National Memorial Hall, national memorial hall in Jerusalem, Israel

The National Memorial Hall at Mount Herzl is a memorial structure with a spiral design that holds over 23,000 engraved bricks throughout its interior spaces. Each brick displays a name and death date of a person who died while serving the state.

In 2010 Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced the hall, after a planned national memorial on Mount Eitan, approved under Menachem Begin and shelved in 2007, was abandoned. The cornerstone was laid on 30 April 2014 with President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Benny Gantz; construction began in February 2015. Inaugurated on 30 April 2017, it replaced the central ceremony plaza of the Mount Herzl military cemetery, where national Memorial Day ceremonies had been held until 2016.

The hall replaced the central ceremony plaza of the Mount Herzl military cemetery, where national Memorial Day ceremonies were held until 2016. Since its opening, the main state ceremonies have moved inside. The memorial is dedicated to all who fell defending the country and abroad since 1860, and daily Kaddish is recited for those killed on that date.

Visitors can explore the memorial by walking along the spiral path and reading the names on the bricks as they move through the space. The interior lighting helps when natural light is dim, so moving slowly allows you to read the inscriptions more clearly.

Each brick inside contains a small LED light that turns on automatically on the anniversary of the person's death. This creates a shifting pattern of illumination that changes daily and highlights each individual person.