Day by Day Photo Gallery

Solidarity Mission to Israel
January 19-27, 2002
7-14 Shevat, 5762

Day 2 - Tuesday, January 22
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Mission participants offer their prayers at the tomb of our Matriarch Rachel at Kever Rachel in Beit Lechem

Harvey Milstein, of Tekoa, thanks the group for showing brotherhood and solidarity by traveling to and visiting their community in the Gush Etzion Region

   
Racheli Hirschfeld and her father meet Racheli's email penpal, Yonit Simkovitz, and her mother face to face for the first time in Tekoa

Rabbi Seth Mandel, father of Kobi Mandel, who was murdered by Arab terrorists in the Haritoun cave recounts his son's life and murder

 Rabbi Seth and Sherry Mandel express their appreciation to the group for their chizuk.  In turn, the delegation was appreciative to them as well, as a true bond of areivut was fostered in this meaningful meeting

Shaul Goldstein, Mayor of the Gush Etzion Regional Council addresses the 180 participants of the Solidarity Mission at Kibbutz Migdal Oz and updates them on life and current challenges in the Gush Etzion Region.

Viewing ancient Torah scroll saved from historical fires dating back to the Spanish Inquisition in the Aron Hakodesh of the Avraham Avinu Synagogue in Chevron

Delegates meet with Yitzchak Pass whose toddler, Shalhevet, was murdered by a sniper in Chevron

   
Harav Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shevut, receives Orthodox Union Solidarity Mission at the Yeshiva

Photos from Day 1 | Solidarity Mission

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