Public holidays · 2026 and 2027
Public holidays in Israel 2026
Israel has 9 public holidays in 2026: 5 on working days (the weekend is Friday and Saturday) and 4 on a weekend. The next one is Simchat Torah / Shemini Atzeret on Saturday, October 3, 2026, in 5 days.
Dates as of Monday, September 28, 2026. Source: the open-source holidays library, version 0.105.How 2026 falls in Israel
Of the 9 holiday dates in 2026, 5 fall on a working day and 4 on the weekend.
Of the 9 holiday dates in 2026, 5 fall on a working day and 4 on the weekend. The most common weekday for a holiday is Wednesday, with 2 dates.
Two of the 9 dates land on a Thursday or Sunday, next to the weekend, so they make a long weekend without using any leave: Pesach on Thursday, April 2 and Rosh Hashanah on Sunday, September 13. Three more holidays sit one working day away from the weekend, so a single day of leave turns each into a four-day break: Seventh day of Pesach on Wednesday, April 8 (take Thursday off), Independence Day on Wednesday, April 22 (take Thursday off) and Yom Kippur on Monday, September 21 (take Sunday off).
September is the busiest month, with 4 holiday dates. Eight months have no public holiday at all (January, February, March, June, July, August, November and December). The longest stretch between two holidays is 113 days, from Shavuot on May 22 to Rosh Hashanah on September 12, the natural window for a longer break.
2027 brings 9 public holidays, the same number as 2026. 5 of the 9 dates fall on a working day, and 2 land next to the weekend.
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2026 public holidays in Israel
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Pesach | |
| Wednesday | Seventh day of Pesach | |
| Wednesday | Independence Day | |
| FridayWeekend | Shavuot | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Rosh Hashanah | |
| Sunday | Rosh Hashanah | |
| Monday | Yom Kippur | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Sukkot | |
| SaturdayWeekendNext | Simchat Torah / Shemini Atzeret |
2027 public holidays in Israel
9 holidays on 9 dates.
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Pesach | |
| Wednesday | Seventh day of Pesach | |
| Wednesday | Independence Day | |
| FridayWeekend | Shavuot | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Rosh Hashanah | |
| Sunday | Rosh Hashanah | |
| Monday | Yom Kippur | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Sukkot | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Simchat Torah / Shemini Atzeret |
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