Israel Public Holidays in 2025
Israel has a total of 56 holidays in 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hanukkah (Day 7) |
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | Hanukkah (Day 7) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 8) |
Thursday, January 2, 2025 | 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, January 10, 2025 | Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Tu Bishvat |
Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 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, March 13, 2025 | Fast of Esther is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Purim Eve |
Thursday, March 13, 2025 | Purim Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Purim (Tel Aviv) |
Friday, March 14, 2025 | 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, March 16, 2025 | Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) is a local holiday in Israel |
| March Equinox |
Thursday, March 20, 2025 | March Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem) |
| Aliyah Day |
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | Aliyah Day is a official holiday, business as usual in Israel |
| Passover Eve |
Saturday, April 12, 2025 | Passover Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Passover (Day 1) |
Sunday, April 13, 2025 | 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, April 14, 2025 | Passover (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Passover (Day 3) |
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Passover (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Passover (Day 4) |
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | Passover (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Passover (Day 5) |
Thursday, April 17, 2025 | Passover (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Passover (Day 6) |
Friday, April 18, 2025 | Passover (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Passover (Day 7) |
Saturday, April 19, 2025 | The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days. |
| Yom HaShoah |
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 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 30, 2025 | Yom HaZikaron is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Yom HaAtzmaut |
Thursday, May 1, 2025 | Israel's Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Israel. |
| Lag BaOmer |
Friday, May 16, 2025 | 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 26, 2025 | Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is the anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification. |
| Shavuot Eve |
Sunday, June 1, 2025 | Shavuot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Shavuot |
Monday, June 2, 2025 | 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 21, 2025 | June Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem) |
| 17th of Tammuz |
Sunday, July 13, 2025 | 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 2, 2025 | Tisha B'Av Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Tisha B'Av |
Sunday, August 3, 2025 | 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 22, 2025 | Rosh Hashana Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| September Equinox |
Monday, September 22, 2025 | September Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem) |
| Rosh Hashana |
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 | 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 24, 2025 | Rosh Hashana (Day 2) is a national holiday and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Gedaliah Fast |
Thursday, September 25, 2025 | Gedaliah Fast is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Yom Kippur Eve |
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Yom Kippur Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Yom Kippur |
Thursday, October 2, 2025 | Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is an important Jewish holiday that centers on the themes of atonement and repentance. |
| Sukkot Eve |
Monday, October 6, 2025 | Sukkot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 1) |
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 | The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide. |
| Sukkot (Day 2) |
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | Sukkot (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 3) |
Thursday, October 9, 2025 | Sukkot (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 4) |
Friday, October 10, 2025 | Sukkot (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 5) |
Saturday, October 11, 2025 | Sukkot (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 6) |
Sunday, October 12, 2025 | Sukkot (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah |
Monday, October 13, 2025 | The last day of Sukkot marks the end of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide. |
| Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah |
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | 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 29, 2025 | Aliyah Day School Observance is a observance in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 1) |
Monday, December 15, 2025 | 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 16, 2025 | Hanukkah (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 3) |
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | Hanukkah (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 4) |
Thursday, December 18, 2025 | Hanukkah (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 5) |
Friday, December 19, 2025 | Hanukkah (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet |
Saturday, December 20, 2025 | Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 7) |
Sunday, December 21, 2025 | Hanukkah (Day 7) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| December Solstice |
Sunday, December 21, 2025 | December Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem) |
| Hanukkah (Day 8) |
Monday, December 22, 2025 | 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 30, 2025 | Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
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