[Avodah] Nidche

[Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer via Avodah]

Beautiful sentiments, to be sure, but 100% emotional and 0% halachic. 
Was there live music on 6 Iyar?

KT,
YGB

On 5/2/2017 2:50 PM, Avram Sacks via Avodah wrote:
> Cong Or Torah in Skokie said tachanun at shacharit, but not at mincha
> on erev Yom Ha-Atzmaut.    On YhA, at ma'ariv we added additional
> tehillim at the end of davening, as found in the Koren siddur for Yom
> HaAtzmaut. At shacharit we did not say tachanun and davened full hallel
> (but w/out a bracha at the beginning and end.)    Betwen mincha and
> ma'ariv on erev YhA, Rabbi Engel gave a similar drash, adding that it
> is a beautiful thing that all of klal yisrael, observant, or not yet
> observant, accepts that the day of celebration is as celebrated in
> Israel, even when it is moved to avoid chilul shabbat.     He added
> that it is fitting and proper that we, as a dati community care about
> those who are not yet observant, rather than say, we will observe YhA
> on hey Iyar and not care about what others will do.