Public holidays 2026 in Israel
There are 9 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Pesach | פסח | ||
| Wednesday | Seventh day of Pesach | שביעי של פסח | ||
| Wednesday | Independence Day | יום העצמאות | ||
| Friday | Shavuot | שבועות | ||
| Saturday | Rosh Hashanah | ראש השנה | ||
| Sunday | Rosh Hashanah | ראש השנה | ||
| Monday | Yom Kippur | יום כיפור | ||
| Saturday | Sukkot | סוכות | ||
| Saturday | Simchat Torah / Shemini Atzeret | שמחת תורה/שמיני עצרת |
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Long weekends 2026
8 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 29 Mar, Mon 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr | 27 Mar – 4 Apr 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Pesach |
| Sun 5 Apr, Mon 6 Apr, Tue 7 Apr | 2 Apr – 8 Apr 2026 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | Pesach, Seventh day of Pesach |
| Thu 9 Apr | 8 Apr – 11 Apr 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Seventh day of Pesach |
| Sun 19 Apr, Mon 20 Apr, Tue 21 Apr | 17 Apr – 22 Apr 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Independence Day |
| Thu 23 Apr | 22 Apr – 25 Apr 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Independence Day |
| Mon 14 Sep, Tue 15 Sep, Wed 16 Sep, Thu 17 Sep | 11 Sep – 19 Sep 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah |
| Sun 20 Sep | 18 Sep – 21 Sep 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Yom Kippur |
| Tue 22 Sep, Wed 23 Sep, Thu 24 Sep | 21 Sep – 26 Sep 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Yom Kippur, Sukkot |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code IL (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (country not covered) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.jewish) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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Other years
- Public holidays 2026
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