Ask the Rabbi
- Shabbat and Holidays
- Shabbat
- 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.
Police activity and Shabbat
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Flowers on Shabbat
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 24 Tevet 5766
Causing Chilul Shabbat
Rabbi Eliezer S. Weisz | 23 Adar 5764
