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There has always been a national consensus in IsraelNation of the Jewish People on the status of JerusalemThe capital of Israel. Since the reunification of the city in 1967, all Israeli Governments have declared their policy that united JerusalemThe capital of Israel, IsraelNation of the Jewish People's eternal capital is one indivisible city under Israeli sovereignty and that free access to holy places and freedom of worship will continue to be guaranteed to members of all faiths.
The reunification of Jerusalemincrease your knowledgeof the reunification of Jerusalem was one of the four holidays that were added to the Jewish calendar in the 20th century (Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, Yom HaAtzmaut, and Yom Yerushalayim); the latest holiday is also the last one held during the month of Iyar. Yom Yerushalayim - JerusalemThe capital of Israel Day - is the anniversary of the LiberationThe 1948 Arab-Israeli War and unification of JerusalemThe capital of Israel under Jewish sovereignty that occurred during the Six Day War1967 Arab-Israeli War. Yom Yerushalayim is celebrated on the 28th of the month of Iyar (one week before Shavuot). The LiberationThe 1948 Arab-Israeli War of JerusalemThe capital of Israel in 1967 marks the first time in thousands of years that the entire city of JerusalemThe capital of Israel, the holiest city in JudaismThe religion of the Jewish people, was under Jewish sovereignty. The destruction of JerusalemThe capital of Israel was a watershed event in Jewish history that began thousands of years of mourning for JerusalemThe capital of Israel; so, it follows, that the reunification of Jerusalemincrease your knowledgeof the reunification of Jerusalem should be a joyous celebration that begins the process of reversing thousands of years of destruction and exile. JerusalemThe capital of Israel is central to the Jewish tradition. Jews face in the direction of JerusalemThe capital of Israel during prayer and all of the services are filled with references to JerusalemThe capital of Israel.
The observance of Yom Yerushalayim outside of the city cannot compare to its celebration in reunited JerusalemThe capital of Israel. In JerusalemThe capital of Israel, thousands of people march around the city and walk through the liberated Old CityThe Holiest Center in the World, where Jews were denied access from 1948-1967. The march ends at the KotelHoliest place on Earth (Western Wall), one of the remaining retaining walls surrounding the Temple MountThe Location of the Temple at Jerusalem, the holiest site in JudaismThe religion of the Jewish people. Once everyone gets to the KotelHoliest place on Earth, there are speeches and concerts and celebratory dancing.
Rare in the Jewish liturgy, a festive Hallel is recited during the evening prayers. This practice is only done on the first night (and, outside of IsraelNation of the Jewish People, on the second night) of Passover and Yom HaAtzmaut. The Chief Rabbinate of IsraelNation of the Jewish People declared that the holiday version of Pseuki d'Zimra and Hallel should be recited. According to the major religious Zionist halakhists, even those who do not recite the blessing over Hallel (psalms of praise) on Yom HaAtzmaot should recite it on Yom Yerushalayim because the LiberationThe 1948 Arab-Israeli War and reunification over the entire city of JerusalemThe capital of Israel is said to be of an even greater miracle than Jewish political sovereignty over part of the land of IsraelNation of the Jewish People.
Many religious leaders also hold that the mourning restrictions of 33 days of the omer are lifted on Yom Yerushalayim for those who observe them after Lag B'Omer. In the Progressive (Reform) community in IsraelNation of the Jewish People, the prayer book notes that Hallel should be recited on Yom Yerushalayim but the Masorti (Conservative) prayer book does not. The American Conservative siddur Sim Shalom mentions that Hallel is recited "in some congregations" on Yom Yerushalayim. When it is celebrated in liberal Jewish communities the commemoration tends to include special programs on JerusalemThe capital of Israel and festive celebration.
Despite the fact that the religious Zionist community in IsraelNation of the Jewish People holds that Yom Yerushalayim is even more important than Yom HaAtzmaut, the non-Orthodox Diaspora Jewish community generally does not observe Yom Yerushalayim? This may be because the holiday makes politically liberal Jews uncomfortable as the status of JerusalemThe capital of Israel in the international community is debated, and the international community does not recognize the LiberationThe 1948 Arab-Israeli War and restoration of Jewish sovereignty over JerusalemThe capital of Israel as valid.
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