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 I have noticed over the years that Yom Yerushalayim seems to play second fiddle to Yom Haatzmaut. Rav Tzvi Yehudah Kook zt”l, the son of the first chief Rabbi of Israel was the Rosh Hayeshiva of Yeshivat Mercaz Harav, the Yeshivah that was named after his late father. On the miraculous day of the 28th of Iyar 1967, Rav Kook was called by Rav Shlomo Goren, the late Chief Rabbi of Tzahal and asked to rush to the Kotel in order to take part in the first teffilah that the soldiers were to daven immediately after the Old City’s capture. There was not a dry eye in the group as a minyan was held at the Kotel under Jewish sovereignty for the first time in 1900 years. As Rav Kook was leaving, a number of reporters, both national and international came over to him and asked for his comment on the experience of that day. He responded: “Behold, I said. We announce to all of Israel, and to all of the world, that by a Divine command, we have returned to our home, to our holy city. From this day forth, we shall never budge from here! We have come home!” We thank Hashem for his boundless blessing of giving us the state of Israel, but we mustn’t forget that the heart of Israel is Yerushalayim. We must solidify this message in the hearts and minds of our children and grandchildren and celebrate Yom Yerushalayim with the same passion and fervor as we do Yom Haatzmaut each and every year.

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