The ceremony, first held in 2019 with some 1,200 people, was attended by hundreds of religious soldiers and members of the bereaved families.
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Members of the Tomer unit of the Givati Brigade are able to maintain a Torah-observant lifestyle while serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
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Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef says he was “appalled” by the violence and “sacrilege” • Leading rabbis call rioters “reckless individuals” and order their followers not to participate in protests.
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Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef also met with Emirati officials to discuss the growing ties between the two peoples, as well as invest Rabbi Levi Duchman with official duties on the ground.
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Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef met with Emirati officials, inaugurated a newly-built Jewish school in Dubai and took part in a ceremony along with the rabbi of the local Jewish community.
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They included a personal message from each sender to offer recipients comfort as the world reels from a pandemic and a divisive U.S. election.
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“Rabbi Sacks bravely faced difficult questions and always found the right words to illuminate the Torah and explain its paths,” says Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
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Main festivities, with thousands of Jews expected to attend, are to take place in Kiev, Odessa, Dnepr, Lviv and Kharkov.
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“The people of the Middle East want peace with Israel and for the leadership to promote it,” says Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Rabbi Shlomo Amar during a rare visit to the Gulf state.
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“From 1939 to 1989, a Jew could not feel safe in Poland,” he says. “But since then, thousands of Poles have discovered their Jewish roots because their parents and grandparents now do feel safe to reveal this secret to their families … and they, in turn, are free to pursue what it means to be a Jew.”
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