Date/Range of dates in the
Hebrew
calendar
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Date/Range of dates in
Gregorian calendar
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English name
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Hebrew name
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Status
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Every Friday evening before sundown to Saturday evening after sundown
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Sabbath
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???
Shabbat
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Official holiday with all schools, government institutions, public transportation and most retailers shut down
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Tishrei
1-2
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between Sep 5 & Oct 5
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New Year
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??? ????
Rosh Hashanah
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Official holiday (2 days)
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Tishrei
3
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Fast of Gedaliah
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??? ?????
Fast of Gedalia
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Business as usual
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Tishrei
10
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between Sep 14 & Oct 14
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Day of Atonement
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??? ?????
Yom Kippur
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Official holiday, businesses close around noon on the holiday's eve. Absolutely all businesses nationwide are closed. Virtually no traffic on the streets with the exception of emergency vehicles. Exceptions in
Arab
areas. Non-emergency services that normally operate on holidays, e.g. airports, border crossings, broadcasting stations etc. suspend their work for about 28?30 hours.
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Tishrei
15
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between Sep 19 & Oct 19
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Feast of Tabernacles
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?????
Sukkot
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Official holiday
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Tishrei
16-21
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between Sep 20 & Oct 25
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Feast of Tabernacles
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??? ????? ?????
Chol HaMoed
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School holiday, collective paid leave in many businesses and government offices
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Tishrei
22
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between Sep 26 & Oct 26
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Simchat Torah/Shmini Atzeret
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Simchat Torah
/
Shemini Atzeret
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Official holiday
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Tishrei
24
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October
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Iron Sword War Memorial Day
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??? ??????? ????? ????? ????? ????
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Memorial day
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Heshvan
12
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Rabin Day
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??? ????
Rabin Day
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National remembrance day, business as usual
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Heshvan
29
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Sigd
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????
Sigd
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Festival of the
Ethiopian Jews
, optional paid leave, business as usual
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Kislev
6
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Ben-Gurion Day
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??? ??-??????
Ben-Gurion Day
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Day marked by the Knesset
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Kislev
25-
Tevet
2/3
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between Nov 27 & Dec 27
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Hanukkah
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?????
Hanukkah
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School holiday for the duration of the 8 day festival, business as usual
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Dec 25-26 (for Catholics)
Jan 7-8 (for Orthodox)
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Christmas
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?? ?????
Chag Hamolad
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Recognized Christian holiday (2 days)
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Tevet
10
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Tenth of Tevet
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??? ???? ????
Tsom Asarah b-Tevet
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Business as usual
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Jan 1
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Civic New Year's Day
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??? ???? ???????
Rosh Hashana HaEzrachit
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Optional paid leave
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Jan 1 (Catholic)
Jan 14 (Orthodox)
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Christian New Year's Day
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??? ???? ???????
Rosh Hashana HaNotzrit
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Recognized Christian holiday
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Jan 6 (Catholic)
Jan 19 (Orthodox)
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Epiphany
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?? ???????
Chag HaHitgalut
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Recognized Christian holiday
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Jan 25
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Ziyarat al-Nabi Al-Khadir
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Chag HaNavi Al-Khadir
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Recognized Druze Holiday
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Shvat
15
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Tu Bishvat (Arborial New Year)
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?"? ????
Tu Bishvat
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Business as usual
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Adar
13 (in Adar II on leap years)
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Fast of Esther
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????? ????
Ta`anit Ester
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School holiday, business as usual
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Adar
14 (in Adar II on leap years)
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between Feb 24 & Mar 25
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Purim
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?????
Purim
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School holiday, optional paid leave; not observed in localities where Shusan Purim is observed
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Adar
15 (in Adar II on leap years)
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between Feb 25 & Mar 26
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Purim
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???? ?????
Shushan Purim
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School holiday, optional paid leave; observed only in certain cities that were walled in ancient times, such as
Jerusalem
,
Tzfat
,
Tiberias
,
Hebron
, &
Shiloh
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Nisan
10
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between Mar & Apr
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Aliyah Day
[4]
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??? ??????
Yom HaAliyah
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Official holiday, business as usual
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Mar 8
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International Women's Day
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??? ????? ??????????
Yom HaIsha HaBeinleumi
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Optional paid leave
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Between Mar 20 & Apr 23 (Catholic)
Between Apr 2 & May 6 (Orthodox)
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Friday before Easter
(Good Friday)
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??? ??? ???? ????
Yom Shishi Lifnei Pascha
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Recognized Christian holiday
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Between Mar 23 & Apr 26 (Catholic)
Between Apr 5 & May 9 (Orthodox)
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Easter Monday
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??? ??? ?????
Yom Sheni LaPascha
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Recognized Christian holiday
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Nisan
15
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between Mar 26 & Apr 25
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Passover
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???
Pesach
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Official holiday
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Nisan
16-20
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between Mar 27 & Apr 30
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Passover (intermediate days)
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??? ????? ???
Chol HaMoed Pesach
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School holiday, collective paid leave in many businesses and government offices
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Nisan
21
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between Apr 1 & May 1
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Seventh day of Passover
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????? ?? ???
Shvi'i shel Pesach
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Official holiday
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Nisan
22
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between Apr 2 & May 2
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Mimouna
|
??????
Mimouna
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Unpaid leave upon request
[5]
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Nisan
27
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between Apr 7 & May 7
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
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??? ??????? ????? ???????
Yom HaZikaron LaShoah VeLaGevurah
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National remembrance day, business as usual except places of public entertainment
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Iyar
4
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between Apr 14 & May 14
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Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day
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??? ??????? ????? ?????? ????? ?????? ?????? ?????
Yom HaZikaron LeChalalei Ma'arachot Israel VeNifga'ei Peulot HaEyva
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National remembrance day, business as usual except places of public entertainment
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Iyar
5
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between Apr 15 & May 15
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Independence Day
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??? ???????
Yom Ha-Atzmaut
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Official Holiday
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Iyar
10
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Herzl Day
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??? ????
Yom Herzl
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Day marked by the Knesset
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Apr 25-28
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Ziyara
|
?? ????? ??????
Chag HaNavi Shu'ayb
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Recognized Druze Holiday (3 days)
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May 1
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May 1
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??? ????
Echad BeMay
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Optional paid leave
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Iyar
18
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Lag BaOmer
|
?"? ?????
Lag Ba'omer
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School holiday
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Iyar
28
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Jerusalem Day
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??? ???????
Yom Yerushalayim
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Optional paid leave
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Between Apr 30 & Jun 3 (Catholic)
Between May 13 & Jun 16 (Orthodox)
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Ascension of Jesus
|
????? ??? ???????
Aliyat Yeshu Hashamaima
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Recognized Christian holiday
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May 9
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Victory Day over Nazi Germany
(Victory in Europe Day)
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??? ??????? ?? ?????? ??????
Yom HaNitzachon al Germania HaNatzit
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National remembrance day, business as usual
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Between May 11 & Jun 14 (Catholic)
Between May 24 & Jun 27 (Orthodox)
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Pentecost Monday
|
??? ??? ???????
Yom Sheni LeShavuot
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Recognized Christian holiday
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Sivan
6
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between May 15 & Jun 14
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Shavuot
|
??????
Shavuot
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Official holiday
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Tammuz
17
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Seventeenth of Tammuz, fast
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???? ??? ?????
Tsom Shiva` Asar b-Tammuz
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Business as usual
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Tammuz
20
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Herzl's Death Day
|
??? ????? ????
Yom Ptirat Herzl
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Optional paid leave
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Tammuz
29
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Jabotinsky Day
|
??? ?'????????
Yom Jabotinsky
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Day marked by the Knesset
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Av
9
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Tisha B'Av, fast
|
???? ???
Tisha B'Av
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Optional paid leave, business as usual except places of public entertainment
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Av
15
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Tu B'Av (Fifteenth of Av)
|
?"? ???
Tu B'Av
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Business as usual
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