JIRS: Yom Ha'Atzma'ut / Yom HaZikaron Dates

Yom Ha'Atzma'ut / Yom HaZikaron Dates

Yom Ha'Atzma'ut / Yom HaZikaron Dates

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The Israeli government changed the dates of Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut when they are close to Shabbat.  They added a new rule to prevent Yom HaZikaron from beginning on motzei Shabbat. 

Yom Ha'atzmaut falls on the 5th day of Iyar on the Hebrew calendar, the anniversary of the day in which Israel independence was proclaimed, when David ben Gurion publicly read the Proclamation of the establishment of the State of Israel. The corresponding Gregorian date was May 14, 1948. 
The festival is celebrated on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday closest to that date. This is to avoid having the festival either on Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, or immediately before or after it. If Iyar 5 falls on Saturday, the festival is advanced to Thursday, Iyar 3, and if on Friday, then it is advanced to Thursday, Iyar 4. In 2004, the law was changed to provide that if Iyar 5 falls on Monday, the festival is postponed to Tuesday Iyar 6, so that Yom Hazikaron will not be immediately after the Sabbath. (The rules of the Hebrew calendar are such that Iyar 5 does not fall on Sunday.)

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This information was last updated on 03/08/2007

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