The Torch-Lighting Ceremony is the official state ceremony that marks the closure of Yom Hazikaron and the opening of the Independence Day in Israel. The ceremony is held annually at the burial site o
2014 ceremony
Supreme court justice Miriam Ben-Porat kindles one of 12 torches, 1988
Stage set up for the 1978 celebration
Iyar
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Iyar is the eighth month of the civil year and the second month of the Jewish religious year on the Hebrew calendar. The name is Babylonian in origin. It is a month of 29 days. Iyar usually falls in A
A bonfire in Israel on Lag BaOmer celebrated on the 18th of Iyar
