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This week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, deals with G-d giving specific instsructions on how the High Priest’s clothing is to be made. Given the nature and criticality of this work, God wanted the clothing to be made by: “…the wise-hearted people whom I have invested with… wisdom.” (Exodus 28:3) Wisdom is a gift from Hashem and a privilege. To those of […]
Read moreHere are some additional military Chanukah stories from around the globe: A Hanukkah Hope: Chabad Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest helps Jews on the USS Ford light a 9-foot menorah on the deck of the ship. The USS Ford, a guided-missile frigate, may be a high-tech “total warfare system,” but for the past few days, it has been host to […]
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Editors Note: The following is an excerpt from Rabbi (Cdr) Mitchell Schranz’s account of Chanukah celebrations he participated in all across Iraq. There is only one word to describe this year’s Chanukah in Iraq: INCREDIBLE! Services & Menorah lightings took place at many bases and FOBs. Rabbi Mordechai Schwab and I traveled throughout Iraq where we were able to spend […]
Read moreSome of you might have seen this in an email or on a message board, but I really wanted to share this story with all of our readers (even though it’s a little dated). So with his permission, I gladly give you Captain Howard J. Perl’s account of his very moving trip to Baghdad for Rosh Hashanah services. You can […]
Read moreEvery year I look at the up coming Holidays, wondering how I’m going to approach asking for the holidays off. I took leave for Rosh Hashanah both days this year because I didn’t feel like I knew my supervisor well enough to ask for those days off without leave (I just PCS’d in to the squadron). A week before Yom […]
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This past January, Ch. (Col.) Bonnie Koppell received an invitation she could not turn down. She was asked to travel to Iraq to conduct Passover seders for Jewish service members. After two weeks of refresher training in Soldiering/Surviving 101 in Fort Bliss, Texas, Rabbi Koppell left the U.S. just in time for the first Seder. With the help of many […]
Read moreThe Jerusalem Post recently reported on the efforts of the Jewish Chaplains Council and the Aleph Institute to help deployed troops celebrate Shavuot. The Jewish Chaplains Council teamed up with the Jewish Publication Society to send 2,750 copies of the Book of Psalms and the Torah to Jewish soldiers. The Aleph Institute sent out more than 1,000 “shelf-stable” portions of […]
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