Ask the Rabbi
- Shabbat and Holidays
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- General Questions
- Shabbat and Holidays
- Jewish Holidays
- Yom Ha'atzmaut - Independance Day
Question
Why did we move yom Haatzmaut a day early this year?
5 Iyyar was on Friday and in Israel most people don’t work anyway. There was no conflict with Shabbat.
So why not leave it on the 5 Iyyar?
Answer
Yom Ha'atzmaut celebrations don’t stop at sunset. If we celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut on
Friday many of jews will desecrate Shabbat on Friday after sunset.
Shalom Aleichem and Eshet Chayil on Shabat Chol Hamoed
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 1 Iyyar 5766
Small fish aquarium
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tishrei 30, 5781
Removing makeup from a cloth or napkin on Shabbos?
Rabbi David Sperling | Tishrei 29, 5780
