Holidays and Observances in Israel in 2012
| Date | Name | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 5 | Thursday | Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 5 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Epiphany Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 6 | Friday | Catholic/Protestant Epiphany | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 6 | Friday | Orthodox Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 7 | Saturday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 8 | Sunday | Orthodox Christmas Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 13 | Friday | Orthodox New Year’s Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 14 | Saturday | Orthodox New Year | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 18 | Wednesday | Armenian Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 18 | Wednesday | Orthodox Epiphany Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 19 | Thursday | Armenian Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 19 | Thursday | Orthodox Epiphany Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 20 | Friday | Armenian Christmas Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 24 | Tuesday | Eid al-Khader Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 25 | Wednesday | Eid al-Khader | Elective Holiday |
| Feb 8 | Wednesday | Tu Bishvat | Observance, Hebrew |
| Mar 7 | Wednesday | Fast of Esther | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 8 | Thursday | Purim | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 8 | Thursday | International Women's Day | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 9 | Friday | Shushan Purim | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 20 | Tuesday | March Equinox | Season |
| Mar 25 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 1 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian |
| Apr 5 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Maundy Thursday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 6 | Friday | Passover Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 6 | Friday | Catholic/Protestant Good Friday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 7 | Saturday | Passover (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 7 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Holy Saturday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 7 | Saturday | Orthodox Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 8 | Sunday | Passover (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 8 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Palm Sunday | Observance, Orthodox |
| Apr 8 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Easter Sunday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 9 | Monday | Passover (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 9 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Easter Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 10 | Tuesday | Passover (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 11 | Wednesday | Passover (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 12 | Thursday | Passover (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 12 | Thursday | Armenian/Orthodox Maundy Thursday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 13 | Friday | Passover (Day 7) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 13 | Friday | Armenian/Orthodox Good Friday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 14 | Saturday | Armenian/Orthodox Holy Saturday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 14 | Saturday | Mimouna Day | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 15 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Easter Sunday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 16 | Monday | Armenian/Orthodox Easter Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 19 | Thursday | Yom HaShoah | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 20 | Friday | Armenian Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 24 | Tuesday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 25 | Wednesday | Yom HaZikaron | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 25 | Wednesday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 26 | Thursday | Yom HaAtzmaut | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 26 | Thursday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 27 | Friday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 28 | Saturday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| May 1 | Tuesday | May Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 10 | Thursday | Lag BaOmer | Elective Holiday |
| May 16 | Wednesday | Catholic/Protestant Ascension Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 17 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Ascension Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 20 | Sunday | Jerusalem Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 20 | Sunday | Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews | Elective Holiday |
| May 23 | Wednesday | Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 24 | Thursday | Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 26 | Saturday | Shavuot Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 26 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 27 | Sunday | Shavuot | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| May 27 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost | Elective Holiday |
| May 28 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 2 | Saturday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 3 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 4 | Monday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 21 | Thursday | June Solstice | Season |
| Jul 8 | Sunday | 17th of Tammuz | Elective Holiday |
| Jul 28 | Saturday | Tisha B'Av Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
| Jul 29 | Sunday | Tisha B'Av | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 1 | Saturday | First Day of School Year | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 9 | Sunday | Feast of Prophet Sabalan Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 10 | Monday | Feast of Prophet Sabalan | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 16 | Sunday | Rosh Hashana Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 17 | Monday | Rosh Hashana | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 18 | Tuesday | Rosh Hashana (Day 2) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 19 | Wednesday | Gedaliah Fast | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 22 | Saturday | September Equinox | Season |
| Sep 25 | Tuesday | Yom Kippur Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 26 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 30 | Sunday | Sukkot Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Oct 1 | Monday | Sukkot (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Oct 2 | Tuesday | Sukkot (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 3 | Wednesday | Sukkot (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 4 | Thursday | Sukkot (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 5 | Friday | Sukkot (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 6 | Saturday | Sukkot (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 7 | Sunday | Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 8 | Monday | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Nov 14 | Wednesday | Sigd | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 9 | Sunday | Hanukkah (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Dec 10 | Monday | Hanukkah (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 11 | Tuesday | Hanukkah (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 12 | Wednesday | Hanukkah (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 13 | Thursday | Hanukkah (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 14 | Friday | Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 15 | Saturday | Hanukkah (Day 7) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 16 | Sunday | Hanukkah (Day 8) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 21 | Friday | December Solstice | Season |
| Dec 23 | Sunday | Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 24 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 25 | Tuesday | Catholic/Protestant Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 26 | Wednesday | Catholic/Protestant Boxing Day | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 31 | Monday | New Year's Eve | Elective Holiday |
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