page_title: Seventh of Adar
section_title: Practices in Israel
hierarchical_section_title: Seventh of Adar / Practices in Israel
caption_attribution_description: English: Garden of the Missing in Action
context_page_description: On the Jewish calendar, the seventh day of the month of Adar marks the traditional date of the death of Moses. It is also the date of his birth, 120 years earlier. It is believed that Moses was born in Adar I and died in Adar II.
  The Biblical sources suggesting these dates are as follows: Joshua crossed the Jordan river on the 10th of Nisan. Earlier, God had commanded Joshua to perform the crossing "in three days' time", thus this command was given on 7 Nisan. The command is specified as coming "after the death of Moses". Moses had been mourned for 30 days after his death. Assuming that the Divine command immediately followed the end of the mourning period, Moses must have died 30 days before 7 Nisan, i.e. 7 Adar.
context_section_description: The Bible, in Deuteronomy 34:6, says that no one knows the exact burial place of Moses, "even to this day". From this idea, the Israel Defense Forces have designated this day in remembrance of those soldiers who have fallen in war, though their bodies have not been found or identified. On Mount Herzl, there is a wall with the names of 588 fallen soldiers who died in Israel with unknown grave sites.
caption: Garden of the Missing in Action on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
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