[15] These occasions include the following: The three pilgrim festivals Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot (the "bigger" Jewish holy days, mentioned in the Torah) and Hanukkah and Rosh Chodesh (beginnings of the new month).

In an email sent out to Israel supporters worldwide Rabbi Riskin wrote:[18] Given the honorary title of Ambassador for Jewish-Christian Relations from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, God has recently put on my heart to fulfill the mandate of Psalm 117: "Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.

I see the fulfillment of this calling through the nations around the world, who believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to recite Psalms 113–118 on Israel's Independence Day with the Jewish community.

In an article written for The Times of Israel, Wolicki wrote, "While discomfort is understandable, we dare not assume that what is uncomfortable and new is therefore forbidden.

The central Day to Praise event was reportedly joined by tens of thousands of worshipers throughout the world, in their own respective groups.

[27] The second annual Day to Praise took place on 12 May 2016 and the central event was held in Gush Etzion, the scene of many past terror attacks.

According to co-founder David Nekrutman, this in-gathering was the fulfilment of the biblical prophecy of Zephaniah: "For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language that they may all call upon the name of the LORD to serve Him with one consent."

[32] This year's central event was held at the John Hagee Center for Jewish Heritage at the Netanya Academic College where reportedly around 350 Jews and Christians were in attendance.