A memorial event was held next to Sheldon Adelson's grave at the Mount of Olives Cemetery in Jerusalem on Tuesday, marking the second yahrzeit of the passing of the pro-Israel businessman and one of the biggest donors to Israeli and Jewish causes, who founded Israel Hayom with his wife Dr. Miriam Adelson.
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In attendance was Dr. Adelson, the head of the Jewish Agency Doron Almog, the former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, former Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, and the founder of Reichman University Uriel Reichman, as well as many of his friends and families.
The event was led by Chief Cantor of the Israel Defense Forces Shai Abramson, who recited "El Maleh Rahamim", the traditional prayer for the soul of the departed. Yonatan Razel performed his rendition of Yossi Gispan's Khshe Halev Boche ("When the heart weeps") and Naomi Shemer's "Al Kol Ele" ("For all this").
Rabbi Lau recited Psalms for the elevation of the soul and Adelson's sons recited the Kaddish. Among those who spoke at the event were Dr. Adelson, as well as the two sons Adam and Matan, and daughters Yasmin Lukatz and Sivan Dumont, and her husband Patrick Dumont. The speeches touted the late Adelson's great impact on so many people and the growing sense of loss as time passes by.
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