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Prayer for Israel's Fallen Heroes
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Yom Hazikaron - Israel's Memorial Day (Hebrew:
יום הזכרון לחללי מערכות ישראל ולנפגעי פעולות האיבה
lit. Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day) is a day when Israel honors its
fallen soldiers as well and its civilian terror victims.
Special Yizkor Prayer
Memorializing Israel's Fallen Heroes
"יִזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת נִשְמוֹת בָּנָיו-גִּבּוֹרָיו, חַיָּלֵי
צְבָא הֲגַנָּה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁנָּפְלוּ בְּמִלְחֲמוֹת
יִשְׂרָאֵל, בִּפְעֻלּוֹת הֲגַנָּה, תַּגְמוּל וּבִטָּחוֹן וּבְעֵת
מִלּוּי תַּפְקִידָם, וְנִשְׁמוֹת כָּל לוֹחֲמֵי הַמַּחְתֶּרֶת
וַחֲטִיבוֹת הַלּוֹחֲמִים בְּמַעַרְכוֹת הָעָם, שֶׁחֵרְפוּ
נַפְשָׁם לָמוּת עַל קְדֻשַּׁת הַשֵּׁם, וּבְעֶזְרַת אֱלֹהֵי
מַעַרְכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵבִיאוּ לִתְקוּמַת הָאֻמָּה וְהַמְּדִינָה
וְלִגְאֻלַּת הָאָרֶץ וְעִיר הָאֱלֹהִים. מִנְּשָׁרִים קַלּוּ
וּמֵאֲרָיוֹת גָּבֵרוּ, בְּהֵחָלְצָם לְעֶזְרַת הָעָם וְהִרְווּ
בְּדָמָם הַטָּהוֹר אֶת רִגְבֵי אַדְמַת קָדְשֵׁנוּ. זֵכֶר
עֲקֵדָתָם וּמַעֲשֵׂה גְבוּרָתָם לֹא יָסוּפוּ מֵאִתָּנוּ
לְעוֹלָמִים. תִּהְיֶינָה נִשְׁמוֹתֵיהֶם צְרוּרוֹת בִּצְרוֹר
הַחַיִּים עִם נִשְׁמוֹת אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב וְעִם
שְׁאָר גִּבּוֹרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּקְדוֹשָׁיו שֶׁבְּגַן עֵדֶן עַד
עוֹלָם. אָמֵן".
May God remember the souls of His
heroic children: The fighters of the Israel Defense Forces, who
fell in the wars of Israel, in defensive, retaliative, and
security actions and during the fulfillment of their duty,
including the souls of the underground fighters and brigades who
fought in the national struggle - all those who sacrificed their
lives for the sanctification of God's Name.
And with the help of God, the Lord of Israel's campaigns, they
brought about the revival of the nation and the state and the
redemption of the land and the city of God.
They were quicker than eagles and stronger than lions as they
volunteered to assist the nation, and they saturated our holy
land with their pure blood.
The memory of their
self-sacrifice and heroic deeds will never disappear from us.
May their souls be bound in the Bond of Life with the souls of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and with the souls of the other heroes
and martyrs of Israel who are in the Garden of Eden. Amen.
Mazor Guide to Yom Hazikaron brings you much more about the holiday, its
meaning and its traditions... See the links below.
MazorGuide Recommended Reading
Yom Hazikaron--Israel Memorial Day (4th of Iyar): Assaf will always be
twenty-one. (Israel).: An article from: Midstream
~ Bernard Kaplan (Author)
[HTML] (Digital)
Princes Among Men: Memories of Eight Young Souls (Hardcover)
~ Yaakov Cohney (Editor)
On Rosh Chodesh Adar II, 5758 - March 6, 2008 - a terrorist infiltrated the
Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav -Yeshivat Yerushalayim L'Tzeirim (Yashlatz high school)
shared campus and killed eight young students of the two yeshivot while injuring
dozens more. Throughout Israel and the larger Jewish world people were shocked
and horrified. Reaching out to each other over the void of our loss, their
friends and classmates discovered that remembering those precious souls by
telling and retelling stories of their scholarship and fine midos was a great
comfort. They discovered that each of the young men lost in the attack, though
still in the bud of first youth, was already a proven tzaddik. This precious
book contains a collection of impressions, recollections and divrei Torah
written by family members, friends and teachers of the eight boys. May this book
serve as a memorial to these eight young men who lived a life of faith. Faithful
to Hashem, His Torah and His people.
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