Public holidays in Israel 2028

There are 9 public holidays in 2028. 7 of them fall on a working day.

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All 9 public holidays in Israel 2028

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
11 Apr 2028	Tuesday	Pesach	פסח
17 Apr 2028	Monday	Seventh day of Pesach	שביעי של פסח
2 May 2028	Tuesday	Independence Day (observed)	יום העצמאות (נצפה)
31 May 2028	Wednesday	Shavuot	שבועות
21 Sep 2028	Thursday	Rosh Hashanah	ראש השנה
22 Sep 2028	Friday	Rosh Hashanah	ראש השנה
30 Sep 2028	Saturday	Yom Kippur	יום כיפור
5 Oct 2028	Thursday	Sukkot	סוכות
12 Oct 2028	Thursday	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 2028

11 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 9 Apr, Mon 10 Apr	7 Apr – 11 Apr 2028	2	5	2.5	Pesach
Wed 12 Apr, Thu 13 Apr	11 Apr – 15 Apr 2028	2	5	2.5	Pesach
Sun 16 Apr	14 Apr – 17 Apr 2028	1	4	4	Seventh day of Pesach
Tue 18 Apr, Wed 19 Apr, Thu 20 Apr	17 Apr – 22 Apr 2028	3	6	2	Seventh day of Pesach
Sun 30 Apr, Mon 1 May	28 Apr – 2 May 2028	2	5	2.5	Independence Day (observed)
Wed 3 May, Thu 4 May	2 May – 6 May 2028	2	5	2.5	Independence Day (observed)
Sun 28 May, Mon 29 May, Tue 30 May	26 May – 31 May 2028	3	6	2	Shavuot
Thu 1 Jun	31 May – 3 Jun 2028	1	4	4	Shavuot
Sun 17 Sep, Mon 18 Sep, Tue 19 Sep, Wed 20 Sep	15 Sep – 23 Sep 2028	4	9	2.3	Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah
Sun 1 Oct, Mon 2 Oct, Tue 3 Oct, Wed 4 Oct	29 Sep – 7 Oct 2028	4	9	2.3	Yom Kippur, Sukkot
Sun 8 Oct, Mon 9 Oct, Tue 10 Oct, Wed 11 Oct	5 Oct – 14 Oct 2028	4	10	2.5	Sukkot, Simchat Torah / Shemini Atzeret

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 2028?

9 public holidays. 2 of them fall on a weekend in 2028.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2028?

Seventh day of Pesach: take 1 day of leave (16 Apr) and you get 4 days off in a row, 14 Apr – 17 Apr 2028.

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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