Holidays and Observances in Israel in 2011
Date | Name | Type | |
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Jan 20 | Thursday | Tu Bishvat | Observance, Hebrew |
Mar 17 | Thursday | Fast of Esther | Observance, Hebrew |
Mar 20 | Sunday | Purim | Observance, Hebrew |
Mar 21 | Monday | Shushan Purim | Local Holiday |
Mar 21 | Monday | March Equinox | Season |
Apr 18 | Monday | Passover Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 19 | Tuesday | Passover (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
Apr 20 | Wednesday | Passover (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 21 | Thursday | Passover (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 22 | Friday | Passover (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 23 | Saturday | Passover (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 24 | Sunday | Passover (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 25 | Monday | Passover (Day 7) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
May 1 | Sunday | Yom HaShoah | National Holiday, Hebrew |
May 9 | Monday | Yom HaZikaron | National Holiday, Hebrew |
May 10 | Tuesday | Yom HaAtzmaut | National Holiday, Hebrew |
May 22 | Sunday | Lag BaOmer | Observance, Hebrew |
Jun 1 | Wednesday | Jerusalem Day | Observance, Hebrew |
Jun 7 | Tuesday | Shavuot Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Jun 8 | Wednesday | Shavuot | National Holiday, Hebrew |
Jun 21 | Tuesday | June Solstice | Season |
Jul 19 | Tuesday | 17th of Tammuz | Observance, Hebrew |
Aug 8 | Monday | Tisha B'Av Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Aug 9 | Tuesday | Tisha B'Av | Observance, Hebrew |
Sep 23 | Friday | September Equinox | Season |
Sep 28 | Wednesday | Rosh Hashana Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Sep 29 | Thursday | Rosh Hashana | National Holiday, Hebrew |
Sep 30 | Friday | Rosh Hashana (Day 2) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
Oct 2 | Sunday | Gedaliah Fast | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 7 | Friday | Yom Kippur Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 8 | Saturday | Yom Kippur | National Holiday, Hebrew |
Oct 12 | Wednesday | Sukkot Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 13 | Thursday | Sukkot (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
Oct 14 | Friday | Sukkot (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 15 | Saturday | Sukkot (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 16 | Sunday | Sukkot (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 17 | Monday | Sukkot (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 18 | Tuesday | Sukkot (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 19 | Wednesday | Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah | Observance, Hebrew |
Oct 20 | Thursday | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah | National Holiday, Hebrew |
Dec 21 | Wednesday | Hanukkah (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
Dec 22 | Thursday | Hanukkah (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 22 | Thursday | December Solstice | Season |
Dec 23 | Friday | Hanukkah (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 24 | Saturday | Hanukkah (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 25 | Sunday | Hanukkah (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 26 | Monday | Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 27 | Tuesday | Hanukkah (Day 7) | Observance, Hebrew |
Dec 28 | Wednesday | Hanukkah (Day 8) | Observance, Hebrew |
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