Holidays and Observances in Israel in 2013
| Date | Name | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Tuesday | New Year's Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 5 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Epiphany Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 6 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Epiphany | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 6 | Sunday | Orthodox Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 7 | Monday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 8 | Tuesday | Orthodox Christmas Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 13 | Sunday | Orthodox New Year’s Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 14 | Monday | Orthodox New Year | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 18 | Friday | Armenian Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 18 | Friday | Orthodox Epiphany Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 19 | Saturday | Armenian Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 19 | Saturday | Orthodox Epiphany Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 20 | Sunday | Armenian Christmas Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 24 | Thursday | Eid al-Khader Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 25 | Friday | Eid al-Khader | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 26 | Saturday | Tu Bishvat | Observance, Hebrew |
| Feb 21 | Thursday | Fast of Esther | Elective Holiday |
| Feb 24 | Sunday | Purim | Elective Holiday |
| Feb 25 | Monday | Shushan Purim | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 8 | Friday | International Women's Day | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 20 | Wednesday | March Equinox | Season |
| Mar 24 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian |
| Mar 25 | Monday | Passover Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 25 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 26 | Tuesday | Passover (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Mar 27 | Wednesday | Passover (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Mar 28 | Thursday | Passover (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Mar 28 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Maundy Thursday | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 29 | Friday | Passover (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Mar 29 | Friday | Catholic/Protestant Good Friday | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 30 | Saturday | Passover (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Mar 30 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Holy Saturday | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 31 | Sunday | Passover (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Mar 31 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Easter Sunday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 1 | Monday | Passover (Day 7) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 1 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Easter Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 2 | Tuesday | Mimouna Day | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 7 | Sunday | Orthodox Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 8 | Monday | Yom HaShoah | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 15 | Monday | Yom HaZikaron | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 16 | Tuesday | Yom HaAtzmaut | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 20 | Saturday | Armenian Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 24 | Wednesday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 25 | Thursday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 26 | Friday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 27 | Saturday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 28 | Sunday | Lag BaOmer | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 28 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Palm Sunday | Observance, Orthodox |
| Apr 28 | Sunday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| May 1 | Wednesday | May Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 2 | Thursday | Armenian/Orthodox Maundy Thursday | Elective Holiday |
| May 3 | Friday | Armenian/Orthodox Good Friday | Elective Holiday |
| May 4 | Saturday | Armenian/Orthodox Holy Saturday | Elective Holiday |
| May 5 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Easter Sunday | Elective Holiday |
| May 6 | Monday | Armenian/Orthodox Easter Monday | Elective Holiday |
| May 8 | Wednesday | Jerusalem Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 8 | Wednesday | Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews | Elective Holiday |
| May 8 | Wednesday | Catholic/Protestant Ascension Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 9 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Ascension Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 14 | Tuesday | Shavuot Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 15 | Wednesday | Shavuot | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| May 18 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 19 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost | Elective Holiday |
| May 20 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 12 | Wednesday | Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 13 | Thursday | Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 21 | Friday | June Solstice | Season |
| Jun 22 | Saturday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 23 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 24 | Monday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 25 | Tuesday | 17th of Tammuz | Elective Holiday |
| Jul 15 | Monday | Tisha B'Av Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
| Jul 16 | Tuesday | Tisha B'Av | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 1 | Sunday | First Day of School Year | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 4 | Wednesday | Rosh Hashana Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 5 | Thursday | Rosh Hashana | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 6 | Friday | Rosh Hashana (Day 2) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 8 | Sunday | Gedaliah Fast | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 9 | Monday | Feast of Prophet Sabalan Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 10 | Tuesday | Feast of Prophet Sabalan | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 13 | Friday | Yom Kippur Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 14 | Saturday | Yom Kippur | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 18 | Wednesday | Sukkot Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 19 | Thursday | Sukkot (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 20 | Friday | Sukkot (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 21 | Saturday | Sukkot (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 22 | Sunday | Sukkot (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 22 | Sunday | September Equinox | Season |
| Sep 23 | Monday | Sukkot (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 24 | Tuesday | Sukkot (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 25 | Wednesday | Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah | Observance, Hebrew |
| Sep 26 | Thursday | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Nov 2 | Saturday | Sigd | Elective Holiday |
| Nov 28 | Thursday | Hanukkah (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Nov 29 | Friday | Hanukkah (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Nov 30 | Saturday | Hanukkah (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 1 | Sunday | Hanukkah (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 2 | Monday | Hanukkah (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 3 | Tuesday | Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 4 | Wednesday | Hanukkah (Day 7) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 5 | Thursday | Hanukkah (Day 8) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 13 | Friday | Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 21 | Saturday | December Solstice | Season |
| Dec 24 | Tuesday | Catholic/Protestant Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 25 | Wednesday | Catholic/Protestant Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 26 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Boxing Day | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 31 | Tuesday | New Year's Eve | Elective Holiday |
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