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New Israeli/Jewish national holidays

New Israeli/Jewish national holidays
Since the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel has established several new Jewish holidays.
These holidays are national holidays in the State of Israel, and have since been accepted as religious holidays in general by the following groups:
The Union of Orthodox Congregations and Rabbinical Council of America; The United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth (United Kingdom); The Chief Rabbinate of the State of Israel; All of Reform Judaism and Conservative Judaism; The Union for Traditional Judaism and the Reconstructionist movement.



Tisha B'av - Ninth of Av
Tisha B'Av is a fast day, that commemorates two of the saddest days in Jewish history— the destruction of both the first Temple (587 BC) originall
The destructions The fast commemorates two of the saddest events in Jewish history -- the destruction of the First Temple (o...
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Yom Atzmaut- Israeli Independence Day
Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Hebrew: יום העצמאות yom hā-‘aṣmā’ūṯ), Israeli Independence Day, commemorates the declaration of in
It falls on the 5th of the Jewish lunar month Iyar, celebrating the declaration of the state of Israel by David Ben-Gurion in...
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Yom Hazikaron - Israel National  Memorial Day
Yom Hazikaron - Memorial Day (Hebrew: יום הזכרון לחללי מערכות ישראל ונפגעי פעולות האיבה, lit. Israel Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembra
Yom Hazikaron is observed on the 4th day of the month of Iyar of the Hebrew calendar, always preceding the next day's cel...
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Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Memorial Day
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust,Memorial Day,Holocaust Day
Yom haShoah Ve'Hagvura or Yom HaShoah (יום השואה yom ha-sho’āh, יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה-Yom ha-zikaron la-Shoah Ve...
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Jerusalem Day
Every night of the counting, a blessing is spoken and the count is stated in terms of both total days and weeks and days
Each of the seven weeks is associated with one of the seven lower sefirot (#4-10), chesed, gevurah, tipheret, netzach, hod, y...
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