Israel has a total of 53 holidays in 2022. 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	Monday, January 17, 2022	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, March 16, 2022	Fast of Esther is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim Eve	Wednesday, March 16, 2022	Purim Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim (Tel Aviv)	Thursday, March 17, 2022	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 18, 2022	Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) is a local holiday in Israel
March Equinox	Sunday, March 20, 2022	March Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Aliyah Day	Monday, April 11, 2022	Aliyah Day is a official holiday, business as usual in Israel
Passover Eve	Friday, April 15, 2022	Passover Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 1)	Saturday, April 16, 2022	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 17, 2022	Passover (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 3)	Monday, April 18, 2022	Passover (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 4)	Tuesday, April 19, 2022	Passover (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 5)	Wednesday, April 20, 2022	Passover (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 6)	Thursday, April 21, 2022	Passover (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 7)	Friday, April 22, 2022	The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days.
Yom HaShoah	Thursday, April 28, 2022	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, May 4, 2022	Yom HaZikaron is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom HaAtzmaut	Thursday, May 5, 2022	Israel's Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Israel.
Lag BaOmer	Thursday, May 19, 2022	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 29, 2022	Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is the anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification.
Shavuot Eve	Saturday, June 4, 2022	Shavuot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Shavuot	Sunday, June 5, 2022	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	Tuesday, June 21, 2022	June Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)
17th of Tammuz	Sunday, July 17, 2022	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, August 6, 2022	Tisha B'Av Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Tisha B'Av	Sunday, August 7, 2022	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.
September Equinox	Friday, September 23, 2022	September Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Rosh Hashana Eve	Sunday, September 25, 2022	Rosh Hashana Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Rosh Hashana	Monday, September 26, 2022	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 27, 2022	Rosh Hashana (Day 2) is a national holiday and Jewish holiday in Israel
Gedaliah Fast	Wednesday, September 28, 2022	Gedaliah Fast is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom Kippur Eve	Tuesday, October 4, 2022	Yom Kippur Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom Kippur	Wednesday, October 5, 2022	Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is an important Jewish holiday that centers on the themes of atonement and repentance.
Sukkot Eve	Sunday, October 9, 2022	Sukkot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 1)	Monday, October 10, 2022	The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Sukkot (Day 2)	Tuesday, October 11, 2022	Sukkot (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 3)	Wednesday, October 12, 2022	Sukkot (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 4)	Thursday, October 13, 2022	Sukkot (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 5)	Friday, October 14, 2022	Sukkot (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 6)	Saturday, October 15, 2022	Sukkot (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah	Sunday, October 16, 2022	The last day of Sukkot marks the end of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah	Monday, October 17, 2022	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.
Election Day	Tuesday, November 1, 2022	Election Day is a national holiday in Israel
Aliyah Day School Observance	Tuesday, November 1, 2022	Aliyah Day School Observance is a observance in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 1)	Monday, December 19, 2022	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 20, 2022	Hanukkah (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 3)	Wednesday, December 21, 2022	Hanukkah (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
December Solstice	Wednesday, December 21, 2022	December Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)
Hanukkah (Day 4)	Thursday, December 22, 2022	Hanukkah (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 5)	Friday, December 23, 2022	Hanukkah (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet	Saturday, December 24, 2022	Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 7)	Sunday, December 25, 2022	Hanukkah (Day 7) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 8)	Monday, December 26, 2022	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.