Holidays and Observances in Israel in 2019
Date | Name | Type | |
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Jan 21 | Monday | Tu Bishvat | Observance, Hebrew |
Mar 20 | Wednesday | Fast of Esther | Observance, Hebrew |
Mar 20 | Wednesday | Purim Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Mar 20 | Wednesday | March Equinox | Season |
Mar 21 | Thursday | Purim | Observance, Hebrew |
Mar 22 | Friday | Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 9 | Tuesday | Election Day | National holiday |
Apr 15 | Monday | Aliyah Day | Official Holiday, Business as usual |
Apr 19 | Friday | Passover Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 20 | Saturday | Passover (Day 1) | National holiday, Hebrew |
Apr 21 | Sunday | Passover (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 22 | Monday | Passover (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 23 | Tuesday | Passover (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 24 | Wednesday | Passover (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 25 | Thursday | Passover (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 26 | Friday | Passover (Day 7) | National holiday, Hebrew |
May 2 | Thursday | Yom HaShoah | Observance, Hebrew |
May 8 | Wednesday | Yom HaZikaron | Observance, Hebrew |
May 9 | Thursday | Yom HaAtzmaut | National holiday, Hebrew |
May 23 | Thursday | Lag BaOmer | Observance, Hebrew |
Jun 2 | Sunday | Jerusalem Day | Observance, Hebrew |
Jun 8 | Saturday | Shavuot Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Jun 9 | Sunday | Shavuot | National holiday, Hebrew |
Jun 21 | Friday | June Solstice | Season |
Jul 21 | Sunday | 17th of Tammuz | Observance, Hebrew |
Aug 10 | Saturday | Tisha B'Av Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Aug 11 | Sunday | Tisha B'Av | Observance, Hebrew |
Sep 17 | Tuesday | Election Day | National holiday |
Sep 23 | Monday | September Equinox | Season |
Sep 29 | Sunday | Rosh Hashana Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Sep 30 | Monday | Rosh Hashana | National holiday, Hebrew |
Oct 1 | Tuesday | Rosh Hashana (Day 2) | National holiday, Hebrew |
Oct 2 | Wednesday | Gedaliah Fast | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 8 | Tuesday | Yom Kippur Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 9 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | National holiday, Hebrew |
Oct 13 | Sunday | Sukkot Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 14 | Monday | Sukkot (Day 1) | National holiday, Hebrew |
Oct 15 | Tuesday | Sukkot (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 16 | Wednesday | Sukkot (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 17 | Thursday | Sukkot (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 18 | Friday | Sukkot (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 19 | Saturday | Sukkot (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 20 | Sunday | Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 21 | Monday | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah | National holiday, Hebrew |
Nov 5 | Tuesday | Aliyah Day School Observance | Observance |
Dec 22 | Sunday | December Solstice | Season |
Dec 23 | Monday | Hanukkah (Day 1) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 24 | Tuesday | Hanukkah (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 25 | Wednesday | Hanukkah (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 26 | Thursday | Hanukkah (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 27 | Friday | Hanukkah (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 28 | Saturday | Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 29 | Sunday | Hanukkah (Day 7) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 30 | Monday | Hanukkah (Day 8) | Observance, Hebrew |
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