| Date |
English Name |
Local Name |
Range of possible dates in Gregorian calendar for the present age |
Status |
| Tishrei 1-2 |
New Year |
ראש השנה
Rosh Hashanah |
between Sept 5 & Oct 5 |
Official holiday (2 days) |
| Tishrei 3 |
Fast Day of Gedaliah ben Ahikam |
צום גדליה
Tsom Gedalyah ben Ahikam |
|
Business as usual |
| Tishrei 10 |
Day of Atonement (Most Holy Day of the Year) |
יום כיפור
Yom Kippur |
between Sept 14 & Oct 14 |
Official holiday, businesses close around noon on the holiday's eve |
| Tishrei 15 |
Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) |
סוכות
Sukkot |
between Sept 19 & Oct 19 |
Official holiday |
| Tishrei 16-21 |
Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) |
חול המועד סוכות
Chol HaMoed Sukkot |
between Sept 19 & Oct 19 |
School holiday, collective paid leave in many businesses and government offices |
| Tishrei 22 |
Assembly of the Eighth Day |
שמחת תורה/שמיני עצרת
Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret |
between Sept 26 & Oct 26 |
Official holiday |
| Heshvan 12 |
Yitzhak Rabin's Remembrance Day |
יום הזיכרון ליצחק רבין
Yom Hazikaron le Yitzhak Rabin |
|
National remembrance day with business as usual |
| Kislev 25-Tevet 2/3 |
Feast of Rededication (First Day) |
חנוכה
Hanukkah |
between Nov 27 & Dec 27 |
School holiday (7 days), business as usual |
| Tevet 10 |
Tenth of Tevet Fast |
צום עשרה בטבת
Tsom Asarah b-Tevet |
|
Business as usual |
| Shvat 15 |
Fifteenth of Shvat (New Year for Trees) |
ט"ו בשבט
Tu Bishvat |
|
Business as usual |
| Adar 13 |
Fast of Esther |
תענית אסתר
Ta`anit Ester |
|
School holiday, Business as usual |
| Adar 14 (Adar 15 in some places) |
Memorial Feast for the Triumph of Esther |
פורים
Purim |
between February 24 & March 26 |
School holiday, optional paid leave |
| Nisan 15 |
Passover |
פסח
Pesach |
between March 26 & April 25 |
Official holiday |
| Nisan 16-20 |
Passover |
חול המועד פסח
Chol HaMoed Pesach |
between March 26 & April 25 |
School holiday, collective paid leave in many businesses and government offices |
| Nisan 21 |
Seventh day of Passover |
שביעי של פסח
Shvi'i shel Pesach |
between April 1 & May 1 |
Official holiday |
| Nisan 27 |
Holocaust Remembrance Day |
יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה
Yom HaZikaron LaShoah VeLaGevurah |
between April 7 & May 7 |
National remembrance day, business as usual except places of public entertainment |
| Iyar 4 |
Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day |
יום הזיכרון לחללי מערכות ישראל ונפגעי פעולות האיבה
Yom Hazikaron |
between April 14 & May 14 |
National remembrance day, business as usual except places of public entertainment |
| Iyar 5 |
Independence Day |
יום העצמאות
Yom Ha-Atzmaut |
between April 15 & May 15 |
Official holiday |
| Iyar 18 |
33rd day of the `Omer |
ל"ג בעומר
Lag Ba'omer |
|
School holiday |
| Iyar 28 |
Jerusalem Day |
יום ירושלים
Yom Herut Yerushalayim |
|
Optional paid leave |
| Sivan 6 |
Pentecost |
שבועות
Shavuot |
between May 15 & June 14 |
Official holiday |
| Tammuz 17 |
Seventeenth of Tammuz fast |
שבעה עשר בתמוז
Tsom Shiva` Asar b-Tammuz |
|
Business as usual |
| Av 9 |
Ninth of Av fast (Destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples) |
תשעה באב
Tisha B'Av |
|
Optional paid leave, business as usual except places of public entertainment |
| Av 15 |
Fifteenth of Av (Festival of Love) |
ט"ו באב
Tu B'Av |
|
Business as usual |
