Last Updated on February 28, 2019
Israel religious holidays & festivals for 2019.
Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druze & Bahai Festivals
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Jewish Holidays & Festivals 2019 |
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Please note that Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date specified. In the Diaspora the festivals of Passover, Shavuot & Sukkot have one extra day added at the end. |
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Tu B’shvat: January 21 Purim: 21 March Passover: April 20 – April 27 Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah): May 2 Israel Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron): May 8 Israel Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut): May 9 Festival of Counting the Omer (Lag B’Omer): May 23 Jerusalem Day: June 2 Feat of Weeks (Shavuot): – June 9 – June 10 Fast of the 9th of Av (Tisha B’Av): August 11 New Year (Rosh HaShanah): September 30 – October 1 Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur): October 9th Yom HaAliyah: November 5th Sukkot: October 15 – October 15 Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah: October 21 – October 22 Festival of Lights (Hanukkah): December 23 – December 30 |
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Find our more about the Jewish festivals
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Christian Holidays & Festivals 2019 |
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Ash Wednesday – 6 March Palm Sunday – 14 April Good Friday- 19 April Easter Sunday – 21 April Easter Monday: 22 April Ascension Day – 30 May Pentecost – 9 June Christmas- 25 December |
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Muslim Holidays and Festivals 2019 |
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Ramadan: June 5 Eid-Ul-Fitr: 5 June Eid-Ul-Adha: – 12 August Hijri New Year: 31 August Ashura: 9 September Milad un Nabi: – 9 November |
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Druze Holidays & Festivals 2019 |
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Druze celebrate Eid El Fitr, and Eid El-Adha (see Muslim festivals) |
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Bahai Holidays & Festivals 2019 |
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Naw-Ruz (Baha’i New Year) — 21 March Festival of Ridvan — 21 April Declaration of the Bab — 23 May Ascension of the Baha’u’llah — 29 May Martyrdom of the Bab– 9 July Birth of the Bab– 1 November Birth of Baha’u’llah– 2 November Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha – 28 November 19 days of fasting: 2 -20 March |
Learn Holiday Words & Phrases
Hebrew, English & Transliterations
| English | Transliteration | Hebrew |
| Fast | Tzom | צום |
| Holiday or festival | Chag | חג |
| Festival eve | Erev chag | ערב חג |
| Intermediate days of a festival | Chol ha’mo’ed | חול המואד |
| New month | Rosh ho’desh | ראש חודש |
| New year | Shana hadasha | שנה חדשה |
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Shabbat, festival and holiday greetings |
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| Happy Sabbath |
Shabbat shalom |
שבת שלום |
| Happy holidays | Chag sameach | חג שמח |
| Happy new year | Shana tova | שנה טובה |
| Have an easy fast | Tzom kal | צום קל |
| May you be inscribed | Chatima tova | חתימה טובה |
| Have a good week | Shavua tov | שבוע טוב |
Join in the fun at the annual Holiday of Holidays Festival in Haifa
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