Days of Remembrance
- Tisha B'Av
(Day of mourning for the destruction of both the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem and other events.)
- Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, Final day of Pesach, Shavuot
(the four days on which Yizkor is recited)
- Tenth of Tevet
(a fast day on which it has become a custom for some to say Kaddish for those whose yahrzeits are unknown or died in the Holocaust)
- Yom HaShoah
(national day of remembrance in Israel (and by many Jews worldwide) for those murdered in the Holocaust as well as righteous gentiles)
- Yom Hazikaron
(national day of remembrance to those who died in service of Israel or killed in terrorist attacks)
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