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Israel (optional) holidays 2026 and 2027

Israel (optional) (IL:optional). Public holidays fall on 17 weekdays in Israel (optional) in 2026.

Id
IL:optional
Kind
Country or region
Time zone
—
Weekend
Fri–Sat
Years of data
2000–2040
Verified years
none yet
Last verified
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2026

From the holidays library: not yet checked against an official source.

DateNameEffectSources
Tue 3 Mar 2026PurimClosed
Thu 2 Apr 2026PesachClosed
Fri 3 Apr 2026Pesach holidayClosed
Sat 4 Apr 2026Pesach holidayClosed
Sun 5 Apr 2026Pesach holidayClosed
Mon 6 Apr 2026Pesach holidayClosed
Tue 7 Apr 2026Pesach holidayClosed
Wed 8 Apr 2026Seventh day of PesachClosed
Tue 21 Apr 2026Remembrance DayClosed
Wed 22 Apr 2026Independence DayClosed
Fri 15 May 2026Jerusalem DayClosed
Fri 22 May 2026ShavuotClosed
Thu 23 Jul 2026Tisha B'AvClosed
Sat 12 Sep 2026Rosh HashanahClosed
Sun 13 Sep 2026Rosh HashanahClosed
Mon 21 Sep 2026Yom KippurClosed
Sat 26 Sep 2026SukkotClosed
Sun 27 Sep 2026Sukkot holidayClosed
Mon 28 Sep 2026Sukkot holidayClosed
Tue 29 Sep 2026Sukkot holidayClosed
Wed 30 Sep 2026Sukkot holidayClosed
Thu 1 Oct 2026Sukkot holidayClosed
Sat 3 Oct 2026Simchat Torah / Shemini AtzeretClosed
Mon 9 Nov 2026SigdClosed

2027

From the holidays library: not yet checked against an official source.

DateNameEffectSources
Tue 23 Mar 2027PurimClosed
Thu 22 Apr 2027PesachClosed
Fri 23 Apr 2027Pesach holidayClosed
Sat 24 Apr 2027Pesach holidayClosed
Sun 25 Apr 2027Pesach holidayClosed
Mon 26 Apr 2027Pesach holidayClosed
Tue 27 Apr 2027Pesach holidayClosed
Wed 28 Apr 2027Seventh day of PesachClosed
Tue 11 May 2027Remembrance DayClosed
Wed 12 May 2027Independence DayClosed
Fri 4 Jun 2027Jerusalem DayClosed
Fri 11 Jun 2027ShavuotClosed
Thu 12 Aug 2027Tisha B'AvClosed
Sat 2 Oct 2027Rosh HashanahClosed
Sun 3 Oct 2027Rosh HashanahClosed
Mon 11 Oct 2027Yom KippurClosed
Sat 16 Oct 2027SukkotClosed
Sun 17 Oct 2027Sukkot holidayClosed
Mon 18 Oct 2027Sukkot holidayClosed
Tue 19 Oct 2027Sukkot holidayClosed
Wed 20 Oct 2027Sukkot holidayClosed
Thu 21 Oct 2027Sukkot holidayClosed
Sat 23 Oct 2027Simchat Torah / Shemini AtzeretClosed
Mon 29 Nov 2027SigdClosed
Provenance

Official sources

A verified year has been checked against these sources. We keep a dated copy of each page and watch it for changes.

No official source is cited for this calendar yet: its dates come from the open-source holidays library (coverage "library").

Israel (optional) holidays: questions

How many weekdays is Israel (optional) closed in 2026?

17: Purim (Tue 3 Mar 2026); Pesach (Thu 2 Apr 2026); Pesach holiday (Sun 5 Apr 2026); Pesach holiday (Mon 6 Apr 2026); Pesach holiday (Tue 7 Apr 2026); Seventh day of Pesach (Wed 8 Apr 2026); Remembrance Day (Tue 21 Apr 2026); Independence Day (Wed 22 Apr 2026); Tisha B'Av (Thu 23 Jul 2026); Rosh Hashanah (Sun 13 Sep 2026); Yom Kippur (Mon 21 Sep 2026); Sukkot holiday (Sun 27 Sep 2026); Sukkot holiday (Mon 28 Sep 2026); Sukkot holiday (Tue 29 Sep 2026); Sukkot holiday (Wed 30 Sep 2026); Sukkot holiday (Thu 1 Oct 2026); Sigd (Mon 9 Nov 2026).

Which days are the weekend for Israel (optional)?

Fri–Sat. Those days aren't business days unless a date says otherwise.

Use it from the API

With your API key, the same dates as above, as JSON:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FC_API_KEY" "https://api.financecalendarapi.com/v1/holidays?calendars=IL%3Aoptional&from=2026-01-01&to=2027-12-31"

Holidays endpoint reference

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An .ics feed for Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, updated with each release.

https://api.financecalendarapi.com/v1/calendars/IL%3Aoptional.ics?key=YOUR_KEY

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