Joshua Leading the Israelites Across the Jordan River on the 10th of Nisan
Official name
Yom HaAliyah (Aliyah Day) Hebrew: יום העלייה
Observed by
State of Israel
Significance
Celebrating Aliyah as a core value of the Jewish People and honoring the ongoing contributions of Olim to Israeli society. On the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan according to the Bible, Joshua led the Israelites carrying the Ark of the Covenant across the Jordan River at Gilgal into the Promised Land.
Begins
Nisan 10 (Hebrew calendar) & Observed in schools Cheshvan 7 (Hebrew calendar)
Date
10 Nisan national holiday & observed in schools 7 Cheshvan
2023 date
Sunset, 31 March – nightfall, 1 April (hist.) Sunset, 21 October – nightfall, 22 October (obs.)
2024 date
Sunset, 17 April – nightfall, 18 April (hist.) Sunset, 7 November – nightfall, 8 November (obs.)
2025 date
Sunset, 7 April – nightfall, 8 April (hist.) Sunset, 28 October – nightfall, 29 October (obs.)
2026 date
Sunset, 27 March – nightfall, 28 March (hist.) Sunset, 17 October – nightfall, 18 October (obs.)
Frequency
Annual
Yom HaAliyah, or Aliyah Day (Hebrew: יום העלייה), 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 (Hebrew: י' ניסן).[1] 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. Yom HaAliyah is also observed in Israeli schools on the seventh of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan.[2]
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.[3]
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.
^Atali, Amichai (19 June 2016). "Government to pass new holiday: 'Aliyah Day'". Ynetnews. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^Yashar, Ari (24 March 2014). "Knesset Proposes Aliyah Holiday Bill". Israel National News. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^"חוק יום העלייה, התשע"ו- 2016" [Aliyah Day Law, 2016] (PDF) (in Hebrew). 23 June 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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