Rabbi Leo Dee, the husband of Lucy Dee and father of Maia and Rina Dee, recited the Yizkor memorial prayer at the start of the annual Independence Day ceremony on Mount Herzl Tuesday evening.
Rabbi Dee's wife and daughters were murdered in a terrorist attack less than three weeks ago.
The ceremony on Mount Herzl marks the transition from the mourning of Memorial Day to the celebration of Israel's 75th Independence Day.