Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Yom Hazikaron 5766

Elegant design for Yom Hazikaron, Israel's National Memorial Day for the Fallen and the Victims of Terror, on the day preceding Israel Independence Day which is celebrated annually, according to the Hebrew calendar, on 5 Iyar.
Picture is courtesy of nzdzeni who published it on Flickr.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why on 5 Iyar? Does this day in particular have a special significance?

zeevveez said...

Israel Independence Day is celebrated annually on 5 Iyar, the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel (May 14, 1948).
See:
http://www.ou.org/chagim/yomhaatzmauth/default.htm