Holidays and Observances in Israel in 2022
| Date | Name | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Saturday | New Year's Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 5 | Wednesday | Catholic/Protestant Epiphany Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 6 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Epiphany | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 6 | Thursday | Orthodox Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 7 | Friday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 8 | Saturday | Orthodox Christmas Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 13 | Thursday | Orthodox New Year’s Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 14 | Friday | Orthodox New Year | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 17 | Monday | Tu Bishvat | Observance, Hebrew |
| Jan 18 | Tuesday | Armenian Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 18 | Tuesday | Orthodox Epiphany Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 19 | Wednesday | Armenian Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 19 | Wednesday | Orthodox Epiphany Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 20 | Thursday | Armenian Christmas Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 24 | Monday | Eid al-Khader Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jan 25 | Tuesday | Eid al-Khader | Elective Holiday |
| Feb 28 | Monday | Al Isra' wal Miraj | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 8 | Tuesday | International Women's Day | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 16 | Wednesday | Fast of Esther | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 16 | Wednesday | Purim Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
| Mar 17 | Thursday | Purim | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 18 | Friday | Shushan Purim | Elective Holiday |
| Mar 20 | Sunday | March Equinox | Season |
| Mar 25 | Friday | Catholic/Protestant Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 7 | Thursday | Orthodox Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 10 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian |
| Apr 11 | Monday | Aliyah Day | Official Holiday, Business as usual |
| Apr 14 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Maundy Thursday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 15 | Friday | Passover Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 15 | Friday | Catholic/Protestant Good Friday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 16 | Saturday | Passover (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 16 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Holy Saturday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 17 | Sunday | Passover (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 17 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Palm Sunday | Observance, Orthodox |
| Apr 17 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Easter Sunday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 18 | Monday | Passover (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 18 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Easter Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 19 | Tuesday | Passover (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 20 | Wednesday | Passover (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 20 | Wednesday | Armenian Feast of the Annunciation | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 21 | Thursday | Passover (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Apr 21 | Thursday | Armenian/Orthodox Maundy Thursday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 22 | Friday | Passover (Day 7) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Apr 22 | Friday | Armenian/Orthodox Good Friday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | Armenian/Orthodox Holy Saturday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | Mimouna Day | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 24 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Easter Sunday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 24 | Sunday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 25 | Monday | Armenian/Orthodox Easter Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 25 | Monday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 26 | Tuesday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 27 | Wednesday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 28 | Thursday | Yom HaShoah | Elective Holiday |
| Apr 28 | Thursday | Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday | Elective Holiday |
| May 1 | Sunday | May Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 4 | Wednesday | Yom HaZikaron | Observance, Hebrew |
| May 5 | Thursday | Yom HaAtzmaut | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| May 19 | Thursday | Lag BaOmer | Elective Holiday |
| May 25 | Wednesday | Catholic/Protestant Ascension Eve | Elective Holiday |
| May 26 | Thursday | Catholic/Protestant Ascension Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 29 | Sunday | Jerusalem Day | Elective Holiday |
| May 29 | Sunday | Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 1 | Wednesday | Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 2 | Thursday | Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Day | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 4 | Saturday | Shavuot Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 4 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 5 | Sunday | Shavuot | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Jun 5 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 6 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 11 | Saturday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 12 | Sunday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 13 | Monday | Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Monday | Elective Holiday |
| Jun 21 | Tuesday | June Solstice | Season |
| Jul 17 | Sunday | 17th of Tammuz | Elective Holiday |
| Aug 6 | Saturday | Tisha B'Av Eve | Observance, Hebrew |
| Aug 7 | Sunday | Tisha B'Av | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 1 | Thursday | First Day of School Year | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 9 | Friday | Feast of Prophet Sabalan Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 10 | Saturday | Feast of Prophet Sabalan | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 23 | Friday | September Equinox | Season |
| Sep 25 | Sunday | Rosh Hashana Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Sep 26 | Monday | Rosh Hashana | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 27 | Tuesday | Rosh Hashana (Day 2) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Sep 28 | Wednesday | Gedaliah Fast | Elective Holiday |
| Oct 4 | Tuesday | Yom Kippur Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Oct 5 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Oct 9 | Sunday | Sukkot Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Oct 10 | Monday | Sukkot (Day 1) | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Oct 11 | Tuesday | Sukkot (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 12 | Wednesday | Sukkot (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 13 | Thursday | Sukkot (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 14 | Friday | Sukkot (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 15 | Saturday | Sukkot (Day 6) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 16 | Sunday | Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah | Observance, Hebrew |
| Oct 17 | Monday | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah | National Holiday, Hebrew |
| Nov 1 | Tuesday | Election Day | National Holiday |
| Nov 1 | Tuesday | Aliyah Day School Observance | Observance |
| Nov 23 | Wednesday | Sigd | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 19 | Monday | Hanukkah (Day 1) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 20 | Tuesday | Hanukkah (Day 2) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 21 | Wednesday | Hanukkah (Day 3) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 21 | Wednesday | December Solstice | Season |
| Dec 22 | Thursday | Hanukkah (Day 4) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 23 | Friday | Hanukkah (Day 5) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 24 | Saturday | Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 24 | Saturday | Catholic/Protestant Christmas Eve | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 25 | Sunday | Hanukkah (Day 7) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 25 | Sunday | Catholic/Protestant Christmas Day | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 26 | Monday | Hanukkah (Day 8) | Observance, Hebrew |
| Dec 26 | Monday | Catholic/Protestant Boxing Day | Elective Holiday |
| Dec 31 | Saturday | New Year's Eve | Elective Holiday |
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