Public holidays in Israel
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Note: for exact dates in the Gregorian calendar see Jewish holidays 2000-2050.
| Date | English Name (note: the "local name" is sometimes more commonly used in English than the name listed under "English Name") | Local Name | Range of possible dates in Gregorian calendar for the present age |
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| Tishrei 1 | New Year | ראש השנה Rosh Hashanah |
between Sept 5 & Oct 5 |
| Tishrei 3 | Fast Day of Gedaliah ben Ahikam | צום גדליה Tsom Gedalyah ben Ahikam |
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| Tishrei 10 | Day of Atonement (Most Holy Day of the Year) | יום כיפור Yom Kippur |
between Sept 14 & Oct 14 |
| Tishrei 15 | Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) | סוכות Sukkot |
between Sept 19 & Oct 19 |
| Tishrei 22 | Assembly of the Eighth Day | שמחת תורה/שמיני עצרת Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret |
between Sept 26 & Oct 26 |
| Heshvan 12 | Yitzhak Rabin's Remembrance Day | יום הזיכרון ליצחק רבין Yom Hazikaron le Yitzhak Rabin |
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| Kislev 25 | Feast of Rededication (First Day) | חנוכה Hanukkah |
between Nov 27 & Dec 27 |
| Tevet 10 | Tenth of Tevet Fast | צום עשרה בטבת Tsom Asarah b-Tevet |
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| Shvat 15 | Fifteenth of Shvat (New Year for Trees) | ט"ו בשבט Tu Bishvat |
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| Adar 13 | Fast of Esther | תענית אסתר Ta`anit Ester |
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| Adar 14 (Adar 15 in some places) | Memorial Feast for the Triumph of Esther | פורים Purim |
between February 24 & March 26 |
| Nisan 15 | Passover | פסח Pesach |
between March 26 & April 25 |
| Nisan 21 | Seventh day of Passover | שביעי של פסח Shvi'i shel Pesach |
between April 1 & May 1 |
| Nisan 27 | Holocaust Remembrance Day | יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה Yom HaZikaron LaShoah VeLaGevurah |
between April 7 & May 7 |
| Iyar 4 | Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day | יום הזיכרון לחללי מערכות ישראל ונפגעי פעולות האיבה Yom Hazikaron |
between April 14 & May 14 |
| Iyar 5 | Independence Day | יום העצמאות Yom Ha-Atzmaut |
between April 15 & May 15 |
| Iyar 18 | 33rd day of the `Omer | ל"ג בעומר Lag Ba'omer |
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| Iyar 28 | Jerusalem Day | יום ירושלים Yom Herut Yerushalayim |
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| Sivan 6 | Pentecost | שבועות Shavuot |
between May 15 & June 14 |
| Tammuz 17 | Seventeenth of Tammuz fast | שבעה עשר בתמוז Tsom Shiva` Asar b-Tammuz |
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| Av 9 | Ninth of Av fast (Destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples) | תשעה באב Tisha B'Av |
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| Av 15 | Fifteenth of Av (Festival of Love) | ט"ו באב Tu B'Av |
| Months of the Hebrew calendar | |||||||||||
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| Tishrei - Cheshvan - Kislev - Tevet - Shevat - Adar - Nisan - Iyar - Sivan - Tammuz - Av - Elul | |||||||||||
