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)
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