Photo Credit: Keren Hayesod UIA
Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) is an Israeli national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City in June, 1967. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel declared Jerusalem Day a minor religious holiday to thank God for victory in the Six-Day War and for answering the 2,000-year-old prayer of “Next Year in Jerusalem”.
In shul this morning, we said the extended Psukei d’Zimra (normally said on Shabbat and holidays) and recited the full Hallel with a bracha. But I think the whole thing needs some tightening, because nobody really knew what was flying.
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Well, it hasn’t been 50 years yet.
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