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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
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Subject: Re: Israel Independence Day
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 12:47:49 EDT
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>      Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) is approaching
> and  I  have  a  few questions regarding its practice from a
> religious standpoint.  The custom within Israel, I am  told,
> is  to  say  Hallel  at  night  and  during the day as well.
> Tachanun, the prayers regarding our sins, which is  normally
> said  is  omitted, and a special Torah reading with a maftir
> and haftorah, followed by  musaf  is  added  to  the  normal
> course of prayer.
> 
> What I am curi-
> ous about is the history of  when  this  special  seder  was
> instituted, are there any variations to the above, if indeed
> I have stated it correctly in the first place, and what  was
> the  justification for saying Hallel at night, which is done
> on Pesach because the Exodus from Egypt happened at night (I
> think).

	I am not going to get involved in the discussion I got into last
 year regarding the saying of hallel on yom ha'atzmaut ( and whether it
 is halachically permissible or not ). Rather, just let me say, that there 
 are many customs when it comes to how to commemorate Israel's Independence
 Day. Each view has rabbis to support itself. So no matter what anyone does
 he is right. What we must avoid, no matter how we feel, is sin'at chinam
 ( causeless hate ). We should let each person commemorate the day as he
 or she sees fit, and accept it, no matter how much we might disagree.


				Eliyahu Teitz.