Public Holidays in Israel in 2023
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: Purim
- Purim remembers the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to destroy them as recorded in the Book of Esther.
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: Shushan Purim
- Purim remembers the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to destroy them as recorded in the Book of Esther.
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: Pesach I
- Passover (Pesach), is an eight day Jewish holiday that remembers the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
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: Pesach VII
- Passover (Pesach), is an eight day Jewish holiday that remembers the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
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: Independence Day
- Israeli Independence Day commemorates the declaration of independence of Israel in 1948
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: Memorial Day
- Israel's official remembrance day is commemorated on the day before Independence day
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: Victory Day
- Celebrates the victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War
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: Jerusalem Day
- Marks the reunification of Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in 1967
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: Pentecost
- Shavuot is one of the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. Also known as the Feast of Weeks
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: Fast of Ninth of Av
- Tisha B'Av commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.
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: Eve of Rosh Hashanah
- The Jewish Holiday of Rosh Hashanah is generally known as the New Year' s Day of the Jewish calendar
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: Rosh Hashanah
- The Jewish Holiday of Rosh Hashanah is generally known as the New Year' s Day of the Jewish calendar
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: Rosh Hashanah
- Second day of Rosh Hashanah, the New Year of the Jewish calendar
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: Day of Atonement
- Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of repentance, considered to be the holiest and most solemn day of the year
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: Sukkot
- Sukkot is also known as Succoth, Sukkos, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles
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: Simchat Torah
- Marks the end of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle.
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: Hanukkah
- Observed for eight days in honour of the historic victory of the Maccabbees against religious oppression
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