Public holidays in Israel 2026

There are 9 public holidays in 2026. 5 of them fall on a working day.

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All 9 public holidays in Israel 2026

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
2 Apr 2026	Thursday	Pesach	פסח
8 Apr 2026	Wednesday	Seventh day of Pesach	שביעי של פסח
22 Apr 2026	Wednesday	Independence Day	יום העצמאות
22 May 2026	Friday	Shavuot	שבועות
12 Sep 2026	Saturday	Rosh Hashanah	ראש השנה
13 Sep 2026	Sunday	Rosh Hashanah	ראש השנה
21 Sep 2026	Monday	Yom Kippur	יום כיפור
26 Sep 2026	Saturday	Sukkot	סוכות
3 Oct 2026	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.

Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays does Israel have in 2026?

9 public holidays. 4 of them fall on a weekend in 2026.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2026?

Seventh day of Pesach: take 1 day of leave (9 Apr) and you get 4 days off in a row, 8 Apr – 11 Apr 2026.

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Sources

Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code IL (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (country not covered) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.jewish) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026