Israel National & Interfaith Calendar -2017-١٤٣٨תשע"ז

Jewish

Oct. 2nd - Rosh Hashana eve 5777 (New Year eve)*

Oct. 3rd- 4th - Rosh Hashana 5777 (New Year)* Oct. 5 - Tzom Gedalya (Gedalya Fast) Oct. 11th - eve (Day of Atonement evening)* Oct. 12th - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)* Oct. 16th - eve (Feast of Tabernacles evening)* Oct. 17th- 23th – Sukkot, eve* Oct. 24th - Shemini Atzeret (Simhat )* Nov. 29th Sigd eve Nov. 30th Sigd

th Dec. 24 - Chanukah eve (Lighting of first candle) Dec. 25th - Jan. 1st –Chanukah Jan. 8th – Tzom 10 B'Tvet Feb. 11nd Tu b'Shvat (15th of the month of Shvat)

th Mar. 9 Ta'anit Esther () Mar. 11th eve Mar. 12th Purim (Purim evening for , Safed) Mar. 13th Shushan Purim (Purim for Jerusalem, Safed)

April 10th Pesach evening ()*

April 11th - 17th Pesach*

May 13th Lag b'Omer eve

May 14th Lag b'Omer

May 30th - eve (Pentecost evening)*

May 31st - Shavuot (Pentecost)*

July 11th -Tzom Shiv'a Asar b' ( Fast)

July 31st - Tish'a b' eve (Ninth of Av Fast) Aug. 1st - Tish'a b'Av

Aug. 6th - Tu b'Av eve

Aug. 7th - Tu b'Av Sept. 20th - Rosh Hashana eve 5778 (New Year eve)*

Sept. 21st – 22nd Rosh Hashana 5778 (New Year)* Sept. 24th - Tzom Gedalya (Gedalya Fast) Sept. 29th - Yom Kippur eve (Day of Atonement evening)*

Sept. 30th - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)* Oct. 4th - Sukkot eve (Feast of Tabernacles evening)* Oct. 5th - 12th – Sukkot* Oct. 12th - Shemini Atzeret () eve* Oct. 13th - Simhat Torah* Nov. 17th - Sigd eve Nov. 18th – Sigd Dec. 12th Chanukah eve (Lighting of first candle) Dec. 13th - 20th Chanukah

National & DST

th Oct. 30 – DSTime Ends 02:00 Nov. 1st- Rehavam Ze'evi Memorial Day Nov. 13th – Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day Dec. 6th – David Ben-Gurion Memorial Day Jan. 10th – Ze'ev Jabotinsky Memorial Day Mar. 9th - Joseph Trumpeldor Day Memorial Day

Mar. 24th - DSTime Begins 02:00

April 24th Holocaust Memorial Day

April 30th Memorial Day eve

May 1st Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism

May 1st Independence Day eve

May 2nd Independence Day* May 7th - Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl Memorial

May 24th -

Oct. 29th - DSTime Ends 02:00 Nov. 1st – Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day

*Public holiday Samaritan

April 10th Samaritan Passover offering

Baha'i

th Oct. 20 - Birth of the Báb Mar. 2nd -20th Nineteen Day Fast Mar. 21st Naw-Rúz (Bahá'í New Year)

April 21st Ridván Festival (First Day)

th Oct. 20 - Birth of the Báb

Druze

Jan. 25th - al-Khader (Holiday of the prophet Eliyahu)

Apr. 24th – 27th - Nabi Shu'eib (Prophet Shu'eib)

July 25th - Nabi al-Khidr

Aug. 31st - Sept. 1st Eid al-Adha*/Eid al-Adha* (Feast of Sacrifice) Sept. 10th - Nabi Sabalan

Muslim

Oct. 2nd - Muharram eve 1438 (Islamic New Year eve) Oct. 3rd - Muharram 1438 (Islamic New Year)

Dec.9th – Milad an-Nabi eve

Dec.10th – Milad an-Nabi

April 24th al-Isra' and al-Mi'raj (Prophet Mohamed's Ascension)

May 11th Lailat al Bara'ah eve

May 12th Lailat al Bara'ah

May 26th - Ramadan eve

May 27th – June 25th [Month of] Ramadan

June 24th - Eid al-Fitr eve "Festival of Breaking the Fast" concluding Ramadan

June 25th - Eid al-Fitr

Aug. 30th - Hajj eve: Day of Arafat Aug. 31st - Hajj: Day of Arafat

Aug. 31st - Sept. 1st Eid al-Adha*/Eid al-Adha* (Feast of Sacrifice)

Sept. 20th - Muharram 1439 eve (Islamic New Year)

Sept. 21st - Muharram 1439 (Islamic New Year) Nov. 30th - Milad an-Nabi eve - Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad Dec. 1st – Milad an-Nabi

Christian

Dec. 24th Christmas eve Dec. 25th -26th – Christmas Jan. 1st - New Year (חג ההתגלות - Jan. 6th - Three Kings Day (Epiphany Jan. 7th - Orthodox Christmas Mar. 1st Ash Wednesday

March 25th Annunciation Day

April 9th Palm Sunday

April 13th - Maundy (Holy) Thursday

April 14th - Good Friday

April 15th - Great Saturday

April 16th-17th - Easter Sunday and Monday (also for Orthodox)

May 25th - Ascension Day

June 4th-5th – Pentecost (Sunday and Monday) Dec. 24th Christmas eve Dec. 25th -26th – Christmas