3 daysFri, Apr 11 – Sun, Apr 13
111213
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Apr 14–17) for 9 days off (Apr 11 – 19).
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Long Weekends in Israel 2025
Israel has 3 long weekends (3 or more consecutive days off) in 2025, counting public holidays and Fri–Sat weekends; the longest natural break runs 3 days (Apr 11 – 13). Placed well, 1 day of leave stretches a break to 5 consecutive days off — every option is below.
- Long weekends
- 3
- Longest break
- 3 days
- Best bridge
- +1 → 5 days
- Weekend
- Fri–Sat
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Every break in 2025
Public holidayWeekendLeave day
2 daysFri, Apr 18 – Sat, Apr 19
Mimouna, Seventh day of Passover
1819
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Apr 14–17) for 9 days off (Apr 11 – 19).
3 daysThu, May 1 – Sat, May 3
Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut)
123
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Apr 27–30) for 9 days off (Apr 25 – May 3).
1 dayMon, Jun 2
Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) — a lone day off, bridge it:
2
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Jun 1) for 4 days off (May 30 – Jun 2).
2 daysTue, Sep 23 – Wed, Sep 24
Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah) · Rosh Hashanah (Day 2)
2324
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Sep 25) for 5 days off (Sep 23 – 27).
3 daysThu, Oct 2 – Sat, Oct 4
234
Stretch it: take 2 days of leave (Oct 5–6) for 6 days off (Oct 2 – 7).
1 dayTue, Oct 7
Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) — a lone day off, bridge it:
7
Stretch it: take 2 days of leave (Oct 5–6) for 6 days off (Oct 2 – 7).
1 dayTue, Oct 14
Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret — a lone day off, bridge it:
14
Stretch it: take 2 days of leave (Oct 12–13) for 5 days off (Oct 10 – 14).
All bridge plans, ranked by date
Each plan books leave only on working days between two natural breaks, so every one of them returns more than one day off per day of leave.
| Days off | Leave | Span |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4d · Apr 14–17 | Apr 11 – 19 |
| 9 | 4d · Apr 27–30 | Apr 25 – May 3 |
| 4 | 1d · Jun 1 | May 30 – Jun 2 |
| 9 | 4d · Jun 1 + Jun 3–5 | May 30 – Jun 7 |
| 6 | 3d · Jun 3–5 | Jun 2 – 7 |
| 6 | 2d · Sep 21–22 | Sep 19 – 24 |
| 9 | 3d · Sep 21–22 + Sep 25 | Sep 19 – 27 |
| 5Best value | 1d · Sep 25 | Sep 23 – 27 |
| 9 | 4d · Sep 28 – Oct 1 | Sep 26 – Oct 4 |
| 6 | 2d · Oct 5–6 | Oct 2 – 7 |
| 10 | 4d · Oct 5–6 + Oct 8–9 | Oct 2 – 11 |
| 5 | 2d · Oct 8–9 | Oct 7 – 11 |
| 8 | 4d · Oct 8–9 + Oct 12–13 | Oct 7 – 14 |
| 5 | 2d · Oct 12–13 | Oct 10 – 14 |
| 9 | 4d · Oct 12–13 + Oct 15–16 | Oct 10 – 18 |
| 5 | 2d · Oct 15–16 | Oct 14 – 18 |
Computed from Israel's public holidays plus Fri–Sat weekends. Substitute days count as days off; observances don't. Bridges spend at most 4 leave days, booked only on working days.