<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span style="font-size:small">On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Avram Sacks via Avodah </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><<a href="mailto:avodah@lists.aishdas.org" target="_blank">avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a>></span><span style="font-size:small"> wrote:</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">At shacharit we did not say tachanun and davened full hallel<br>
(but w/out a bracha at the beginning and end.) Betwen mincha and<br>
ma'ariv on erev YhA, Rabbi Engel gave a similar drash, adding that it<br>
is a beautiful thing that all of klal yisrael, observant, or not yet<br>
observant, accepts that the day of celebration is as celebrated in<br>
Israel, even when it is moved to avoid chilul shabbat. He added<br>
that it is fitting and proper that we, as a dati community care about<br>
those who are not yet observant, rather than say, we will observe YhA<br>
on hey Iyar and not care about what others will do.</blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Since the issue here is tachanun, hallel and suspending sefira restrictions, I fail to follow his logic.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">We are being asked to not say tachanun on the same day as the not-yet-observant, on 6th Iyar. But why the 6th any more than the 5th. We should say hallel on the 6th, the same day as the not-yet-observant. Hardly.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Sefira restrictions are suspended on the 6th like the not-yet-observant?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">If the entire sentiment is when we should have ceremonies to mark the significance of the State, you could that any day, or every day, as often as you like.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Akiva</div></div></div></div>