Yom HaAliyah
| Yom HaAliyah יום העלייה | |
|---|---|
Joshua Leading the Israelites Across the Jordan River on the 10th of Nisan | |
| Official name | Yom HaAliyah (Aliyah Day) Hebrew: יום העלייה |
| Observed by | State of Israel |
| Significance | Celebrating Jewish immigration to Israel |
| Begins | Nisan 10 (Hebrew calendar) & Observed in schools Cheshvan 7 (Hebrew calendar) |
| Date | 10 Nisan national holiday & observed in schools 7 Cheshvan |
| 2024 date | Sunset, 17 April – nightfall, 18 April (hist.) Sunset, 7 November – nightfall, 8 November (obs.) |
| 2025 date | Sunset, 7 April – nightfall, 8 April (hist.) Sunset, 28 October – nightfall, 29 October (obs.) |
| 2026 date | Sunset, 27 March – nightfall, 28 March (hist.) Sunset, 17 October – nightfall, 18 October (obs.) |
| 2027 date | Sunset, 16 April – nightfall, 17 April (hist.) Sunset, 6 November – nightfall, 7 November (obs.) |
| Frequency | Annual |
Yom HaAliyah, or Aliyah Day (Hebrew: יום העלייה), is an Israeli national holiday celebrated annually on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan to commemorate the Jewish people entering the Land of Israel which the Hebrew Bible says happened on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan. The holiday was also established to establish aliyah, immigration of Jews to Israel, as a core value of the State of Israel, and honor the contributions of olim, Jewish immigrants, to Israeli society. Yom HaAliyah is also observed in Israeli schools on the seventh of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan.
The opening clause of the Yom HaAliyah Law states in Hebrew:
מטרתו של חוק זה לקבוע יום ציון שנתי להכרה בחשיבותה של העלייה לארץ ישראל כבסיס לקיומה של מדינת ישראל, להתפתחותה ולעיצובה כחברה רב־תרבותית, ולציון מועד הכניסה לארץ ישראל שאירע ביום י׳ בניסן.
English translation:
The purpose of this law is to set an annual holiday to recognize the importance of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel as the basis for the existence of the State of Israel, its development and design as a multicultural society, and to mark the date of entry into the Land of Israel that happened on the tenth of Nisan.