In this touching blog post, Rabbi Ari Abramowitz describes the powerful transition between Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut, explaining that the level of joy and gratitude he feels on the latter corresponds directly to the degree of pain and grief he feels on the former. Through the tragic stories of four young individuals who gave their lives for the State of Israel and the Jewish people – Michael Levin, Roi Klein, Koby Mandell, and Ari Weiss – Abramowitz shows how we mourn fallen heroes on Yom Hazikaron, but celebrate their lives on Yom Ha’atzmaut. Rabbi Ari Abramowitz is a filmmaker, educator, radio and TV show hose, and Israel advocate