The Passover school holiday runs from 13 to 28 April 2027
Official schools and kindergartens are off from Tuesday 13 April to Wednesday 28 April, and classes resume on Thursday 29 April.
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This is the break day by day in official schools.
- It lasts 16 days, the longest break of the school year in official Jewish schools.
- It takes out 12 school days, Sunday to Thursday, and two more in a school with a six-day week.
- The seder is on the evening of Wednesday 21 April, the ninth day of the break.
- The day after the holiday, Thursday 29 April, is a school day in official schools.
Not every kind of school keeps the same days.
Passover
13 to 28 April
Back on Thursday 29 April
Official Jewish schools: Kindergartens and elementary schools, Middle schools, High schools
Haredi schools: Official Haredi kindergartens and elementary schools
Passover
13 to 29 April
Back on Friday 30 April
Recognized Jewish schools: Kindergartens and elementary schools
Haredi schools: Network kindergartens and elementary schools, Exempt institutions
Passover
8 to 29 April
Back on Friday 30 April
Haredi schools: Girls' seminaries
Passover
14 to 28 April
Back on Thursday 29 April
Haredi schools: Recognized boys' high schools
Passover
8 April to 6 May
Back on Sunday 9 May
Haredi schools: Unique cultural track
Spring break
28 March to 11 April
With a five-day week
Arab schools: Official kindergartens and elementary schools, Official middle and high schools
Spring break
28 March to 13 April
With a six-day week
Arab schools: Official kindergartens and elementary schools, Official middle and high schools
Spring break
28 March to 13 April
With a five-day week
Arab schools: Recognized kindergartens and elementary schools, Recognized high schools
Spring break
28 March to 15 April
With a six-day week
Arab schools: Recognized kindergartens and elementary schools, Recognized high schools
Spring break
15 to 23 April
With a five-day week
Druze schools: Official kindergartens and elementary schools, Official middle schools
Spring break
16 to 23 April
With a six-day week
Druze schools: Official kindergartens and elementary schools, Official middle schools
Spring break
14 to 23 April
Druze schools: Recognized kindergartens and elementary schools
Spring break
13 to 23 April
With a five-day week
Druze schools: High schools
Spring break
14 to 23 April
With a six-day week
Druze schools: High schools
These are the questions parents ask about this break.
When is the Passover school holiday in 2027?
From Tuesday 13 April to Wednesday 28 April 2027 in official schools and kindergartens. Classes resume on Thursday 29 April.
When do children go back to school after Passover 2027?
On Thursday 29 April in official schools. Recognized kindergartens and elementary schools, and Haredi network and exempt schools, go back on Friday 30 April.
Which schools have a longer Passover break?
Haredi girls' seminaries are off from 8 to 29 April, and the unique cultural track from 8 April to 6 May, going back on 9 May.
When is the spring break in Arab and Druze schools?
Official Arab schools are off from 28 March to 11 April with a five-day week, or to 13 April with six. In official Druze schools it runs to 23 April, from 15 April with a five-day week and from 16 April with six.
Every date on this page is from the Ministry of Education's notices for the 2026-27 school year, published on 30 March 2026 and checked on 2 November 2026. A school's own notice to parents comes first if it differs.