Holidays in Israel 2026
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 13, 2026
The 2026 Israel holiday table below lists 13 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed. 10 fall on a working day of the Sunday-to-Friday week and 3 land on a weekend, leaving 303 working days across the year on the national-only count. A date is not always a holiday of its own: 5 are numbered days of a holiday that lasts more than one day.
2026 public holidays calendar
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 3 | Tuesday | Purim (Tel Aviv) |
| Apr 2 | Thursday | Passover (day 1) |
| Apr 8 | Wednesday | Passover (day 7) |
| Apr 22 | Wednesday | Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence Day) |
| May 22 | Friday | Shavuot |
| Jul 23 | Thursday | Fast of the Ninth of Av |
| Sep 12 | Saturday (weekend) | Rosh Hashanah (day 1) |
| Sep 13 | Sunday | Rosh Hashanah (day 2) |
| Sep 20 | Sunday | Yom Kippur eve |
| Sep 21 | Monday | Yom Kippur |
| Sep 26 | Saturday (weekend) | Sukkot (day 1) |
| Oct 3 | Saturday (weekend) | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah |
| Oct 27 | Tuesday | Knesset election day |
2026 year summary
Total days
365
Weekend days
52
Bank holidays, Sunday to Friday
10
Working days
303
The 3 weekend dates in 2026 fall on a Saturday, days the count already excludes, so the working-day reduction comes only from the 10 working-day dates. For 2024 to 2027 this calendar is the Bank of Israel's: it holds every day the Bank's calendar for its ZAHAV RTGS payment system marks as a non-business day in that year. Those are the Jewish holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Passover, Shavuot) and Independence Day, which follow the Hebrew calendar, together with Purim on its Tel Aviv date, the Fast of the Ninth of Av, the eve of Yom Kippur and election days. From 2028 the calendar carries only the Jewish holidays and Independence Day, because the Bank's calendars cited here end with 2027; no authority's list is cited for those dates. The count runs Sunday to Friday, ZAHAV's operating days, with Saturday the only weekly rest day. A Friday, or a holiday eve on which ZAHAV closes early, is a short business day there and a full business day here, so a holiday on a Friday takes a business day out of the count and one on a Saturday takes none.
Sources for these rules
- ZAHAV RTGS System, Business Days during 2026: non-business days 3 March (Purim, Tel Aviv), 2 and 8 April (Passover), 22 April (Independence Day), 22 May (Shavuot), 23 July (Fast of the Ninth of Av), 12 and 13 September (Rosh Hashanah), 20 September (eve of Yom Kippur), 21 September (Yom Kippur), 26 September (Sukkot), 3 October (Simchat Torah) and 27 October (Election Day); holiday eves short business days (Bank of Israel)
- ZAHAV RTGS System, Operating Days during 2024: non-business days 27 February (municipal elections), 24 March (Purim, Tel Aviv), 23 and 29 April (Passover), 14 May (Independence Day), 12 June (Shavuot), 13 August (Fast of the Ninth of Av), 3 and 4 October (Rosh Hashanah), 11 October (eve of Yom Kippur), 12 October (Yom Kippur), 17 October (Sukkot) and 24 October (Simchat Torah) (Bank of Israel)
- ZAHAV RTGS System, Operating Days during 2025: non-business days 14 March (Purim, Tel Aviv), 13 and 19 April (Passover), 1 May (Independence Day), 2 June (Shavuot), 3 August (Fast of the Ninth of Av), 23 and 24 September (Rosh Hashanah), 1 October (eve of Yom Kippur), 2 October (Yom Kippur), 7 October (Sukkot) and 14 October (Simchat Torah) (Bank of Israel)
- ZAHAV RTGS System, Business Days during 2027: non-business days 23 March (Purim, Tel Aviv), 22 and 28 April (Passover), 12 May (Independence Day), 11 June (Shavuot), 12 August (Fast of the Ninth of Av), 2 and 3 October (Rosh Hashanah), 10 October (eve of Yom Kippur), 11 October (Yom Kippur), 16 October (Sukkot) and 23 October (Simchat Torah); holiday eves short business days (Bank of Israel)
Checked October 13, 2026. All sources
Holidays not included
ZAHAV closes for Purim on its Tel Aviv date only, so the Jerusalem day is a business day here, although the Bank's Markets Department lists a second Purim day as a bank and public holiday in each of its calendars for 2024 to 2027, naming Jerusalem in 2024, 2026 and 2027 and Purim Meshulash in 2025; add it under Advanced options for a deadline in Jerusalem. Fridays count as full business days, and so do the holiday eves on which ZAHAV only closes early, every eve except Yom Kippur's. Hanukkah, Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron are not non-business days in ZAHAV and are not in this calendar. Nor is this the week of every Israeli deadline: government ministries on the five-day week work Sunday to Thursday (Civil Service Regulations, paragraph 31.111, in the National Insurance Institute's copy dated 29 May 2022) and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange trades Monday to Friday, so a deadline that runs on either of those weeks is not the default count. For the ministries' week the Israel calculator has a Working week setting: Sunday to Thursday (government ministries) leaves the Fridays out as well and keeps the same holidays.
Sources for these rules
- ZAHAV RTGS System, Operating Days during 2024: non-business days 27 February (municipal elections), 24 March (Purim, Tel Aviv), 23 and 29 April (Passover), 14 May (Independence Day), 12 June (Shavuot), 13 August (Fast of the Ninth of Av), 3 and 4 October (Rosh Hashanah), 11 October (eve of Yom Kippur), 12 October (Yom Kippur), 17 October (Sukkot) and 24 October (Simchat Torah) (Bank of Israel)
- ZAHAV RTGS System, Operating Days during 2025: non-business days 14 March (Purim, Tel Aviv), 13 and 19 April (Passover), 1 May (Independence Day), 2 June (Shavuot), 3 August (Fast of the Ninth of Av), 23 and 24 September (Rosh Hashanah), 1 October (eve of Yom Kippur), 2 October (Yom Kippur), 7 October (Sukkot) and 14 October (Simchat Torah) (Bank of Israel)
- ZAHAV RTGS System, Business Days during 2026: non-business days 3 March (Purim, Tel Aviv), 2 and 8 April (Passover), 22 April (Independence Day), 22 May (Shavuot), 23 July (Fast of the Ninth of Av), 12 and 13 September (Rosh Hashanah), 20 September (eve of Yom Kippur), 21 September (Yom Kippur), 26 September (Sukkot), 3 October (Simchat Torah) and 27 October (Election Day); holiday eves short business days (Bank of Israel)
- ZAHAV RTGS System, Business Days during 2027: non-business days 23 March (Purim, Tel Aviv), 22 and 28 April (Passover), 12 May (Independence Day), 11 June (Shavuot), 12 August (Fast of the Ninth of Av), 2 and 3 October (Rosh Hashanah), 10 October (eve of Yom Kippur), 11 October (Yom Kippur), 16 October (Sukkot) and 23 October (Simchat Torah); holiday eves short business days (Bank of Israel)
- Markets Department business days for 2024: bank and public holidays except Saturdays, among them the municipal elections (27 February), Purim on 24 March (Tel Aviv) and 25 March (Jerusalem) and the Fast of the Ninth of Av (13 August) (Bank of Israel)
- Markets Department business days for 2025: bank and public holidays except Saturdays, among them Purim on 14 March (Tel Aviv) and 16 March (Purim Meshulash) and the Fast of the Ninth of Av (3 August); the Bank also closed on the eves of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, working days at other banking institutions (Bank of Israel)
- Markets Department business days for 2026: bank and public holidays listed except Saturdays; working hours until 13:15 on Fridays, holiday eves and intermediate festival days; the eve of Yom Kippur (20 September) a bank and public holiday; the Bank also closed on the eves of Passover and Rosh Hashanah (Bank of Israel)
- Markets Department business days for 2027: bank and public holidays listed except Saturdays, including Purim (23 and 24 March), the Ninth of Av (12 August) and the eve of Yom Kippur (10 October); working hours until 13:15 on Fridays, holiday eves and intermediate festival days; the Bank also closed on the eves of Passover and Rosh Hashanah (Bank of Israel)
- Part 3, chapter 31, paragraph 31.111: in ministries on a five-day week the working week is Sunday to Thursday; in ministries on a six-day week, Sunday to Friday (page footer dated 29 May 2022; not the Civil Service Commission's own publication) (Civil Service Regulations of Israel (Takshir), in the copy on the National Insurance Institute's site)
- TASE Reports its Financial Results for Q3 2025: the transition to Monday-to-Friday trading, a change scheduled for launch on January 5, 2026 (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, press release (PR Newswire))
- TASE Reports the Results of the Financial Statements for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 (5 March 2026): the transition to a Monday through Friday trading week completed at the beginning of 2026 (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, press release (PR Newswire))
Checked October 13, 2026. All sources
Other years
Sources and verification
Official source: Bank of Israel (boi.org.il) (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on October 13, 2026.