# Black Friday sales in Israel?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-sales-in-israel/801903>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 17, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-sales-in-israel/801903 "2017-11-17T20:37:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-sales-in-israel/801903/24 "2019-01-24T03:42:56Z")

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> [@chappachula](#):
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> And Hannukah doesn’t compare to Christmas at all.  
> in Israel Hannukah is not a major shopping event…So there is an increase in retail sales, but it’s not a huge cultural thing like Christmas shopping.

So what is the big gift giving holiday/season in Israel, if any?

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-sales-in-israel/801903/25 "2019-01-24T11:20:56Z")

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> [@installLSC](#):
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> So what is the big gift giving holiday/season in Israel, if any?

Gifts are given on Passover and Rosh Hashana,(the latter especially), but they’re generally much more modest than Christmas presents.

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