To be a Free People in Our Land
Bs”d15 Cheshvan, 5780Nov. 13, 2019 To be a Free People in Our LandRav Shachar ButzchakRav, Moshav Mivtachim At this moment, I am sitting in our Beit Midrash in the Yeshiva of Sderot, preparing a shiur. And a siren suddenly calls out the phrase that is too familiar “Red Alert!”, “RedAlert!”. After a few seconds the […]
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