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\u201cWelcome. Hashem is With You\u201d reads a spray-painted wooden sign posted at the entrance to the army base at Gaza\u2019s southernmost tip. This is the Israeli army\u2019s main infantry training grounds and for the past several weeks it has been the site of major activity as Israel\u2019s soldiers entered Gaza to root out Hamas operatives firing rockets into southern Israel.<\/p>\n

I am inside car #3 of a six-vehicle convoy carrying top military rabbinical brass from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and organization leaders from the Orthodox Union including Israel Director General Rabbi Avi Berman who I catch a lift with that day. \u201cHashem certainly is with us. Yes indeed,\u201d Rabbi Berman nods and smiles.<\/p>\n

It is week three of Operation Cast Lead and a ceasefire is in the works. The six-car-convoy mission is en route to delivering tefillin to soldiers who have specifically requested them. The tefillin – 200 pair – are\u00a0a\u00a0gift from the OU\u00a0and sponsored by Beth Jacob Synagogue in Beverly Hills and its leader Rabbi Steven Weil, the Orthodox Union\u2019s incoming Executive Vice President.<\/p>\n

In Israel, the tefillin delivery is commandeered by OU Mashiv Ha\u2019Ruach Project Director Rabbi Rafael Even Danan. Mashiv Ha\u2019Ruach is a program aimed at helping soldiers return to their roots and get connected and anchored to Eretz Yisrael.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to have very clear values in the army of why we, as Jews, live in this country,\u201d Rabbi Even Danan explains. \u201cThat is our backbone. Through things such as tefillin we are trying to strengthen Israel\u2019s soul and spirit to build up the soldiers in the field and elevate their Jewish spark and give them Jewish values and an attachment to this country. The minute you\u2019re attached to a country you are automatically a better fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because a good number of soldiers grow up in central Israel and do not venture to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria or other parts of the country, they are disconnected from greater Israel. Mashiv Ha\u2019Ruach exposes them to various geographical regions and Jewish traditions by bringing them to meet students\/soldiers in hesder yeshivot and visit cities in Judea and Samaria and introducing them to the people living there. In this way the soldiers gain a greater understanding of fundamentally important \u2013 and strategic \u2013 locations, while connecting to the people they are defending.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Berman explains: \u201cThis is the only place we have in the world and we have to fight for it. It was given to us by God over 4000 years ago. But if a soldier doesn\u2019t know where Sderot is, he\u2019ll say to himself: \u2018Why should I go there to protect those people? \u2018We\u2019re here to show them that we\u2019re all one nation. We protect each other. It doesn\u2019t matter if I go to shul on Shabbat and another guy goes to the beach as long as we understand that we both come from the same nation and this is our God-given land, then we can go out and defend our nation together.\u201d<\/p>\n

As we slowly wind our way through the sprawling base \u2013 a mini-city in its own rite – activity abounds. Fatigue clad soldiers practice at artillery ranges, mill about in a makeshift outdoor mess hall, stand in the parking lot, return from Gaza missions or rest outside barracks.<\/p>\n

We park the cars and set out on foot led by Rabbi Even-Danan who is carrying bagfuls of tefillin encased in waterproof packs. The half dozen rabbis accompanying Rabbi Even-Danan greet officers and soldiers along the way.<\/p>\n

We arrive at our destination: the Golani infantry unit synagogue in the midst of the army camp. Mincha is getting underway and the rabbis are welcomed warmly as they enter the synagogue and stand alongside the soldiers for the service. For the most part, the minyan is made up of young boys in their early to late twenties. The sounds of artillery fire and two-way radio communications break through the hum of prayer.<\/p>\n

When the service concludes, the rabbis head outdoors into the chill of the late January afternoon carrying the bags of tefillin with them. Within ten minutes word has gotten out: There is tefillin on base and the rabbis are helping wrap and recite brachot (blessings). A crowd gathers and for the next two hours the rabbis are surrounded by a steady stream of soldiers patiently waiting to receive the tefillin they ordered in advance.<\/p>\n

As the soldiers get their tefillin, there is joy and hugging, there are brachot (blessings) and kind words and most of all, there is emunah, faith, in abundance. Stories of military missions and miracles begin to surface.<\/p>\n

Ezer, a tall 28-year-old with a long ponytail hanging down his back, is from a Northern Israel development town. Visibly weary, he has been in Gaza since day 1 of Operation Cast Lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no dilemma for me about being here in Gaza; the tefillin helps me with my deep inner strength and deep inner beliefs. It helps me to be. To live. To be true to myself. To be strong. Do I think of mortality when I\u2019m on a mission in Gaza? Always. When you\u2019re in danger you have thoughts. \u2018Is this my time? Isn\u2019t it?\u2019 The belief, the practice\u2026it helps pull the strength to the surface during those times.\u201d<\/p>\n

The boys flock to Rabbis Berman, Even-Danan and Stavsky who radiate warmth as they utter quiet words of encouragement. Ezer applies tefillin with the aid of Rabbi Stavsky, the Director of the Baal Shem Tov outreach home and a steady OU volunteer, who offers a bracha and hug to each soldier he helps.<\/p>\n

Former Memphis, Tennessee NCSY\u2019er Yair Ben Yishai, a bubbly 22-year-old sporting matching black fleece cap and jacket over his fatigues, says he already has a pair of tefillin. He has approached Rabbi Berman on behalf of his commander, rumor reached him about the OU\u2019s visit and he \u201cwants a pair but is too shy to come here with the crowd\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ben-Yishai, also in Gaza since the start of the Operation, says this has been a war that has solidified emunah.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole war you could really feel Hashem. My mom was telling me: \u2018There\u2019s no atheist in a foxhole.\u2019 Here you see people who never believed who started coming to shul. People in my unit who never thought anything about emunah are wearing tzeezeet. Every time we go into a battle we blow the shofar and pray. You really feel that this is a Jewish army; we\u2019re doing what we need to do for Eretz Yisrael and that\u2019s where you feel really close to God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later that night as we exit the base, a satisfied Rabbi Berman sums up the mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re a pilot or a tank commander and you have to push that button, it\u2019s not easy to do; you don\u2019t get over it. But what gives you strength and gets you through it is belief in the Almighty and the land that He gave us. Whether your relationship with G-d is expressed three times a day or once a year in synagogue it\u2019s about that personal connection. We\u2019re trying to help these soldiers develop that relationship with the Almighty and build a sense of comfort around that.\u201d<\/p>\n

VOICES FROM THE FIELD<\/b>
\nWhen Orthodox Union Rabbis Avi Berman, Rafael Even-Danan and half a dozen other leading OU and military rabbis delivered tefillin to soldiers serving in Israel\u2019s Operation Cast Lead, the soldiers discussed the significance of the delivery for them and shared their stories about war and emunah. These are some of the stories. . .<\/i>
\nAssaf Azriel, Chief Rabbi, Kfir Infantry Battalion: <\/b>
\n\u201cA few weeks ago, Itai, the commander of the Kfir Battalion, was getting his men ready to go into Gaza. He called me over specially to say the traditional blessing before going into battle.All of a sudden, Itai starts screaming the Shemah at the top of his lungs. And all of his soldiers \u2013 very few were religious \u2013 start screaming it after him. And he continues with the next verse and says it seven times. And it\u2019s all screaming. And the soldiers are screaming it after him. Then they put on their vests and helmets and go into Gaza.The next day I got a report that an anti-tank missile hit the home they were operating from and that Itai was hit. I helicoptered to the hospital to be with him but it was too late.<\/p>\n

Since then, the soldiers from his unit have been approaching me \u2013 one after the other \u2013 for tefillin and tzeezeet. They want to do something in his memory and they feel very strongly that the shemah was his final atonement before going into battle.<\/p>\n

On Shabbat the Bet Knesset was full \u2013 soldiers were praying and singing and they stayed for shiureem. These are special times. These are strong soldiers. We\u2019re strong. \u201c<\/p>\n

Brian Elbert, 25 \u2013 originally from Philadelphia. Made aliya in 2006. Serving in Golani Infantry for a year. <\/b>
\nI\u2019ve been in Gaza since the operation started and I spoke with my mother for the first time today \u2013 my parents are in the U.S. It was very traumatic. My parents were literally freaking out for weeks.<\/p>\n

I was raised secular but since making aliya I\u2019ve moved more and more toward religion. I always felt I was lacking something spiritually and the more I\u2019ve learned the more I appreciate what I\u2019m learning.<\/p>\n

Getting tefillin today is a very big step for me. Because religion played very strongly during this war. When you\u2019re faced with fear, moral dilemmas and the reality of what\u2019s going on around you the religious component becomes more meaningful and authentic.<\/p>\n

For the past three weeks I prayed like I\u2019ve never prayed before. And I promised myself that if I got through this okay I\u2019d get off my behind and learn more and reach a point where I want to be spiritually.<\/p>\n

Every day I prayed to G-d to just let me see my parents again. Just let me see my parents again.<\/p>\n

So the tefillin symbolizes a reward. I made it. God answered my prayers to get through this okay and now I\u2019ve got to keep up my end of the bargain and my commitment to praying regularly.<\/p>\n

Yair Ben Yishai, 22. Golani Brigade. Born in Israel, lived in Memphis during high school years<\/b>
\nUsually when you\u2019re in the army, if you\u2019re serving somewhere random & you\u2019re not doing much of anything, G-d is nice as a concept but he\u2019s not really there. Suddenly in a time of war, you really feel an explosion of religion and let me tell you. .. It\u2019s an incredible feeling.<\/p>\n

Also: We heard an incredible story about a paratroop unit serving in Gaza going from house to house to search for Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the houses are booby-trapped but the soldiers never know so they\u2019re very careful.<\/p>\n

So this unit is searching and suddenly an old lady comes out of a house and says to them in Hebrew, Don\u2019t go to this house, this house and this house \u2013 they\u2019re all booby-trapped. <\/i><\/p>\n

So the soldiers ask: Who are you? You\u2019re in Gaza and you speak perfect Hebrew? Where did you come from? <\/i><\/p>\n

She answered: I\u2019m Rachel mother of Joseph and Benjamin and I\u2019m here to protect you<\/i>. And then she disappeared.<\/p>\n

When we heard the story, people who were not religious at all said: The mashiach has finally come. Finally. It\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

Alexi Shun, 20, Golani Infantry Brigade. In Gaza since the start of the Operation.<\/b>
\nI\u2019m from Ashkelon but I was born in St. Petersburg, moved to Israel as a child and at 13 moved to Washington, D.C. for a few years. When I turned 18 I came to Israel and went into army.<\/p>\n

I did a bar mitzvah but grew up completely secular. I started saying prayers and doing a few things like that when I went into the army because a few of the guys in my unit would put on tefillin each morning and pray. I decided I wanted to too. It calls you to do it. It\u2019s the Jewish connection.<\/p>\n

I came out here today to get tefillin because I don\u2019t have any and I want my own. I don\u2019t want to take them from my friends anymore.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad I found this \u2013 religion and tefillin and the customs. Because when you pray it gives you strength and reminds you inside and out that you\u2019re Jewish. It renews your pact with that connection and reminds you that you have to protect this country. It\u2019s part of the obligation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Stephanie Carmon is a freelance journalist living in Tel Aviv. Her personal blog is Stefanella\u2019s Weblog. http:\/\/stefanella.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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