Goals: To learn about the life of Miriam; To think about the repercussions of what we say and how we say it – Lashon Hara.

That the Chanichim will understand the difference and the importance of the new lines after the six day war (compare to 1948) and that it is still important today

The chanichim should leave the sicha understanding

(1) The power of Yom Ha’atzmaut – how all these different Jews came together to fight as an Am and why it was it was so important for the Jews in 1948 to have an independent Jewish State.

(2) The battle for Yom Ha’atzmaut applies to us today and we can only truly appreciate geulah by looking at Yom Ha’atzmaut as part of a cycle of Yom Hashoah and Yom HaZicaron.