Yom Ha-Atzma'ut

Yom Yerushalayim

 Journal

 

Yom Ha-Atzma'ut Journal 

HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l   "Rejoice in the Lord and Be Glad"
Ha Yoel Bin-Nun   A Psalm for Independence Day

From the archives

HaRav Yehuda Amital   "This is the Lord's Doing – It is Wondrous in Our Eyes!"
HaRav Yehuda Amital   Israel's Independence Day in the Face of Adversity
HaRav Yehuda Amital   "Reishit Tzemichat Ge'ulatenu":
What Kind of Redemption Does Israel Represent?
HaRav Yehuda Amital   Guardian of Israel - Watch Over the State of Israel
HaRav Yehuda Amital   Rejoicing Amidst Sorrow
HaRav Yehuda Amital   The Splitting of the Sea and the War with Amalek
HaRav Yehuda Amital   The Kingdom of Justice and Truth
HaRav Yehuda Amital   The Religious Significance of the State of Israel
HaRav Yehuda Amital   "This Is the Day that God Has Made -   Let Us Rejoice and Be Glad in It"
HaRav Yehuda Amital   "Sing to Him, Praise Him, Speak of All His Wonders"
HaRav Ahraon Lichtenstein   Why Did Moshe Desire to Enter the Land?
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   Mutual Responsibility in the Jewish State
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   "As If He Had Gone Out Himself" -
Integrating Past, Present and Future in Observing Yom Ha-atzmaut
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   On Aliya: The Uniqueness of Living in EretzYisrael
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   "Tell His Righteousness to a Born Nation"
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   "And You Shall Sanctify the Fiftieth Year"
HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein   The Religious Significance of Yom Ha-Atzmaut
HaRav Yaakov Medan   "Ha-Tikva" Then and Now

 

Yom Ha-Atzma'ut

Yom Yerushalayim

 Journal

Yom Yerushalayim Journal

HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l   "You Shall Be Called 'My Delight'"
Rav David Brofsky   Celebrating Yom Ha-atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim
Rav Moshe Taragin   A Tissue for Rachel: A first person account of the day the Orphans of the Gush Etzion massacre in 1948 returned home. Listen to their incredible conversation with Rachel Imeinu!

From the archivess

HaRav Yehuda Amital   The Western Wall and "Western" Civilization
HaRav Yehuda Amital   "Again There Shall Be Heard ... in the Streets of Jerusalem"
HaRav Yehuda Amital   "If I Forget You, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Forget Its Cunning"
HaRav Yehuda Amital   Burst Forth and Sing Together Ruins of Jerusalem
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   "For the Sake of My Brothers... For the Sake of the House of the Lord"
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   Jerusalem's Two Types of Sanctity, and Their Implications
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   Yerushalayim - Seat of Sanctity and Royalty
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   "The Perfection of Beauty"
The Symbolism of Jerusalem and Eretz Yisrael
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   Jerusalem of Gold, of Brass, of Light
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   Yerushalayim, the Joy of the World
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   Jerusalem: Between Holiness and Purity
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   The Message of Jerusalem
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein   Seeking the Welfare of Zion and Jerusalem

HaRav Barukh Gigi

   Jerusalem - A City that Turns All of Israel into Friends
HaRav Barukh Gigi   The Heavenly Jerusalem and the Earthly Jerusalem
Rav Yitzchak Levi   Jerusalem - City of Justice
HaRav Yaakov Medan   Praying Towards Jerusalem
Rav Moshe Taragin   Kedushat Yerushalayim
Rav Moshe Taragin   Tzedaka Benefits for Jerusalemites
Rav Moshe Taragin   Kedushat Arei Choma

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Yom Yerushalayim Picture Gallery


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Yeshivat Har Etzion, Yom Yerushalayim 5758, at the kotel for shacharit
 

Jerusalem

Shiloach Graves Kotel Excavations Kotel Vaults Mt. Olives
 
At the Kotel 1967 - The Kotel Solomon's Stables Kotel - 19th cen.
 
Lion's Gate Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue Even HaShtiya Old City Map
The Temple (Holyland model) From Mt. Olives

Gush Etzion

Gush Etzion, the home of Yeshivat Har Etzion, fell to the Jordanian Legion on the 5th of Iyar, 5708 (1948), the day the State of Israel was established. On 28 Iyar 5728, Yom Yerushalayim, the Gush was liberated. Today, 10,000 people live in the Gush, home to three kibbutzim, four communal settlements, and one town.
 

Yeshivat Har Etzion, Alon Shvut
Alon Shvut
On the left is Yeshivat Har Etzion
In the background, Efrat