At 11:00 a.m. sharp the siren sounded and at Meitar's cemetery all of us stood in a collective remembering of our defense forces dead and of the victims of hostile actions [terrorism].
Speeches and Psalms and prayers, all very moving.
Wreaths were laid at the Yizkor memorial wall of the small military section of our cemetery.
The quotation from Jeremiah 31:19 says, "For as often as I speak of him, I do earnestly remember him still."
Two graves were added to the military section during last summer's fighting.
Just last July I shared with you Captain Liad Lavi's funeral.
May he now rest in peace.
Please give a thought to the thousands of bereaved families for whom every day is a Day of Remembrance.
And remember that about 600 fallen soldiers and terror victims have hailed from the Arab, Druze, Bedouin, Circassian, and Arab (both Christian and Muslim) communities.
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At sunset tonight we will make the sudden transition from the agony of memorial day into the festivities and fireworks of Independence Day.
You can't have one day without the other.
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