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Holidays in Iyar:
On Yom HaShoah V'Hagevurah we remember those who were murdered in the Shoah (Holocaust) and the heroes who resisted. It is held on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Yom HaZikaron is Israel's Memorial Day. It is a very serious day when we remember all those whose have died fighting for the safety and security of Israel and those who have died in terrorist attacks.
Yom HaAtzmaut is Israel's Independence Day. It is a day of great celebration. Sixty-eight years ago on the fifth of Iyar, Israel signed its Declaration of Independence.
Pesach Sheni (second Passover) is one month after Pesach. It was a day when Jews who were not able to sacrifice on Pesach (because they were ritually impure) could bring their offerings. Today it is celebrated by eating a piece of matzah.
Lag Ba'Omer, the 33rd day of counting the Omer, is celebrated with picnics, bonfires, and first haircuts. It marks the end of a plague among Rabbi Akiva's students. It is also the Yahzeit of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.
Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) celebrates the day in 1967 when Jerusalem was reunited. On this day, the Kotel, Judaism's holiest site, once again became accessible to the Jewish People.
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