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OCTOBER 14, 2016 | The Jewish Home
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Second grade talmidim at Yeshiva Darchei Torah excitedly hold the arba minim that their rebbi, Rabbi Nachum Nachumson, brought to class just a few days before Sukkos.
Rav in Tzahal Speaks at HAFTR Middle School
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uring Aseret Yemei Teshuva, on Tzom Gedalia, the students at HAFTR Middle School heard from Rabbi Eli Skaist, a lieutenant and chaplain in Tzahal-IDF and Rebbe at the Ashreinu Yeshiva in Israel. Rabbi Skaist spoke to the students about the meaning of teshuva and suggested that it is a response to Hashem calling out to us. He challenged the students to
think about what kind of year they want to have and told stories about chayalim who answered their call in very heroic ways. He made specific reference to two dear friends of his, Ezra Schwartz a”h and Rabbi Nechemia Lavi a”h, who were killed in Israel last year. The students were very inspired to hear directly from a chayal who is defending Medinat Yisrael on many fronts.