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 The Official Calendar


 * 1. The Hebrew Calendar is the official State calendar.

Independence Day


 * 1. Independence Day is the national holiday of the State.


 * 2. The Day of Remembrance for the fallen soldiers and the Holocaust Memorial Day are official state days of remembrance.

Days of Rest


 * 1. The established days of rest in the State of Israel are the Sabbath and the Jewish Holidays; an employee shall not work on these days of rest except under conditions established by law. Individuals belonging to ethnic groups recognized by law shall be entitled to refrain from work on their holidays.

Jewish Civil Law


 * 1. Where a court decides that a dispute cannot be resolved by existing statute, by judicial precedent, or by strict legal analogy, it shall render its decision in accordance with the principles of freedom, justice, equity, and peace derived from Jewish civil law.

Preservation of Holy Sites


 * 1. The holy sites shall be protected against desecration and all other damage and against anything that would interfere with freedom of access of religious groups to places holy to them or to their sensibilities regarding said holy sites.

Safeguard


 * 1. This Basic Law shall not be changed except by a Basic Law passed by a majority of the Knesset.