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Public holidays in Israel are national holidays officially recognized by the Knesset, Israel's parliament. The State of Israel has adopted most traditional religious Jewish holidays as part of its national calendar, while also having established new modern holiday observances since its founding in 1948.
One of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals, public holiday in Israel: 16-21 Tishrei (1-day communities) / 17-21 Tishrei (2-day communities) October 4–9, 2020/ October 5–9, 2020 Chol HaMoed Sukkot: Public holiday in Israel. Seharane is celebrated by Kurdish Jews during this time, but only in the State of Israel. Outside of Israel Seharane is ...
November 4: Yitzhak Rabin Memorial (Israel, unofficial, but widely commemorated) Movable in November: Mitzvah Day International 2020 date: November 15 [1] November 30: Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran ; December 4: Eid il-Burbara (Israel/Palestinian territories, not an official holiday)
Aliyah Day (יום העלייה) is an Israeli national holiday celebrated annually on the tenth of Nisan. [96] The day was established to acknowledge Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish state, as a core value of the State of Israel, and honor the ongoing contributions of Olim (immigrants) to Israeli society. [97]
The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) is a two-day public holiday in Israel. However, since the 1980s an increasing number of secular Israelis celebrate the Gregorian New Year (usually known as "Silvester Night"— ליל סילבסטר) on the night between 31 December and 1 January. Prominent rabbis have on several occasions sharply denounced ...
In Israel, the holiest period on the Jewish calendar has coincided with the world's first reimposed national coronavirus lockdown. In Israel, the Jewish High Holidays clash with a new coronavirus ...
April marks one of the most significant holidays on the Jewish calendar: Passover. Passover, or "Pesach" in Hebrew, is an eight-day (or seven in Israel) celebration that commemorates the Jewish ...
Pages in category "Public holidays in Israel" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...