Independence Day (Israel)
Independence Day of Israel (Hebrew: יום העצמאות; <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Yōm hā-ʿAṣmāʾūṯ lit. "Independence Day") is the national day of Israel. It celebrates the day of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel at the end of British Mandate of Palestine. It occurs on the fifth day of Iyar in the Hebrew calendar, which is between the months of April and May.
Independence Day begins with a ceremony held in Mount Herzl Plaza in Jerusalem. It begins at midnight. The ceremony also ends Yom Hazikaron. A fire is lit.
Independence Day (Israel) Media
David Ben-Gurion proclaiming independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism.
המצעד הצבאי בגבעת רם 1978 - ירושלים, לחגיגות 30 שנה לעצמאות * ישראל. במעמד כל ראשי ישראל ובניהולו של מר יהודה אילן, מנהל ההסברה והטקסים הממלכתיים בישראל
Independence Day celebrations in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, 2008
Israeli Air Force Independence Day flypast, 2011
International Bible Contest, 1985
Visitors around an IDF Caterpillar D9 at the Israel Defense Forces exhibition at Yad La-Shiryon, Independence Day 2012.
Hallel recited at the Day to Praise Israel Independence Day event in Jerusalem, 23 April 2015
Families celebrating in Israel Defense Force fair in Sderot, 2019
Other websites
- Israeli Knesset page on Yom Ha'aztmaut
- Study Sheet for Yom HaAtzmaut: the Passover Hagada and Israel's Declaration of Independence Archived 2012-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Conservative Movement's Al HaNisim for Yom Haatzmaut
- Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, Peninei Halachah - Zmanim, Yom HaAtzmaut Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
- the Israeli Independence Day ceremony Archived 2016-03-17 at the Wayback Machine in Jewish National Fund website
