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May 9, 2019
Welcome friends to Hebrew Podcasts Yom Ha'atzmaut Newsletter.
We are sending your way Chag Sameach greetings and Happy Yom Ha'atzmaut.
Featured Holiday
Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence day) - Iyar 4 - is celebrated on Thursday, May 9, 2019 when Israel turns 71 years old. It commemorates May 14, 1948 (Iyar 5, 5708), when David Ben Gurion declared the independent state of Israel after the British Mandate of Palestine ended.
Yom Ha'zikaron (Remembrance day) always precedes Yom Ha'atzmaut and in 2019 Wednesday, May 8, 2019. It is a memorial day for all the fallen soldiers of the Israeli army (more than 22,000) and victims of terrorism (more than 1,600).
On Yom Ha'atzmaut there is a tradition to have a picnic and barbeque in the parks and forests. In the evening, people celebrate in the streets with songs and dances, and balconies are decorated with Israeli flags. The design of the Israeli Flag is a blue Star of David (H: Magen David) in the middle between two blue horizontal lines on a white background. The blue represents the color of the sky. The star represents a shield that protects King David. The white represents purity.
Yom Ha'atzmaut Recipes - Picnic Foods
Yom Ha'atzmaut Kids Crafts
New Idioms
| In high spirits | Be-ma-tsav roo-ah me-roo-mam | במצב רוח מרומם |
| Took stock | As-ta ha-a-ra-hat ma-tsav | עשתה הערכת מצב |
| They mastered the situation | Shal-too ba-ma-tsav | שלטו במצב |
| I saved the day | Hi-tsal-ti et ha-ma-tsav | הצלתי את המצב |
New Words
Post/position Moo-tsav מוצב
Tombstone Ma-tse-va מצבה
Posture Ye-tsi-va יציבה
Stability Ye-sti-voot יציבות
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