IDF Rabbi’s Powerful Prayer with Soldiers Entering Battle
This remarkable video has altered the way I think of IDF soldiers. At this prayer ceremony before entering battle, all machismo evaporates as the soldiers turn to Hashem with such vulnerability and sincerity. Like a personal Neila prayer, battle after battle. Today was a challenging day for Israel, 25 soldiers were injured in battles with […]
Read MoreSupermarket Tsaddikim
[Every day, my learning partner Ilana and I share moments of Divine Providence we experienced. Here is the wonderful story she shared with me this Friday…] Today at 12:30 I realized that I’d run out of oil for my Shabbat candles. So I ran to the mall. My regular oil guy was already closed. So […]
Read MoreIt Happened on the Way to Slichot
On the way to the Kotel for slichot, I took these photos of Jews from all corners of Israeli society stopping and standing together to light candles for our brothers and sisters still held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. As we stand together, may our prayers rise to Hashem together to bring them home, please […]
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Where Does He Get his Strength? by a Soldier’s Wife
This is a photo of my husband and our 2-year-old daughter. The number of days my husband, the 8th-grade teacher/assistant battalion commander, spent with her during the second year of her life can be counted on one hand. Since October 7th, he’s been holding together complex military zones to prevent future terror attacks. Of course […]
Read MoreReouven’s Heroic Spirit
In honor of October 7th, tonight the Heroism Tent hosted a panel of parents whose sons were killed a year ago while guarding the citizens of the Gaza Envelope. One of the parents who spoke was my neighbor, the father of 38-year old Reouven Chicheportiche HY”D. Reouven, whose family made aliya from France when he […]
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