Public holidays in Israel 2025
Israel has 8 public holidays in 2025. 7 fall on a weekday and 1 on the weekend, with 1 substitute day off marked as observed, which leaves 253 working days out of 365. The weekend is Friday and Saturday.
8public holidays
8weekday days off, substitutes included
253working days in 2025
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Pesach | |
| Saturday weekend | Seventh day of Pesach | |
| Thursday | Independence Day observed | |
| Monday | Shavuot | |
| Tuesday | Rosh Hashanah | |
| Wednesday | Rosh Hashanah | |
| Thursday | Yom Kippur | |
| Tuesday | Sukkot | |
| Tuesday | Simchat Torah / Shemini Atzeret |
Observed marks a substitute day off granted because the holiday itself falls on a weekend.
Working days per month in 2025
A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day (Friday and Saturday) nor a public holiday. Holidays that fall on the weekend do not reduce the count.
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend days | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| February 2025 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| March 2025 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| April 2025 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| May 2025 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| June 2025 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| July 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August 2025 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| October 2025 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| November 2025 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| December 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| Total 2025 | 365 | 104 | 8 | 253 |
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Jan22 wd
Feb20 wd
Mar22 wd
Apr21 wd
May20 wd
Jun21 wd
Jul23 wd
Aug21 wd
Sep20 wd
Oct19 wd
Nov21 wd
Dec23 wd
Long weekends and bridge days in 2025
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 3 daysFri 11 to Sun 13 April 2025Pesach
- 3 daysThu 1 to Sat 3 May 2025Independence Day
- 3 daysThu 2 to Sat 4 October 2025Yom Kippur
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Sunday 1 June 2025 for Fri 30 May to Mon 2 June 2025Shavuot
- 5 daysTake off Thursday 25 September 2025 for Tue 23 to Sat 27 September 2025Rosh Hashanah
Questions about 2025 in Israel
- How many working days are there in Israel in 2025?
- 253 working days. 2025 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 8 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Israel have in 2025?
- 8 public holidays, plus 1 substitute day off. 1 falls on the weekend.
- Which 2025 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Seventh day of Pesach (19 April 2025).
- What counts as the weekend in Israel?
- Friday and Saturday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2026?
- See public holidays in Israel 2026 or go back to 2024.
Cite or reuse this data
Israel has 8 public holidays and 253 working days in 2025.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/israel/2025/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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