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:: Country:  Israel
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:: Language: US English
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:: Author:   John Layt <john@layt.net>
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:: Updated:  2010-05-28
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:: Source:   Copy-and-paste from Wikipedia, please correct any errors!
::           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Israel
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:: Metadata
country     "IL"
language    "en_US"
:name        "optional - defaults to country name"
description "National holiday file for Israel"

:: Public Holidays
"Rosh Hashanah (New Year)"                                                  public religious on hebrew tishrey 1 length 2 days
"Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)"                                             public religious on hebrew tishrey 10
"Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)"                                             public religious on hebrew tishrey 15
"Simchat Torah (Assembly of the Eighth Day)"                                public religious on hebrew tishrey 22
"Pesach (Passover)"                                                         public religious on hebrew nisan 15
"Shvi'i shel Pesach (Seventh day of Passover)"                              public religious on hebrew nisan 21
: If Yom Ha'atzmaut falls on a Friday or Saturday, move to preceding Thursday, if falls on a Monday move to Tuesday
"Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence Day)"                                         public on hebrew ( (([iyar 5] == [friday after ([iyar 5])]) ||
                                                                                                 ([iyar 5] == [saturday after ([iyar 5])])) ?
                                                                                                     [thursday before ([iyar 5])] :
                                                                                                 (([iyar 5] == [monday after ([iyar 5])]) ?
                                                                                                     [tuesday after ([iyar 5])] :
                                                                                                 [iyar 5] ) )
"Shavuot (Pentecost)"                                                       public religious on hebrew sivan 6

:: Religious Holidays
"Tsom Gedalyah ben Ahikam (Fast Day of Gedaliah ben Ahikam)"                religious on hebrew tishrey 3
"Chol HaMoed (Feast of Tabernacles)"                                        religious on hebrew tishrey 16 length 6 days
"Hanukkah (Feast of Rededication)"                                          religious on hebrew kislev 25 length 8 days
"Tsom Asarah b-Tevet (Tenth of Tevet Fast)"                                 religious on hebrew tevet 10
"Tu Bishvat (Fifteenth of Shvat)"                                           religious on hebrew shvat 15
"Ta`anit Ester (Fast of Esther)"                                            religious on hebrew adar 13
"Purim (Feast of Esther)"                                                   religious on hebrew adar 14
"Chol HaMoed Pesach (Passover)"                                             religious on hebrew nisan 16 length 5 days
"Lag Ba'omer (33rd day of the `Omer)"                                       religious on hebrew iyar 18
"Tsom Shiva` Asar b-Tamuz (Seventeenth of Tamuz fast)"                      religious on hebrew tamuz 17
"Tisha B'Av (Ninth of Av fast/Destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples)"      religious on hebrew av 9
"Tu B'Av (Fifteenth of Av/Festival of Love)"                                religious on hebrew av 15

:: Financial

:: Cultural
"Yitzhak Rabin's Remembrance Day"                                           cultural on hebrew heshvan 12
"Holocaust Remembrance Day"                                                 cultural on hebrew nisan 27
"Victory Day"                                                               cultural on gregorian may 9
: Is always the day before Yom Ha'atzmaut
"Yom Hazikaron (Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day)"  cultural on hebrew ( (([iyar 5] == [friday after ([iyar 5])]) ||
                                                                                                          ([iyar 5] == [saturday after ([iyar 5])])) ?
                                                                                                                       [wednesday before ([iyar 5])] :
                                                                                                         (([iyar 5] == [monday after ([iyar 5])]) ?
                                                                                                                       [iyar 5] :
                                                                                                                       [iyar 4] ) )
"Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)"                                          cultural on hebrew iyar 28

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:: Seasons

:: Name Days