Ask the Rabbi
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- 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.
Campfire on Shabbat
Various Rabbis | 7 Adar II 5763
Kiddush standing Fri. night & Sitting in Morning?!
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 5, 5781
Beach and sand on Shabbat
Various Rabbis | 19 Tammuz 5767
