School Holidays in Israel 2024-2025 (Official Dates)
In this article, All-Holidays.Info considers the following topic: school holidays in Israel 2024-2025. We will provide dates of school holidays, as well as holidays when children do not have classes. For some dates, we will provide explanations regarding the school schedule.
Below are the school holidays in Israel 2024-2025.
Summer holidays (long holidays) 2024 – until August 31, 2024 (Saturday).
The first day of school is September 1, 2024 (Sunday).
Rosh Hashanah holiday is from October 2 (Wednesday) to October 4 (Friday), 2024.
Sukkot holiday – from October 16 (Wednesday) to October 24 (Thursday), 2024.
Hanukkah holidays are from December 27 (Friday), 2024 to January 2 (Thursday), 2025.
Purim holidays – from March 14 (Friday) to March 16 (Sunday) 2025.
Passover holidays are from April 4 (Friday) to April 19 (Saturday) 2025.
Summer holidays (long holidays) 2025 for primary school students – from June 30, 2025 (Monday).
Summer holidays (long holidays) 2025 for senior school students studying 6 days a week – from June 20, 2025 (Friday).
Summer holidays (long holidays) 2025 for senior school students studying 5 days a week – from June 19, 2025 (Thursday).
IMPORTANT! The above are the 2024-2025 school holidays in Israel. But there is also a bridge between the holidays of Yom Kippur and Sukkot. These are three days without classes: October 13, 14 and 15, 2024. Thanks to them, children will rest from school for 14 days in a row, from October 11 to October 24, 2024.
Additional days off in the 2024-2025 academic year
Below are the dates of special observances and holidays. On these days, students have no classes or a shortened school day, or schools hold celebrations and events.
Yom Kippur – October 11, 2024 (Friday).
Sukkot – October 16, 2024 (Wednesday).
IDF Remembrance Day – April 30, 2025 (Wednesday).
Independence Day – May 1, 2025 (Thursday).
Lag BaOmer – May 16, 2025 (Friday).
Jerusalem Day – May 26, 2025 (Monday).
Shavuot holiday is June 1, 2025 (Sunday).
Shavuot holiday is June 2, 2025 (Monday).
IMPORTANT #1! Sigd holiday will be celebrated on Thursday, November 28, 2024. It is a school day, but there will be festive events in schools.
IMPORTANT #2! Tu BeShevat will be celebrated on Thursday, February 13, 2025. Unlike previous years, children will have regular school hours on this day.
IMPORTANT #3! IDF Memorial Day is considered a normal school day. However, classes in schools will only run until 12:00 noon.
Official public holidays in the 2024-2025 academic year
Below is a list of public holidays in Israel for the 2024-2025 school year.
October 3, 2024 (Thursday) – Rosh Hashanah.
October 4, 2024 (Friday) – Rosh Hashanah.
October 12, 2024 (Saturday) – Yom Kippur.
October 17, 2024 (Thursday) – First day of Sukkot.
October 24, 2024 (Thursday) – Simchat Torah.
April 13, 2025 (Sunday) – Passover.
April 19, 2025 (Saturday) – Seventh day of Passover.
May 1, 2025 (Thursday) – Independence Day.
June 2, 2025 (Monday) – Shavuot.
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