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Yom HaAliyah , or Aliyah Day ( ), is an Israeli national holiday celebrated annually according to the Jewish calendar on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan to commemorate the Jewish people entering the Land of Israel as written in the Hebrew Bible , which happened on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan ( ). The holiday was also established to acknowledge Aliyah , immigration of Jews to the Jewish state , as a core value of the State of Israel , and honor the ongoing contributions of Olim , Jewish immigrants, to Israeli society.1 Yom HaAliyah is also observed in Israeli schools on the seventh of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan . The opening clause of the Yom HaAliyah Law states in Hebrew: מטרתו של חוק זה לקבוע יום ציון שנתי להכרה בחשיבותה של העלייה לארץ ישראל כבסיס לקיומה של מדינת ישראל, להתפתחותה ולעיצובה כחברה רב־תרבותית, ולציון מועד הכניסה לארץ ישראל שאירע ביום י׳ בניסן. English translation: The purpose of this law is to set an annual holiday to recognize the importance of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel as the basis for the existence of the State of Israel, its development and design as a multicultural society, and to mark the date of entry into the Land of Israel that happened on the tenth of Nisan.
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Yom HaAliyah ( Aliyah Day ) ( ) is an Israeli national holiday celebrated annually according to the Jewish calendar on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan to commemorate the Jewish people entering the Land of Israel as written in the Hebrew Bible , which happened on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan ( ). The holiday was also established to acknowledge Aliyah , immigration to the Jewish state , as a core value of the State of Israel , and honor the ongoing contributions of Olim , Jewish immigrants, to Israeli society. Yom HaAliyah is also observed in Israeli schools on the seventh of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan . The opening clause of the Yom HaAliyah Law states in Hebrew: מטרתו של חוק זה לקבוע יום ציון שנתי להכרה בחשיבותה של העלייה לארץ ישראל כבסיס לקיומה של מדינת ישראל, להתפתחותה ולעיצובה כחברה רב־תרבותית, ולציון מועד הכניסה לארץ ישראל שאירע ביום י׳ בניסן. English translation: The purpose of this law is to set an annual holiday to recognize the importance of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel as the basis for the existence of the State of Israel, its development and design as a multicultural society, and to mark the date of entry into the Land of Israel that happened on the tenth of Nisan.
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Israeli national holiday Yom HaAliyah , or Aliyah Day ( Hebrew : יום העלייה ), is an Israeli national holiday celebrated annually on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan to commemorate the Jewish people entering the Land of Israel which the Hebrew Bible says happened on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan.The holiday was also established to establish aliyah , immigration of Jews to Israel , as a core value of the State of Israel, and honor the contributions of olim , Jewish immigrants, to Israeli society. Yom HaAliyah is also observed in Israeli schools on the seventh of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan . The opening clause of the Yom HaAliyah Law states in Hebrew: מטרתו של חוק זה לקבוע יום ציון שנתי להכרה בחשיבותה של העלייה לארץ ישראל כבסיס לקיומה של מדינת ישראל, להתפתחותה ולעיצובה כחברה רב־תרבותית, ולציון מועד הכניסה לארץ ישראל שאירע ביום י׳ בניסן. English translation: The purpose of this law is to set an annual holiday to recognize the importance of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel as the basis for the existence of the State of Israel, its development and design as a multicultural society, and to mark the date of entry into the Land of Israel that happened on the tenth of Nisan.
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israeli national holiday celebrated annually according to the jewish calendar on the tenth of the hebrew month
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israeli national holiday celebrated annually on the tenth of the hebrew month of nisan to commemorate the jewis
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