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June 29 - July 20, 201.A Major Fast Day -- remembering the day when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, not once but twice.
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
The 27th day of the month of Nisan is the Holocaust
Remembrance Day, is observed as a day of commemoration for the six million Jews
who murdered in the
Holocaust. In Israel,
it is a national memorial day. Yom HaShoah was inaugurated in 1959, anchored in a law
signed by the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and the President of
Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.
Yom Hazikaron - Memorial Day
Yom Hazikaron is observed on
the 4th day of the month of Iyar of the Hebrew calendar, always preceding the
next day's celebrations of Israel Independence Day, Yom Ha-Atzma'ut, on the 5th
day of Iyar, the anniversary of the Proclamation of the State of Israel in
1948.Yom Ha'atzmaut
It falls on the 5th
of the Jewish lunar month Iyar, celebrating the declaration of the state of Israel by David
Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948, and the end of the British Mandate of
Palestine. It is always
preceded by Yom Hazikaron, the Israel
fallen soldiers Remembrance Day on the 4th of Iyar (pronounced "eeyahr").Jerusalem Day
Jerusalem Day (Hebrew: éåí éøåùìéíý, Yom Yerushalayim) is an Israeli
national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the
reestablishment of Jewish control over the Old City in 1967.Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day
For many people, Yitzhak Rabin life story (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) Symbolize the entire state life. Yitzhak Rabin served as seventh chief of staff of Israeli Army in the six “days war”, as the fifth prime minister of Israel and was awarded Nobel Prize for peace.
