Israel has a total of 54 holidays in 2021. 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	Thursday, January 28, 2021	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	Thursday, February 25, 2021	Fast of Esther is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim Eve	Thursday, February 25, 2021	Purim Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim (Tel Aviv)	Friday, February 26, 2021	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)	Sunday, February 28, 2021	Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) is a local holiday in Israel
March Equinox	Saturday, March 20, 2021	March Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Election Day	Tuesday, March 23, 2021	Election Day is a national holiday in Israel
Aliyah Day	Tuesday, March 23, 2021	Aliyah Day is a official holiday, business as usual in Israel
Passover Eve	Saturday, March 27, 2021	Passover Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 1)	Sunday, March 28, 2021	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)	Monday, March 29, 2021	Passover (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 3)	Tuesday, March 30, 2021	Passover (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 4)	Wednesday, March 31, 2021	Passover (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 5)	Thursday, April 1, 2021	Passover (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 6)	Friday, April 2, 2021	Passover (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 7)	Saturday, April 3, 2021	The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days.
Yom HaShoah	Thursday, April 8, 2021	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 14, 2021	Yom HaZikaron is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom HaAtzmaut	Thursday, April 15, 2021	Israel's Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Israel.
Lag BaOmer	Friday, April 30, 2021	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	Monday, May 10, 2021	Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is the anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification.
Shavuot Eve	Sunday, May 16, 2021	Shavuot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Shavuot	Monday, May 17, 2021	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	Monday, June 21, 2021	June Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)
17th of Tammuz	Sunday, June 27, 2021	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 17, 2021	Tisha B'Av Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Tisha B'Av	Sunday, July 18, 2021	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	Monday, September 6, 2021	Rosh Hashana Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Rosh Hashana	Tuesday, September 7, 2021	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)	Wednesday, September 8, 2021	Rosh Hashana (Day 2) is a national holiday and Jewish holiday in Israel
Gedaliah Fast	Thursday, September 9, 2021	Gedaliah Fast is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom Kippur Eve	Wednesday, September 15, 2021	Yom Kippur Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom Kippur	Thursday, September 16, 2021	Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is an important Jewish holiday that centers on the themes of atonement and repentance.
Sukkot Eve	Monday, September 20, 2021	Sukkot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 1)	Tuesday, September 21, 2021	The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Sukkot (Day 2)	Wednesday, September 22, 2021	Sukkot (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
September Equinox	Wednesday, September 22, 2021	September Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Sukkot (Day 3)	Thursday, September 23, 2021	Sukkot (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 4)	Friday, September 24, 2021	Sukkot (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 5)	Saturday, September 25, 2021	Sukkot (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 6)	Sunday, September 26, 2021	Sukkot (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah	Monday, September 27, 2021	The last day of Sukkot marks the end of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah	Tuesday, September 28, 2021	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	Wednesday, October 13, 2021	Aliyah Day School Observance is a observance in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 1)	Monday, November 29, 2021	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, November 30, 2021	Hanukkah (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 3)	Wednesday, December 1, 2021	Hanukkah (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 4)	Thursday, December 2, 2021	Hanukkah (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 5)	Friday, December 3, 2021	Hanukkah (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet	Saturday, December 4, 2021	Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 7)	Sunday, December 5, 2021	Hanukkah (Day 7) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 8)	Monday, December 6, 2021	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 14, 2021	Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
December Solstice	Tuesday, December 21, 2021	December Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)