Rabbi Shimshon Nadel
Rabbi Shimshon NadelIsrael news photo: Yoni Kempinski

Rabbi Shimshon Nadel made Aliya (immigrated to Israel) last summer.

On Tuesday, Rabbi Nadel celebrated Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel's Independence Day) for the first time ever as an Israeli.

Arutz Sheva TV spoke with Rabbi Nadel after the morning festive prayers and heard about this year's Yom Ha'atzmaut - a religious holiday, much more than the blue and white cookies which symbolized the festival back in the US.