Israel has a total of 55 holidays in 2020. 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
Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet)	Tuesday, January 7, 2020	Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Tu Bishvat	Monday, February 10, 2020	Tu B'Shevat is the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat and is the birthday for trees that bear fruit or nuts.
Election Day	Monday, March 2, 2020	Election Day is a national holiday in Israel
Fast of Esther	Monday, March 9, 2020	Fast of Esther is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim Eve	Monday, March 9, 2020	Purim Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim (Tel Aviv)	Tuesday, March 10, 2020	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)	Wednesday, March 11, 2020	Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) is a local holiday in Israel
March Equinox	Friday, March 20, 2020	March Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Aliyah Day	Saturday, April 4, 2020	Aliyah Day is a official holiday, business as usual in Israel
Passover Eve	Wednesday, April 8, 2020	Passover Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 1)	Thursday, April 9, 2020	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)	Friday, April 10, 2020	Passover (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 3)	Saturday, April 11, 2020	Passover (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 4)	Sunday, April 12, 2020	Passover (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 5)	Monday, April 13, 2020	Passover (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 6)	Tuesday, April 14, 2020	Passover (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 7)	Wednesday, April 15, 2020	The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days.
Yom HaShoah	Tuesday, April 21, 2020	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	Tuesday, April 28, 2020	Yom HaZikaron is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom HaAtzmaut	Wednesday, April 29, 2020	Israel's Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Israel.
Lag BaOmer	Tuesday, May 12, 2020	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	Friday, May 22, 2020	Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is the anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification.
Shavuot Eve	Thursday, May 28, 2020	Shavuot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Shavuot	Friday, May 29, 2020	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	Saturday, June 20, 2020	June Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)
17th of Tammuz	Thursday, July 9, 2020	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	Wednesday, July 29, 2020	Tisha B'Av Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Tisha B'Av	Thursday, July 30, 2020	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	Friday, September 18, 2020	Rosh Hashana Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Rosh Hashana	Saturday, September 19, 2020	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)	Sunday, September 20, 2020	Rosh Hashana (Day 2) is a national holiday and Jewish holiday in Israel
Gedaliah Fast	Monday, September 21, 2020	Gedaliah Fast is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
September Equinox	Tuesday, September 22, 2020	September Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Yom Kippur Eve	Sunday, September 27, 2020	Yom Kippur Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom Kippur	Monday, September 28, 2020	Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is an important Jewish holiday that centers on the themes of atonement and repentance.
Sukkot Eve	Friday, October 2, 2020	Sukkot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 1)	Saturday, October 3, 2020	The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Sukkot (Day 2)	Sunday, October 4, 2020	Sukkot (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 3)	Monday, October 5, 2020	Sukkot (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 4)	Tuesday, October 6, 2020	Sukkot (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 5)	Wednesday, October 7, 2020	Sukkot (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 6)	Thursday, October 8, 2020	Sukkot (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah	Friday, October 9, 2020	The last day of Sukkot marks the end of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah	Saturday, October 10, 2020	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	Sunday, October 25, 2020	Aliyah Day School Observance is a observance in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 1)	Friday, December 11, 2020	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)	Saturday, December 12, 2020	Hanukkah (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 3)	Sunday, December 13, 2020	Hanukkah (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 4)	Monday, December 14, 2020	Hanukkah (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 5)	Tuesday, December 15, 2020	Hanukkah (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet	Wednesday, December 16, 2020	Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 7)	Thursday, December 17, 2020	Hanukkah (Day 7) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 8)	Friday, December 18, 2020	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.
December Solstice	Monday, December 21, 2020	December Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)
Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet)	Friday, December 25, 2020	Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel