Is there any significance that Israeli Independence Day is on 5-Iyar? YES, says the Vilna Gaon! This date is closely tied to Mashiach and the Final Redemption. Let's not pass up this golden opportunity to pray especially hard for both!
In honor of Independence Day in Israel, read Yehudit Channen's candid (and often humorous) description of life in Israel. What a nation!!
Tel Facher was the site of an impregnable Syrian bunker that made the lives of Galilee residents miserable for almost two decades. The Golan Heights was conquered. Read the story of a soldier who fought - and fell - in that battle.
Hashem performed the miracle of Ad Halom on the outskirts of Ashdod with an army that wasn't an army and an air force that had only 4 Nazi (!) Messerschmidt planes.
