Holidays and Observances in Israel in 2010
| Date | Name | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 5 | Tuesday | Catholic/Protestant Epiphany Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 6 | Wednesday | Catholic/Protestant Epiphany | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 6 | Wednesday | Orthodox Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 7 | Thursday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 8 | Friday | Orthodox Christmas Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 13 | Wednesday | Orthodox New Year’s Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 14 | Thursday | Orthodox New Year | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 18 | Monday | Armenian Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 18 | Monday | Orthodox Epiphany Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 19 | Tuesday | Armenian Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 19 | Tuesday | Orthodox Epiphany Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 20 | Wednesday | Armenian Christmas Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 24 | Sunday | Eid al-Khader Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 25 | Monday | Eid al-Khader | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 30 | Saturday | Tu Bishvat | Observance, Hebrew |
| Feb 25 | Thursday | Fast of Esther | Elective Holiday |
| Feb 28 | Sunday | Purim | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 1 | Monday | Shushan Purim | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 8 | Monday | International Women's Day | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 20 | Saturday | March Equinox | Season |
| Mar 25 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 28 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian |
| Mar 28 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Palm Sunday | Observance, Orthodox |
| Mar 29 | Monday | Passover Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 30 | Tuesday | Passover (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Mar 31 | Wednesday | Passover (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 1 | Thursday | Passover (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 1 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Maundy Thursday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 1 | Thursday | Armenian/Orthodox Maundy Thursday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 2 | Friday | Passover (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 2 | Friday | Catholic/Protestant Good Friday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 2 | Friday | Armenian/Orthodox Good Friday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 3 | Saturday | Passover (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 3 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Holy Saturday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 3 | Saturday | Armenian/Orthodox Holy Saturday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 4 | Sunday | Passover (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 4 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Easter Sunday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 4 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Easter Sunday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 5 | Monday | Passover (Day 7) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 5 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Easter Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 5 | Monday | Armenian/Orthodox Easter Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 6 | Tuesday | Mimouna Day | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 7 | Wednesday | Orthodox Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 12 | Monday | Yom HaShoah | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 19 | Monday | Yom HaZikaron | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 20 | Tuesday | Yom HaAtzmaut | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 20 | Tuesday | Armenian Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 24 | Saturday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 25 | Sunday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 26 | Monday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 27 | Tuesday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 28 | Wednesday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| May 1 | Saturday | May Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 2 | Sunday | Lag BaOmer | Elective Holiday |
| May 12 | Wednesday | Jerusalem Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 12 | Wednesday | Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews | Elective Holiday |
| May 12 | Wednesday | Catholic/Protestant Ascension Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 12 | Wednesday | Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 13 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Ascension Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 13 | Thursday | Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 18 | Tuesday | Shavuot Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 19 | Wednesday | Shavuot | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| May 22 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 22 | Saturday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 23 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost | Elective Holiday |
| May 23 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost | Elective Holiday |
| May 24 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Monday | Elective Holiday |
| May 24 | Monday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 21 | Monday | June Solstice | Season |
| Jun 29 | Tuesday | 17th of Tammuz | Elective Holiday |
| Jul 19 | Monday | Tisha B'Av Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
| Jul 20 | Tuesday | Tisha B'Av | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 1 | Wednesday | First Day of School Year | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 8 | Wednesday | Rosh Hashana Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 9 | Thursday | Rosh Hashana | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 9 | Thursday | Feast of Prophet Sabalan Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 10 | Friday | Rosh Hashana (Day 2) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 10 | Friday | Feast of Prophet Sabalan | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 12 | Sunday | Gedaliah Fast | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 17 | Friday | Yom Kippur Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 18 | Saturday | Yom Kippur | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 22 | Wednesday | Sukkot Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 23 | Thursday | Sukkot (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 23 | Thursday | September Equinox | Season |
| Sep 24 | Friday | Sukkot (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 25 | Saturday | Sukkot (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 26 | Sunday | Sukkot (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 27 | Monday | Sukkot (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 28 | Tuesday | Sukkot (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 29 | Wednesday | Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 30 | Thursday | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Nov 6 | Saturday | Sigd | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 2 | Thursday | Hanukkah (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Dec 3 | Friday | Hanukkah (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 4 | Saturday | Hanukkah (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 5 | Sunday | Hanukkah (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 6 | Monday | Hanukkah (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 7 | Tuesday | Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 8 | Wednesday | Hanukkah (Day 7) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 9 | Thursday | Hanukkah (Day 8) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 17 | Friday | Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 22 | Wednesday | December Solstice | Season |
| Dec 24 | Friday | Catholic/Protestant Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 25 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 26 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Boxing Day | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 31 | Friday | New Year's Eve | Elective Holiday |
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