That Which Sobers Can Add To Our Joy, And The Sukkah That Wasn't: Simkhat Torah | Arik Ascherman
From the blog of Arik Ascherman at The Times of Israel
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Conjoining Israel's Memorial Day and Independence Day: The Jewish Way | Sam Lehman-Wilzig
Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) and Yom Haatzmaut (Independence Day) is highly unusual. The U.S. has five weeks between them (last Monday in May + July 4); France four months (July 14 + Nov. 11)! Then why does Israel have the latter follow immediately after the former? The answer in a word: the Jewish approach to always link joy with sadness. For anyone residing in Israel for the first time on the 4 th and 5 th of Iyar (this year, next Wednesday and Thursday), the dual holiday is extremely jarring. On the first day ( Yom Hazikaron), somber gatherings at cemeteries and other remembrance venues...
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