkot (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah	Sunday, September 30, 2018	The last day of Sukkot marks the end of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah	Monday, October 1, 2018	Shemini Atzeret (or Shmini Atzeret) is a Jewish holiday dedicated to the love of God, while Simchat Torah (Simchas Torah or Simhat Torah) and celebrates the completion of the annual reading of the Torah.
Aliyah Day School Observance	Tuesday, October 16, 2018	Aliyah Day School Observance is a observance in Israel
Municipal Election Day	Tuesday, October 30, 2018	Municipal Election Day is a national holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 1)	Monday, December 3, 2018	Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for 8 days between the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar.
Hanukkah (Day 2)	Tuesday, December 4, 2018	Hanukkah (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 3)	Wednesday, December 5, 2018	Hanukkah (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 4)	Thursday, December 6, 2018	Hanukkah (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 5)	Friday, December 7, 2018	Hanukkah (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet	Saturday, December 8, 2018	Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 7)	Sunday, December 9, 2018	Hanukkah (Day 7) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 8)	Monday, December 10, 2018	Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days between the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar.
Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet)	Tuesday, December 18, 2018	Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
December Solstice	Friday, December 21, 2018	December Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)