Israel Public Holidays in 2026
Israel has a total of 121 holidays in 2026. 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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| New Year's Day |
Thursday, January 1, 2026 | New Year’s Day is the first day of the year, or January 1, in the Gregorian calendar. |
| Catholic/Protestant Epiphany Eve |
Monday, January 5, 2026 | Catholic/Protestant Epiphany Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Catholic/Protestant Epiphany |
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | Epiphany is a Christian holiday celebrated globally on January 6 each year. It commemorates two events recorded in the Bible: the three wise men’s visit to baby Jesus; and Jesus’ baptism. |
| Orthodox Christmas Eve |
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | Orthodox Christmas Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Orthodox Christmas Day |
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 | Many Orthodox churches annually celebrate Christmas Day on or around January 7. This event commemorates the story of Jesus Christ’s birth, according to the Christian Bible. |
| Orthodox Christmas Holiday |
Thursday, January 8, 2026 | Orthodox Christmas Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Orthodox New Year’s Eve |
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | Orthodox New Year’s Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Orthodox New Year |
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 | The Orthodox New Year, based on the Julian calendar, is annually held on January 14, according to the Gregorian calendar. |
| Al Isra' wal Miraj |
Friday, January 16, 2026 | Isra and Mi'raj (Isra Me'raj, Israa and Mi'raaj, Laylat Al-Isra wa Al-Miraj, Lailat al Miraj, Night Journey and Ascension to Heaven) marks the night that the Prophet Mohammad traveled from Mecca to Jerusalem, ascended to heaven and returned. |
| Armenian Christmas Eve |
Sunday, January 18, 2026 | Armenian Christmas Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Orthodox Epiphany Eve |
Sunday, January 18, 2026 | Orthodox Epiphany Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Armenian Christmas Day |
Monday, January 19, 2026 | Armenian Christmas Day is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Orthodox Epiphany Day |
Monday, January 19, 2026 | Orthodox Epiphany Day is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Armenian Christmas Holiday |
Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | Armenian Christmas Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Eid al-Khader Eve |
Saturday, January 24, 2026 | Eid al-Khader Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Eid al-Khader |
Sunday, January 25, 2026 | Eid al-Khader is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Tu Bishvat |
Monday, February 2, 2026 | Tu B'Shevat is the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat and is the birthday for trees that bear fruit or nuts. |
| Ramadan begins |
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 | Ramadan is a period of prayer, reflection and fasting for many Muslims worldwide. It is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. |
| Fast of Esther |
Monday, March 2, 2026 | Fast of Esther is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Purim Eve |
Monday, March 2, 2026 | Purim Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Purim |
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | 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 |
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | Shushan Purim is a elective holiday in Israel |
| International Women's Day |
Sunday, March 8, 2026 | International Women's Day is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Eid al-Fitr Eve |
Thursday, March 19, 2026 | Eid al-Fitr Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Eid al-Fitr |
Friday, March 20, 2026 | Eid al-Fitr is a holiday to mark the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, during which Muslims fast during the hours of daylight. |
| March Equinox |
Friday, March 20, 2026 | March Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem) |
| Eid al-Fitr Holiday |
Saturday, March 21, 2026 | Eid al-Fitr Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Catholic/Protestant Feast of the Annunciation |
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | Catholic/Protestant Feast of the Annunciation is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Aliyah Day |
Saturday, March 28, 2026 | Aliyah Day is a official holiday, business as usual in Israel |
| Catholic/Protestant Palm Sunday |
Sunday, March 29, 2026 | Palm Sunday is a Christian feast that commemorates Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem. It is also the start of Holy Week. |
| Passover Eve |
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | Passover Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Passover (Day 1) |
Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 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. |
| Catholic/Protestant Maundy Thursday |
Thursday, April 2, 2026 | Maundy Thursday is a Christian observance on the Thursday during Holy Week. It is the day before Good Friday. |
| Passover (Day 2) |
Friday, April 3, 2026 | Passover (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Catholic/Protestant Good Friday |
Friday, April 3, 2026 | Good Friday is a global Christian observance two days before Easter Sunday. |
| Passover (Day 3) |
Saturday, April 4, 2026 | Passover (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Catholic/Protestant Holy Saturday |
Saturday, April 4, 2026 | Holy Saturday is the day before Easter Sunday. |
| Passover (Day 4) |
Sunday, April 5, 2026 | Passover (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Armenian/Orthodox Palm Sunday |
Sunday, April 5, 2026 | Armenian/Orthodox Palm Sunday is a observance and Orthodox holiday in Israel |
| Catholic/Protestant Easter Sunday |
Sunday, April 5, 2026 | Easter Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ’s resurrection, according to Christian belief. |
| Passover (Day 5) |
Monday, April 6, 2026 | Passover (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Catholic/Protestant Easter Monday |
Monday, April 6, 2026 | Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday. |
| Passover (Day 6) |
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 | Passover (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Orthodox Feast of the Annunciation |
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 | Orthodox Feast of the Annunciation is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Passover (Day 7) |
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 | The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days. |
| Armenian/Orthodox Maundy Thursday |
Thursday, April 9, 2026 | Armenian/Orthodox Maundy Thursday is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Mimouna Day |
Thursday, April 9, 2026 | Mimouna Day is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Armenian/Orthodox Good Friday |
Friday, April 10, 2026 | Millions of Orthodox Christians around the world annually observe Good Friday to commemorate the events leading up to Jesus Christ's crucifixion. |
| Armenian/Orthodox Holy Saturday |
Saturday, April 11, 2026 | The Saturday before Easter Sunday is also known as Holy Saturday for many Orthodox churches worldwide. |
| Armenian/Orthodox Easter Sunday |
Sunday, April 12, 2026 | Millions of Orthodox Christians around the world often celebrate Easter Sunday at a different time to the date set by many western churches. |
| Armenian/Orthodox Easter Monday |
Monday, April 13, 2026 | Orthodox Easter Monday is the day after the Orthodox Easter Sunday. |
| Yom HaShoah |
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | 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. |
| Armenian Feast of the Annunciation |
Monday, April 20, 2026 | Armenian Feast of the Annunciation is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Yom HaZikaron |
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | Yom HaZikaron is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Yom HaAtzmaut |
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | Israel's Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Israel. |
| Prophet Shuaib's Feast Eve |
Friday, April 24, 2026 | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Prophet Shuaib's Feast |
Saturday, April 25, 2026 | Prophet Shuaib's Feast is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday |
Sunday, April 26, 2026 | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel |
| May Day |
Friday, May 1, 2026 | Labor Day, International Workers' Day, and May Day, is a day off for workers in many countries around the world. |
| Lag BaOmer |
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 | 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. |
| Victory Day over Nazi Germany |
Sunday, May 10, 2026 | Victory Day over Nazi Germany is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Catholic/Protestant Ascension Eve |
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | Catholic/Protestant Ascension Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Catholic/Protestant Ascension Day |
Thursday, May 14, 2026 | Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter. It is a religious holiday that commemorates the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven. |
| Jerusalem Day |
Friday, May 15, 2026 | Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is the anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification. |
| Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews |
Friday, May 15, 2026 | Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Eve |
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Shavuot Eve |
Thursday, May 21, 2026 | Shavuot Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Day |
Thursday, May 21, 2026 | Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter. It is a religious holiday that commemorates the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven. |
| Shavuot |
Friday, May 22, 2026 | 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. |
| Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Eve |
Saturday, May 23, 2026 | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Catholic/Protestant Pentecost |
Sunday, May 24, 2026 | Many Christians all over the world annually observe Pentecost, also known as Whitsunday or Whit Sunday. |
| Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Monday |
Monday, May 25, 2026 | Whit Monday, or Pentecost Monday, is a Christian holiday that falls on the day after Pentecost, which is also known as Whit Sunday or Whitsunday. |
| Eid al-Adha Eve |
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 | Eid al-Adha Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Eid al-Adha |
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 | Eid al-Adha (Id ul-Adha) is an Islamic festival falling on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja (Thou al-Hijja) to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son. |
| Eid al-Adha Holiday |
Thursday, May 28, 2026 | Eid al-Adha Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Eve |
Saturday, May 30, 2026 | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost |
Sunday, May 31, 2026 | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Monday |
Monday, June 1, 2026 | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Monday is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Muharram Eve |
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 | Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and a time of remembrance or mourning. |
| Muharram |
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 | Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and a time of remembrance or mourning. |
| June Solstice |
Sunday, June 21, 2026 | June Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem) |
| 17th of Tammuz |
Thursday, July 2, 2026 | 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 22, 2026 | Tisha B'Av Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Tisha B'Av |
Thursday, July 23, 2026 | 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. |
| Prophet's Birthday Eve |
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 | Prophet's Birthday Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Prophet's Birthday |
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 | Mawlid, or Milad, marks the birth of the Islamic prophet Muhammed, or Mohamed, in the year 570 of the Gregorian calendar. |
| First Day of School Year |
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 | First Day of School Year is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Feast of Prophet Sabalan Eve |
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 | Feast of Prophet Sabalan Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Feast of Prophet Sabalan |
Thursday, September 10, 2026 | Feast of Prophet Sabalan is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Rosh Hashana Eve |
Friday, September 11, 2026 | Rosh Hashana Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Rosh Hashana |
Saturday, September 12, 2026 | 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 13, 2026 | Rosh Hashana (Day 2) is a national holiday and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Gedaliah Fast |
Monday, September 14, 2026 | Gedaliah Fast is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Yom Kippur Eve |
Sunday, September 20, 2026 | Yom Kippur Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Yom Kippur |
Monday, September 21, 2026 | Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is an important Jewish holiday that centers on the themes of atonement and repentance. |
| September Equinox |
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | September Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem) |
| Sukkot Eve |
Friday, September 25, 2026 | Sukkot Eve is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 1) |
Saturday, September 26, 2026 | The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide. |
| Sukkot (Day 2) |
Sunday, September 27, 2026 | Sukkot (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 3) |
Monday, September 28, 2026 | Sukkot (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 4) |
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 | Sukkot (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 5) |
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | Sukkot (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 6) |
Thursday, October 1, 2026 | Sukkot (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah |
Friday, October 2, 2026 | The last day of Sukkot marks the end of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide. |
| Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah |
Saturday, October 3, 2026 | 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 18, 2026 | Aliyah Day School Observance is a observance in Israel |
| Sigd |
Monday, November 9, 2026 | Sigd is a elective holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 1) |
Saturday, December 5, 2026 | 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) |
Sunday, December 6, 2026 | Hanukkah (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 3) |
Monday, December 7, 2026 | Hanukkah (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 4) |
Tuesday, December 8, 2026 | Hanukkah (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 5) |
Wednesday, December 9, 2026 | Hanukkah (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet |
Thursday, December 10, 2026 | Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 7) |
Friday, December 11, 2026 | Hanukkah (Day 7) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel |
| Hanukkah (Day 8) |
Saturday, December 12, 2026 | 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) |
Sunday, December 20, 2026 | Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a elective holiday in Israel |
| December Solstice |
Monday, December 21, 2026 | December Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem) |
| Catholic/Protestant Christmas Eve |
Thursday, December 24, 2026 | Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas Day and falls on December 24 in the Gregorian calendar. |
| Catholic/Protestant Christmas Day |
Friday, December 25, 2026 | Christmas Day is one of the biggest Christian celebrations and falls on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar. |
| Catholic/Protestant Boxing Day |
Saturday, December 26, 2026 | Catholic/Protestant Boxing Day is a elective holiday in Israel |
| New Year's Eve |
Thursday, December 31, 2026 | New Year’s Eve is the last day of the year, December 31, in the Gregorian calendar. |
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