2009 in Israel - Major Public Holidays

Major Public Holidays

• Tenth of Tevet fast – January 6 (dawn to nightfall)
• Tu Bishvat – nightfall of February 8 to nightfall of February 9
• Fast of Esther – March 9 (dawn to nightfall)
• Purim – nightfall of March 9 to nightfall of March 10
• Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) – nightfall of March 10 to nightfall of March 11
• Birkat Hachamah – sunrise on April 8 (occurs once every 28 years)
• Fast of the Firstborn – April 8 (dawn to sunset)
• Passover and Chol HaMoed Pesach – sunset of April 8 to nightfall of April 15 (7th day) (an additional day is observed outside Israel)
• Holocaust Remembrance Day – nightfall of April 20 to nightfall of April 21
• Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day – nightfall of April 27 to nightfall of April 28
• Israel's Independence Day – nightfall of April 28 to nightfall of April 29
• Lag Ba'omer – nightfall of May 11 to nightfall of May 12
• Jerusalem Day – nightfall of May 21 to nightfall of May 22
• Shavuot – sunset of May 28 to sunset of May 29 (a second day is observed outside Israel)
• Seventeenth of Tammuz fast – July 9 (dawn to nightfall)
• Ninth of Av fast – sunset of July 29 to nightfall of July 30
• Rosh Hashanah – sunset of September 18 to nightfall of September 20
• Fast of Gedalia – September 21 (dawn to nightfall)
• Yom Kippur – sunset of September 27 to nightfall of September 28
• Sukkot and Chol HaMoed Sukkot – sunset of October 2 to sunset of October 9
• Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret – sunset of October 9 to nightfall of October 10 (a second day is observed outside Israel)
• Hanukkah – nightfall of December 11 to nightfall of December 19
• Tenth of Tevet fast – December 27 (dawn to nightfall)