Yom Haatzmaut

How can we celebrate Yom Ha'Atzmaut whole-heartedly, when thousands of our people have paid a terrible price for our independence?

If I want to wear a flag on Yom Ha’Atzma’ut, do I have to put on it Tzitzit?

Isn't this day over-rated? Does it really make sense to say Hallel?

Our independence day is a happy day, but is it a holy day? We established a state but why do we see it as a day of some special spirtual event?

Why did we move yom Haatzmaut a day early this year?

Do the customs of mourning that we observe during the omer period apply to Yom Ha-atzma’ut? Responses to this question have varied greatly.

All the holy places in Judea and Samaria – most significantly the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount – were liberated, along with the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan.

When Yom Ha-atzma’ut falls out on a Friday or Shabbat, there is good reason for concern that the celebrations and ceremonies will cause public desecration of Shabbat.

Some maintain that the salvation of Yom Ha-atzma’ut is similar to that of the Exodus from Egypt, and thus we must recite Hallel at night.

Some say that even though we thank God on Yom Ha-atzma’ut, we should not recite Hallel with a berakha.