Independence Day (Israel)

Independence Day of Israel (;    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.

 Other websites 

 Israeli Knesset page on Yom Ha'aztmaut
 Study Sheet for Yom HaAtzmaut: the Passover Hagada and Israel's Declaration of Independence 
 Conservative Movement's Al HaNisim for Yom Haatzmaut
 Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, Peninei Halachah - Zmanim, Yom HaAtzmaut 
  the Israeli Independence Day ceremony  in Jewish National Fund website

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