As we approach the first anniversary of October 7, The Zionist Rabbinic Coalition has accumulated a comprehensive compilation of prayers, resources and materials from a wide spectrum of sources and provides them for you to use in your community.
We Commemorate October 7:
We Will Never Forget!
Table of Contents
- We Remember and Mourn Those We Have Lost — Names, Stories and Photos
- Names of Those Still Held in Captivity
- Prayers, Readings and Materials — A Complete Compendium and Compilation of Prayers, Readings and Material from Multiple Sources
- Free Commemorative Stickers from the Jewish Agency for October 7th Events
- Films, Videos and Virtual Exhibitions –Links to Multimedia Sources
- Services and Gatherings Around the World — Information and links to register for October 7 Commemorations Around the World
- Crucial Facts to Share — Important Facts, Thoughts and Information that must be disseminated
- One Day in October: Forty Heroes, Forty Stories — An Exclusive 10% Book Discount for ZRC Members
- Documentation of Hamas’ Plan — Information and Original Documents about Hamas’ Plan for October 7
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We Remember and Mourn Those Who Have Been Murdered by Hamas Since October 7
Soldiers and Civilians Lost Since October 7
LET THEM GO!
356 Days in Captivity!
Those in Captivity Since October 7
Hostages and Missing Families Forum
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Prayers, Readings and Materials from Multiple Sources
El Maleh Rachamim for October 7
Adapted by Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz and Rabbi Asher Lopatin
A Prayer by Rabbi Avi Weiss: Al HaAhava
Aveinu Shebashamayim, Shechinah Makor Chaiyenu
Yizkor for Victims of October 7, 2023
October 7, One Year Later: Readings for Commemoration
From the Jewish Educators Portal
October 7th School Commemoration Resources
Resources Gathered by the American Zionist Movement
One year later: UNPACKED for Educators
Essential Guide to October 7th and Its Aftermath
Resource Guide from Israeli American Council
Resources for Commemorating October 7 from the Shalom Hartman Institute
Musical Resources from American Conference of Cantors
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FREE Commemorative Stickers from the Jewish Agency are Available for October 7 Gatherings
The Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization have produced commemorative stickers for use at October 7th memorial events. These stickers feature the Anemone, Israel’s national flower, symbolizing resilience and hope and carries the yellow ribbon to honor the hostages.
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Films, Videos and Virtual Exhibitions: We Must Remember
We Will Dance Again: The Nova Festival
The National Library of Israel’s Virtual October 7 Memorial Wall
‘October’s Wake’: A Times of Israel Community podcast mini-series
Bearing Witness: Share Materials You Have Collected or Created with the National Library of Israel
VIDEO – A Lamentation for Be’eri
A Webinar Documenting October 7
VIDEO –The Future of Memory: October 7 and Its Aftermath
October 7 | Remembering in Real Time | Webinar
Lives Lost: The Works of the October 7 Fallen – A Special Project
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Services/Gatherings Around the World: We Stand United in Our Grief
(CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION)
#NeverForgetOct7 JFNA Guide to Community-Wide commemorations
Crucial Facts that MUST Be Shared
AVAILABLE NOW
ONE DAY IN OCTOBER
Forty Heroes, Forty Stories
Zionist Rabbinic Coalition members receive 10% off of One Day in October with the code OneDayZRC or order in bulk from www.korenpub.com/bulkoneday
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Documentation of Hamas’ Plan
CLICK HERE for Information/Documentation
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HaRav Yosef Zvi Rimon, the Chief Rabbi of Gush Etzion and Nasi of World Mizrachi composed the following series of prayers to be recited following the lighting of the Chanukah candles – “In this way, the special light of Chanukah will shine for all who need it.”
CLICK HERE: Rav Rimon Chanukah
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In the light of the Chanukah candles that illuminates the homes of the Jewish people, and that place on a pedestal Your providence in the world, and the courage and heroism of the Hasmoneans, and that recall the salvation and victory that occurred on these days.
We have come to beseech and implore You to illuminate all those who are still in darkness:
To all the hostages in the tunnels of darkness and yearning for deliverance and return home. To all their families and all who care for them and wish them well, whose worlds are filled with shadows. To all the uprooted from their homes whose hearts and homes are dark. To all the bereaved whose worlds are darkened. And to all the victims wounded in mind and body.
Please fill Your world with light and fulfill through us the verse, or chadsh al tziyon ta’ir venizke kolnu mehara le’oro. (May you shine a new light on Zion, and may we all merit its light).
