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Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)

Celebrating the reunification of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War, often marked with Hallel and festive parades to the Western Wall.

The 28 Iyar commemoration of the 1967 reunification of Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty. Religious Zionist practice: festive day with Hallel + special prayers; some include a seudat mitzvah. R. Tzvi Yehuda Kook treated it as miraculously messianic. Universally observed by Religious Zionist communities; not observed in most Charedi communities.

Key passages(2)

Yabia Omer · Ovadia Yosef

Very high
Yechaveh Daat 6:36modern_responsum

Yechaveh Daat · Ovadia Yosef

Very high