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Jews are taught that as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, the first thing to do is thank God for being alive. Before eating there are blessings to thank God for food. Even after going to the bathroom, there's a blessing to thank God that your body functions as it should. The opportunity to study Jewish wisdom is also a reason for gratitude. Each day, Jews are encouraged to say thanks for the opportunity to acquire knowledge and wisdom. What are you thankful for?

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In the Talmud, when a person loses a spouse, we're told that "the altar sheds tears." Yet even though it is heartbreaking for love that was meant to last a lifetime to be lost, Judaism views remarriage in such circumstances not as betrayal, but as an ultimate affirmation of life itself. Honoring the past doesn't require abandoning the future. October 7th left behind multitudes of widows and widowers, their lives shattered by terror. Many believed they would never love again, that their hearts had been buried alongside their beloved. For some, this understandably - yet sadly - remains the case. But in the almost two years since October 7th, something remarkable has emerged: stories of Israelis who lost everything choosing to rebuild, to remarry, to say "yes" to life once again. Through shared grief, these couples have discovered shared hope, finding the strength to love again as a fulfillment of the sacred bonds touched by loss. Their courage to love again offers a profound lesson in what it means to choose life over death, hope over despair. Continue reading: https://aish.com/we-choose-life-love-after-october-7th/

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On December 3, 2023, Ben Zussman was killed in Gaza. The 22 year old was serving in the IDF as a combat engineer. Ben wrote a letter to his family outlining his wishes if he got killed or kidnapped:

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Before attending the Nova music festival in the south of Israel on October 7th, Gali Segal and Ben Binyamin were a regular Israeli engaged couple, planning their wedding. They got engaged on a trip to Italy, where Ben presented Gali with a ring and a beautiful bouquet of roses. The couple have known each other for seven years. Gali is studying interior design and Ben works in real estate, but his passion is soccer. He played in the national league as a defender. “Soccer is my whole life,” he says. Together with some friends, Ben and Gali went to the Nova music festival to celebrate Ben’s birthday. The celebration turned into a nightmare. “Suddenly, we saw mortars exploding,” says Gali. “We started running towards our car.” The couple and their friend Shani got into their car and began driving, but other people warned them not to continue. They saw a mobile shelter and a policeman motioned to them to go inside. The tiny shelter was full of people, squeezing inside to stay safe. Then Ben, Gali, and Shani heard gunshots coming closer and closer. People were screaming. The terrorists were shooting at the people crowded at the entrance to the shelter. “I pulled Ben and Shani down so they wouldn’t get shot,” says Gali. Ben adds, “Several minutes after the shooting, I saw a grenade.” There was a loud explosion. “I thought to myself that we stood no chance of getting out of there,” says Ben. “We must have lost consciousness,” says Gali. When they opened their eyes, everything was black. Gali says, “I remember seeing Shani walking out of the mobile shelter, talking on the phone. She said, ‘Gali and Ben are injured, maybe dead.’ She wasn’t sure if she should run away or stay. And I couldn’t call out to her. I couldn’t speak.” Many were hurt in this explosion. Surrounded by cries for help, Gali felt around her body. “I went into complete shock,” she recalls. “I screamed, ‘I don’t have a leg!’ And Ben, next to me, said, ‘Save your strength! Stop screaming!’ He said to me, ‘If that’s our fate, if that’s what’s supposed to happen to us, at least we’re together.’ It felt like the end.” Right then, a SWAT officer, part of the security team at the festival, arrived at the mobile shelter. He exchanged fire with a terrorist shooting at the shelter and managed to get inside where he found many people screaming for help. “Thanks to him, we’re here,” says Gali. “If he hadn’t come at that exact time and had managed the situation the way he’d done, we wouldn’t be here.” The officer stopped cars fleeing the festival and asked them to take the wounded to the ambulances waiting at the entrance. When Gali and Ben were pulled out of the shelter and taken to the ambulances, neither of them knew if the other one was still alive. Gali says, “The whole time in the ambulance, I was in shock. I was screaming. And when we got to the hospital, I kept asking everyone, ‘Where is Ben?’” Ben recalls, “When I arrived at the Soroka Medical Center, my vitals were low. They thought I wouldn’t make it.” When Gali was wheeled through the hospital hallway, she saw Ben in a bed nearby. He saw her too, and they called out to each other. Gali says, “The moment we realized we were both alive was such a relief!” Their joy was marred by the realization that they both lost their right legs. Two days later, Ben and Gali were transferred to the Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera. In the following weeks, Ben underwent three surgeries, and Gali underwent seven. Throughout this time, they remained next to each other in the hospital, supporting each other as they came to terms with their losses and coped with physical and emotional pain. Slowly, they learned of the extent of Hamas’s horrific terror attack. Their friend Shani was declared missing and later found dead. The hospital staff is going out of their way to help the couple recover, from providing medical care to organizing a challah separating ceremony in the department. Gali and Ben are still looking forward to their wedding, but they have a long road ahead of them. Ben says, “We looked out the window, and we saw two soccer fields. I looked at them and started crying. Like I’ve lost what I’d devoted my whole life to… I don’t think it sunk in just yet.” After a month in the hospital, the couple was transferred to the Tel Hashomer rehabilitation department where they were busy with physical therapy. This wasn’t how they’d expected to spend their engagement. Gali says, “There are times when I’m optimistic and say that it’s just a leg, it’s not such a big deal. And there are other times, when I say, ‘It’s not me.’” Read the full article:

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Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, popularly known as the Maharam, was one of the greatest medieval Jewish writers and thinkers. At the age of 70, he was taken captive and held in a prison in Alsace, France. The local ruler, Rudolf I, demanded an exorbitant sum for his release. Due to the Maharam's influence and prestige, his community and students - many of whom went on to be famous Rabbis themselves - raised the ransom Rudolf demanded. But the Maharam would not allow the ransom to be paid. In his opinion, paying an exorbitant amount for a captive would only encourage other antisemites to imprison more Rabbis, and demand even greater sums for their release. The great Rabbi spent the last seven years of his life in prison, and it took another 14 years to finally recover his body, which was then buried in the Jewish cemetery of Worms. What are your thoughts? Did he do the right thing?

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On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists launched a massacre of civilians in Israel, marked by unimaginable cruelty. Award-winning documentary photographer Ziv Koren immediately recognized the need to capture this horror, embarking on a monumental project to document the destruction, along with the fighting that continues to this day.

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Tomorrow marks three years since October 7, 2023, where over 1,200 men, women, and children were murdered, and 250 were kidnapped from Israel by Hamas terrorists. What has three years since October 7 taught you about: -Being Jewish? -Your priorities? -The strength of the Jewish people? -Your friends? -College campus protests? -And more? Share below 💭⬇️

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I learn Torah every day because it gives me a cohesive set of answers to all of the ultimate questions. What really is God? Why did God create the world? What is the purpose of the Jewish people? Why do bad things happen to good people? What really is prayer? How can one get the most out of life? What are the keys to a successful marriage? What is the secret to happiness? Etc. Science cannot answer these questions, and psychological theories and philosophical speculation have failed to provide consistent and unwavering answers. The Torah offers eternal answers to such questions. I learn Torah every day because it reminds me who I really am. Most of my focus throughout a typical day is on the nitty-gritty that goes with being a teacher, of being a father, of being a spouse, etc. However, Torah reminds me that I am not my profession, nor am I any of the titles I have, nor the roles that I play, nor do my possessions (or lack of) define me. Rather, at my core, I am a soul and that is what matters most. This holds true for every Jew as well. Therefore, I should not base my views of fellow Jews on which type of synagogue they attend, nor on what they look like, nor on who they are going to vote for in the next presidential election, but that they are each a soul. I learn Torah every day because it connects me with the millions of other Jews worldwide who also learn Torah every day. There are several different daily learning programs. One is Daf Yomi in which the same double-sided page of Talmud is studied every day, and the entire Talmud is completed every 7.5 years. Another program of daily study, the one in which I participate, consists of learning a section of the Torah with Rashi’s commentary (which is in sync with the weekly Torah reading in synagogue), a section of the Rambam’s 14-volume legal-code Mishneh Torah, and a section of the Tanya, which is one of the most important texts of Jewish thought. The latter daily learning schedule enables one to complete the entire Torah and Tanya every year, and complete the Mishneh Torah in just under three years for those who devote about an hour per day to learning, though many people complete all three of these texts every year. By learning these three texts in particular, one engages in learning, albeit at the surface level, the totality of Jewish law and thought. In learning Torah every day I know that, every day, there are fellow Jews in Los Angeles, Brazil, Israel, Australia, etc. who are learning the exact words that I am reading, perhaps even at that very moment. Although thousands of miles may physically separate us, learning the same sections of Torah everyday connects us. I learn Torah every day because I want to hear and grow from God’s personalized daily message for me. Every day I find something in one of the texts that I study that if I concretize it, it will make me a better parent, or a better spouse, or better employee, etc. Often this applied through me demonstrating more patience, calmness, and proper speech – which also makes me a better human being and a better Jew. I learn Torah every day because it sharpens my mind. Trying to figure out why Rashi commented on a particular verse, following a very nuanced explanation of a complex theological concept over many days, and trying to remember and keep all the context variables straight in the application of a particular Jewish law all stretch and develop my mind in multiple ways. By exercising my mind in these ways, I am constantly developing a Jewish way of thinking. Those who participate in the daily study of the Talmud will be quick to agree with the maxim that the Talmud is “brain food,“ and if one were to ask any lawyer who has spent time learning in a yeshiva, every one of them will attest that the mental exertion needed for law school is like kindergarten compared to learning Talmud. No wonder why we as a people are so smart! I learn Torah every day because it is one of the most important mitzvot of Judaism. The mitzvah of learning Torah is said to be equal to all of the mitzvot. (The same is said about tzedakah.) Therefore, when engaging in learning Torah, I am getting credit equal to if I were doing all of the mitzvot. Davening (praying), keeping Kosher, and keeping Shabbat are all important, but the learning of Torah every morning and evening is singled out to be the most important mitzvah and the rasion d’etre of a Jew’s daily life. One reason for this our sages say is that learning Torah leads to doing the mitzvot (which I find a little circular), but other reasons for highlighting the importance of learning Torah probably include many of these reasons I am discussing. Continue reading: https://aish.com/why-i-learn-torah-daily/

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That Time Japan Wanted to Save Jews... ...to do business with them During World War II, some extraordinary Japanese people — like Chiune Sugihara (known as the Japanese Schindler), who issued many transit visas from his position at the Lithuanian Consulate — saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust. However, other members of the Japanese government and military accepted antisemitic stereotypes that exaggerated Jewish global influence in finance, media, and industry, and saw a great potential opportunity in it. These Japanese leaders believed that by treating Jews well, they could gain economic benefits and secure international connections, especially in the United States. They called their idea the Fugu Plan, named after the Japanese pufferfish, which is a delicacy that is also highly poisonous if not prepared correctly. The plan never fully materialized due to internal disagreements, logistical challenges, and the outbreak of World War II, although some Jews were allowed to settle in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, which created a Jewish refugee community. Learn more about Jews in Japan: https://aish.com/how-the-japanese-saved-the-jews/

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Today, according to the Hebrew calendar, is Israel’s National Day of Remembrance for October 7th. Three years since thousands of lives changed forever. Three years of grief, loss, resilience and remembering. May the stories and memories of those whose lives were stolen continue to live on. May the years ahead bring peace, safety and healing to Israel. ❤️‍🩹

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A leading cosmologist, Dr. Keating was a Catholic altar boy before he discovered his Judaism later in life. "I had a fairly tortured path to Jewish observance. I always knew I was born Jewish, whatever that means. Biologically speaking, my mother is Jewish. My father is Jewish, but like many children of the seventies, I experienced divorce. I lived with my mother's second husband, my stepfather, and he and my mother adopted us legally, changing our names to match her new last name when she remarried. That was a significant moment in my life because, at that time, I became religious for the first time in my life (I mean practicing Catholicism, not necessarily believing), but certainly practicing religion for the first time. Before that, it had been occasional sets of matchbox cars on the first night of Hanukkah, maybe a Passover dinner here or there. And that was it for the first seven years of my life. Then, immediately following my mother's marriage, I became immersed in Catholicism and converted and was confirmed baptized within the span of just a few years to the Catholic Church of Chappaqua, New York. Having always had a curious and probably spiritual side, even as a kid, I just took to the Catholic church's rituals and practice. And the warmth of not only my family, my adopted family, but my stepfather's family, which was a huge Irish Catholic family of 10 brothers and sisters and millions of cousins and grandparents and great-grandparents. Contrasting that with my biologically Jewish relatives, more or less shunning us after the marriage, then adopting us into their family and really almost believing that we were genetically biologically their kids. And I loved Christmas and Easter, just a huge pageantry and the food and drinking and everything else. I decided I wanted to learn more and become more serious about it at age 12 and became an altar boy in the Catholic church. Not too many Orthodox members of boards or directors of orthodox synagogues have former altar boy on their CV. After 9/11, I had a notion that I better learn at least something about why Israel is at the center of the world's hatred and ire and the Western kind of hegemony and schisms and so forth. I had always had a bias towards Judaism, and a lot of my friends were Jewish. I was dating someone who wasn't Jewish at the time, but I felt like this was the time for me to wake up and learn more about it. At the same time, my older brother moved out west and lived with me in California. Thankfully, he had moved from Manhattan a year before 9/11. Then, he encountered an Orthodox Jew at his law firm in LA. And they had taken him in and been very warm and supportive of him. He got involved in the Jewish community of Los Angeles, which is very different from the Jewish community of New York City, where he had lived and gone to Cardozo Law School. He had friends who were rabbis who never once invited him for Shabbat dinners. By the time he moved to LA, the first day he was in his law firm he was getting invitations everywhere. It was a very warm and welcoming community there. As he started to learn more, I began to learn more and meet with the same kind of rabbis and folks that he was involved with. And I slowly began to learn and decided to read the Torah. I've never read it before. I got involved with the community there, attended Shabbat services, and taught myself to at least pronounce words in Hebrew. Even if I did not know the language, I just went to services, learned and participated in holidays, and so forth. That was about 20-plus years ago. I then really resolved to grow, get married, and have a family in a Jewish Orthodox setting. So that's where I'm now, always trying to learn more and not sit content with either my scientific expertise or my religious learnings, so-called expertise." Read his full interview here: https://aish.com/science-religion-and-a-cosmologists-return-to-judaism-an-interview-with-dr-brian-keating/

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Simchat Torah is a Jewish holiday that celebrates completing the annual Torah reading cycle. It’s customary to dance with the Torah on this holiday. Three years ago, on October 7, Simchat Torah was the day that Hamas terrorists attacked Israel. Since October 7, 2023, Simchat Torah also carries the memory of those whose lives were stolen in the attacks.

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According to the most recent estimate, there are about 15.7 million Jews in the world. The world's population is 8 billion people, which means that Jews barely make up about 0.2%. Jews area scattered across the planet and live on almost every continent and in every country, although most live in the United States (about 48%) and Israel (about 46%). The Jewish population peaked at about 18 million just before the Holocaust, and today 79 years later, still hasn't recovered. Being a tiny fraction of the world's population is a unique, and consistent, characteristic of Jewish history, so-much-so that the Torah, in Deuteronomy 4:27 makes note of it: "You will remain few in number amongst the nations where God will lead you".

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Jewish Life in the Dominican Republic During World War II, the Dominican Republic was one of the few countries to welcome Jewish refugees. In 1938, it offered to take in up to 100,000 Jews. The country's dictator, Rafael Trujillo, saw Jewish refugees as a way to boost agriculture and the economy. Around 700 Jewish refugees eventually moved to Sosúa, a coastal town. They established dairy farms and cheese production, significantly shaping the local economy. Today, the country has two synagogues: Centro Israelita de República Dominicana, and the Sosúa Synagogue. There are also a few Jewish heritage sites: the Jewish Cemetery in Santo Domingo, a historical site honoring the Jewish community; the Jewish Settler Living Quarters, preserved homes of early Jewish immigrants; and the Museum of Jewish Heritage, which preserves the history of Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic. Today, many descendants of the original Jewish refugee community live in Israel. In the Dominican Republic, however, the community is small, with only a few descendants remaining. Learn more here: https://aish.com/how-the-dominican-republic-saved-jewish-lives-during-the-holocaust/

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Why do we have two holidays for the Torah -- Shavuot and Simchat Torah? If the holiday of Shavuot celebrates the receiving of the Torah, why was Simchat Torah -- immediately following Sukkot -- chosen as the day to end and begin the annual Torah reading cycle? Furthermore, why do we have two holidays for the Torah -- Shavuot and Simchat Torah? They are also celebrated so differently. On Shavuot, we stay up all night learning Torah. And on Simchat Torah, we dance. The need for these two holidays has been explained in a parable that has been handed down from generation to generation. Once a king issued a proclamation. Any one of his subjects was welcome to try for the hand of his daughter. On one condition: The potential suitor was not allowed to meet or see his daughter before the marriage. The proclamation caused quite a stir. Soon the local inns were buzzing with speculation and rumors. "I hear she is a real shrew," said one. "I heard she is a deaf-mute," said another. "I know for a fact that she is a total imbecile," intoned a third. Round and round the rumors flew. Finally, a simple wholehearted Jew spoke up. "I am willing to marry her. How bad can she be? After all, she is the king's daughter and we all know how great our king is." Word quickly spread and the suitor was led to the palace. As it turned out, he was the only one who volunteered. The king accepted the match and the wedding date was set. After the lavish wedding, the groom escorted his bride to their new home. She removed her heavy veil, and he was astounded at her beauty. Remembering the rumors of her reputed faults, the groom decided to thoroughly test her. He engaged her in conversation, tested her in character and refinement and found himself pleasantly surprised. In every way, she excelled beyond his greatest hopes and dreams. Overjoyed, he held a lavish party to celebrate his good fortune. To read the full article 📑 https://aish.com/48967086/

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A ceremony was held at the Kotel in which 75 Torah scrolls were dedicated in memory of the 75 soldiers killed in Operation Protective Edge. There were thousands of people at the dedication, including the families of the soldiers, President Rivlin, Rabbi David Lau, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, chief of staff Gadi Eisencott and Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen. Most of the Torah scrolls had been hidden in a basement in Romania during the Holocaust and with the help of a huge contribution from Jews all over the world, were then brought to Israel. After the dedication ceremony, the Torah scrolls were given to synagogues across the country, and one Torah remained at the Western Wall. During the ceremony, the distinguished guests and families of the soldiers wrote the last letters in the scrolls. Before he wrote one of the letters in the Torah scroll, President Rivlin said, “I am writing to honor the sanctity of the Torah scroll. The Jewish people chose the Torah to commemorate the death of our loved ones. These scrolls constitute our true identity. The Torah of the Jewish people has marched alongside us in high and low times, good and bad. The Torah accompanied us in our wanderings in exile and in our redemption. From it we draw strength and faith. Our sons who were killed on the altar of the homeland remain as eternal letters. These scrolls are our identity; they are a symbol of continuing life.” Policeman carried the Torah scrolls, one after the other, in a seemingly endless line in the Kotel plaza. Dedicating these Torahs to the fallen soldiers did more than honor their memories; it gave each of them an infinite connection to life. Judaism teaches us that every Jewish soul is a letter in the Torah. Just as one missing letter in the Torah renders it incomplete, so too each and every one of us has a unique contribution that only we can give. When someone dies, we mourn not only his physical presence but the tremendous loss of all of his gifts that the world needs. A sefer Torah embodies the beauty of each of their individual souls joining with the souls of the Jewish nation to create eternal meaning, letter by letter. Because every letter counts. Every single one of us has a letter to write, a meaning to create and share with the unique gifts that we are each given. Read the full article: https://aish.com/75-torah-scrolls-dedicated-to-fallen-soldiers/

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Simchat Torah celebrates completing the annual Torah reading cycle and immediately beginning again. Since October 7, 2023, the day also carries the memory of those whose lives were stolen in the attacks. This Simchat Torah, celebrate Jewish life while remembering those who are no longer here to celebrate.

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Three tools for attaining more happiness. Judaism places a big emphasis on happiness. In fact, the holiday of Sukkot is centered around the concept of happiness. No wonder it is called “the time of our joy,” a time where we are supposed to be filled with happiness and thanksgiving. Here are the three S’s of Sukkot for lasting happiness: https://aish.com/happiness-the-three-ss-of-sukkot/

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Following on the heels of the High Holidays is Sukkot, a seven-day festival (8 days in the Diaspora) characterized by the outdoor Sukkah-huts that we sit in, and the "Four Species" of plants waved together each day. Sukkot is a holiday of immense joy, where we express our complete trust in God, and celebrate our confidence in having received a "good judgment" for the coming year. The Four Species On Sukkot, we are commanded to wave the Four Species, each noted for its special beauty: Esrog The citron, a fragrant fruit with a thick, white rind. It is often picked from the tree while green, and then ripens to a bright yellow. Lulav The palm branch, which is defined in beauty by having a straight shape and leaves tightly bound. Hadas The myrtle branch, which has a beautiful plated pattern of three leaves coming out from the same point in the branch. Arava The willow branch, which should have oblong leaves with a smooth edge. Learn how to shake them here: https://aish.com/what-is-sukkot-customs-blessings-lulav-etrog/

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Gavriel Glenney, née Clayton, grew up in Bradenton, Florida in a devout Christian home. His parents were Evangelical Christians, always in search of truth and sharing their faith with others. Gavriel participated in missionary youth groups and was taught that, as a servant of God, his job was to teach his religion to others, especially Jews. “I would find a Jew at the local supermarket. I’d be very friendly and strike up a conversation. We were trained to bring up certain passages in Isaiah, and we had a number of canned responses to refute any type of argument.” Gavriel would engage in conversations, citing Isaiah 7 (that purportedly discusses a virgin birth) and Isaiah 53 (that supposedly discusses Jesus as the Messiah). Because the average Jew usually doesn’t have a basic knowledge of the Prophets, they weren’t able to reply to his text-based arguments. Gavriel was even taught it was okay to pretend to be Jewish in order to fool Jews into converting. While still a devoted Christian teen, Gavriel began noticing the hypocrisy of church leadership and it bothered him deeply. For example, one church leader was having an extramarital affair with a married woman in the community. The members of the church became aware of his behavior. This leader conveniently claimed that God spoke to him directly and told him he was supposed to be with this woman. Later, he “repented” and believed that his repentance washed away all the consequences of his actions. Gavriel was flabbergasted by this behavior and thought, Two families were destroyed in the process, but his repentance made it all okay? How can that possibly be? The leader kept his position in the church, with no consequences. Gavriel was shaken by these events and the community’s reaction—or lack thereof. At the same time, Gavriel started noticing inconsistencies in some of the textual sources of Christianity. “For example, Numbers 23:19 writes that God is not a man and won’t change His mind. The Torah itself writes that God is not going to take human form. This continues throughout the rest of Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. But then, Christianity comes along and decides that suddenly, God did take human form? “We have a saying in the South, ‘That dog don’t hunt.’ It made no sense, and it was getting to me.” Gavriel eventually left the church and joined the Army. “We went to Thailand and Japan, and trained by practicing war games with other armies.” During the war, Gavriel would repel out of helicopters in order to get to ground to fight. He lived through immense trauma during that time. “As the saying goes, there’s no atheist in a foxhole, so when bullets start flying, you believe in a God.” This is the story of how Gavriel found his path to Judaism: https://aish.com/the-missionary-who-converted-to-judaism/

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Aish is proud to celebrate Aish Pillars Seth and Sharon Damski and their incredible commitment to Aish Ignite and the Jewish Future. Thank you, Jamie Geller for sharing their story in this Aish Pillar Spotlight.

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Another impactful week at Aish, from Torah learning and global media to powerful Jewish storytelling and experiences around the world. Catch up on this week’s highlights with Jamie Geller’s Aish Weekly Update. Wishing everyone an easy and meaningful fast. Gmar Chatima Tova.

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In this Aish Pillar Spotlight, Jamie Geller and Aish celebrate our partners and friends, Daniel and Diana Sragowicz, and their incredible partnership in bringing meaningful Jewish stories to the world.

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Here's your special Rosh Hashana Edition of your Aish Weekly Update from our Global Spokesperson Jamie Geller . Wishing you and your family a Shana Tova U'Metuka! Shabbat Shalom!

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