Israel has a total of 54 holidays in 2023. 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 3, 2023 Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Tu Bishvat
Monday, February 6, 2023 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
Monday, March 6, 2023 Fast of Esther is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim Eve
Monday, March 6, 2023 Purim Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim (Tel Aviv)
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 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 8, 2023 Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) is a local holiday in Israel
March Equinox
Monday, March 20, 2023 March Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Aliyah Day
Saturday, April 1, 2023 Aliyah Day is a official holiday, business as usual in Israel
Passover Eve
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Passover Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 1)
Thursday, April 6, 2023 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 7, 2023 Passover (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 3)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 Passover (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 4)
Sunday, April 9, 2023 Passover (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 5)
Monday, April 10, 2023 Passover (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 6)
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Passover (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 7)
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days.
Yom HaShoah
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 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 25, 2023 Yom HaZikaron is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom HaAtzmaut
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Israel's Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Israel.
Lag BaOmer
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 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 19, 2023 Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is the anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification.
Shavuot Eve
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Shavuot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Shavuot
Friday, May 26, 2023 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
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 June Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)
17th of Tammuz
Thursday, July 6, 2023 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 26, 2023 Tisha B'Av Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Tisha B'Av
Thursday, July 27, 2023 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 15, 2023 Rosh Hashana Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Rosh Hashana
Saturday, September 16, 2023 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 17, 2023 Rosh Hashana (Day 2) is a national holiday and Jewish holiday in Israel
Gedaliah Fast
Monday, September 18, 2023 Gedaliah Fast is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
September Equinox
Saturday, September 23, 2023 September Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Yom Kippur Eve
Sunday, September 24, 2023 Yom Kippur Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom Kippur
Monday, September 25, 2023 Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is an important Jewish holiday that centers on the themes of atonement and repentance.
Sukkot Eve
Friday, September 29, 2023 Sukkot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 1)
Saturday, September 30, 2023 The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Sukkot (Day 2)
Sunday, October 1, 2023 Sukkot (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 3)
Monday, October 2, 2023 Sukkot (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 4)
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Sukkot (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 5)
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Sukkot (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 6)
Thursday, October 5, 2023 Sukkot (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah
Friday, October 6, 2023 The last day of Sukkot marks the end of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah
Saturday, October 7, 2023 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 22, 2023 Aliyah Day School Observance is a observance in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 1)
Friday, December 8, 2023 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 9, 2023 Hanukkah (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 3)
Sunday, December 10, 2023 Hanukkah (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 4)
Monday, December 11, 2023 Hanukkah (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 5)
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 Hanukkah (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 7)
Thursday, December 14, 2023 Hanukkah (Day 7) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 8)
Friday, December 15, 2023 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)
Friday, December 22, 2023 Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
December Solstice
Friday, December 22, 2023 December Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)
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