Israel has a total of 51 holidays in 2024. 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 25, 2024	Tu B'Shevat is the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat and is the birthday for trees that bear fruit or nuts.
Municipal Election Day	Tuesday, January 30, 2024	Municipal Election Day is a national holiday in Israel
March Equinox	Wednesday, March 20, 2024	March Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Fast of Esther	Thursday, March 21, 2024	Fast of Esther is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim Eve	Saturday, March 23, 2024	Purim Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Purim (Tel Aviv)	Sunday, March 24, 2024	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)	Monday, March 25, 2024	Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) is a local holiday in Israel
Aliyah Day	Thursday, April 18, 2024	Aliyah Day is a official holiday, business as usual in Israel
Passover Eve	Monday, April 22, 2024	Passover Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 1)	Tuesday, April 23, 2024	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)	Wednesday, April 24, 2024	Passover (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 3)	Thursday, April 25, 2024	Passover (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 4)	Friday, April 26, 2024	Passover (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 5)	Saturday, April 27, 2024	Passover (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 6)	Sunday, April 28, 2024	Passover (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Passover (Day 7)	Monday, April 29, 2024	The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days.
Yom HaShoah	Monday, May 6, 2024	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	Monday, May 13, 2024	Yom HaZikaron is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom HaAtzmaut	Tuesday, May 14, 2024	Israel's Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Israel.
Lag BaOmer	Sunday, May 26, 2024	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	Wednesday, June 5, 2024	Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is the anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification.
Shavuot Eve	Tuesday, June 11, 2024	Shavuot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Shavuot	Wednesday, June 12, 2024	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	Thursday, June 20, 2024	June Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)
17th of Tammuz	Tuesday, July 23, 2024	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	Monday, August 12, 2024	Tisha B'Av Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Tisha B'Av	Tuesday, August 13, 2024	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	Sunday, September 22, 2024	September Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)
Rosh Hashana Eve	Wednesday, October 2, 2024	Rosh Hashana Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Rosh Hashana	Thursday, October 3, 2024	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)	Friday, October 4, 2024	Rosh Hashana (Day 2) is a national holiday and Jewish holiday in Israel
Gedaliah Fast	Sunday, October 6, 2024	Gedaliah Fast is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom Kippur Eve	Friday, October 11, 2024	Yom Kippur Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Yom Kippur	Saturday, October 12, 2024	Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is an important Jewish holiday that centers on the themes of atonement and repentance.
Sukkot Eve	Wednesday, October 16, 2024	Sukkot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 1)	Thursday, October 17, 2024	The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Sukkot (Day 2)	Friday, October 18, 2024	Sukkot (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 3)	Saturday, October 19, 2024	Sukkot (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 4)	Sunday, October 20, 2024	Sukkot (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 5)	Monday, October 21, 2024	Sukkot (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 6)	Tuesday, October 22, 2024	Sukkot (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah	Wednesday, October 23, 2024	The last day of Sukkot marks the end of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah	Thursday, October 24, 2024	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	Friday, November 8, 2024	Aliyah Day School Observance is a observance in Israel
December Solstice	Saturday, December 21, 2024	December Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)
Hanukkah (Day 1)	Thursday, December 26, 2024	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)	Friday, December 27, 2024	Hanukkah (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 3)	Saturday, December 28, 2024	Hanukkah (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 4)	Sunday, December 29, 2024	Hanukkah (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 5)	Monday, December 30, 2024	Hanukkah (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel
Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet	Tuesday, December 31, 2024	Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel