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Why does Yom HaZikaron (Remembrance Day for the fallen soldiers of the wars of Israel and victims of actions of terrorism) come right before Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day)?
The point is that in spiritual work, the upper roots from where everything stems, including all problems, suffering, and the heaviness of heart we experience, specifically upon such troubles we are meant to establish the connection between us. The positive spiritual force can exist only on top of the negative force. First the evil becomes revealed, and then the good comes upon it. “The advantage of light from within darkness” can exist only in this way, and in no other.
Therefore, those who wish to come closer to the truth must be prepared for darkness to be revealed. As it is written: “And there was evening, and there was morning—one day.” That “one day” includes the evening, the night, and the darkness as an inseparable part of it. This is why Yom HaZikaron (Remembrance Day) appears in our customs before Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day). Yom HaAtzmaut represents the coming of the light, a great correction, and the realization of a state. However, before that, we need to discover the extent to which we are in darkness, evil, and war, how we must fight and succeed in that war, and only then reach Independence Day.
According to this process, which we learn from spirituality, and which we experience between us in spirituality, in every detail, “love will cover all crimes.” We are created beings, and we cannot feel anything except through its opposite. Therefore, here too, on Independence Day, this is how it unfolds: first comes Remembrance Day. We need to understand that everything we have gone through was directed from above, and we must relate to it accordingly. All our troubles and problems certainly have a place and justification, and we should treat them as necessary.
Only if, through our connection, we reveal this necessity as positive, do we no longer need to suffer from the darkness, troubles, and problems. If we are prepared for it, then we actually advance this darkness and are able to pass through it as a necessary part of our overall process of development: “And there was evening, and there was morning—one day,” where even the night and darkness are included within the day, within the light. This is how we proceed.
Therefore, our attitude toward Yom HaZikaron should be like that of Kabbalists who are in development, those who understand and justify everything that happens to them, because it comes only from the single force of nature that bestows only goodness in every state, as it is written about it, “There is none else besides Him” and “the Good that does good.” If we do not slacken, we will reach the revelation of everything as good, without any appearance or form of evil. We will discover that even the angel of death is a holy angel, revealed through our proper preparation. Thus, we pass through what seem to be negative phenomena with understanding, preparation, and agreement, because through this, both in darkness and in light, we reveal the Creator’s good attitude toward us.
There is much to say about this topic, many words that could be spoken. Essentially, the approach should be that there is no sad day, no sad state. Everything connects when it stands at the end of correction. Darkness, troubles, problems, and the light revealed upon all that darkness all share the same form of connection and love.
Based on the Daily Kabbalah Lesson with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on the topic “Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut” on May 7, 2019. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.