Seventh of Adar
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On the Jewish calendar, the seventh day of the month of Adar
marks the traditional date of the death of Moses
. It is also the date of his birth, 120 years earlier. It is believed that Moses was born in Adar I and died in Adar II.
(prayer) is added prior to services. Jewish burial societies often meet on the seventh of Adar.
army in collaboration with the Israeli Defense Forces have designated this day in rememorance of those soldiers that have fallen in war, though their bodies have not been found or identified. On Mount Hertzl, there is a wall with the names of 588 fallen soldiers that died in Israel with unknown grave sites.
Adar
Adar is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 29 days...
marks the traditional date of the death of Moses
Moses
Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
. It is also the date of his birth, 120 years earlier. It is believed that Moses was born in Adar I and died in Adar II.
Traditional practices
The pious will fast on the seventh of Adar. A special tikkunTikkun
Tikkun/Tikun is a Hebrew word meaning "Fixing/Rectification". It has several connotations in Judaism:Traditional:*Tikkun , a book of Torah scroll text, used when learning to chant Torah portions or for correct-fixed scribal calligraphy...
(prayer) is added prior to services. Jewish burial societies often meet on the seventh of Adar.
Practices in Israel
The Bible says that "no one knows the exact place of Moses' death, even till this day". From this idea, the IsraeliIsrael
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
army in collaboration with the Israeli Defense Forces have designated this day in rememorance of those soldiers that have fallen in war, though their bodies have not been found or identified. On Mount Hertzl, there is a wall with the names of 588 fallen soldiers that died in Israel with unknown grave sites.