Succot is one of the three festivals when the Jewish people made the pilgrimage to Yerushalayim. According to Rambam, an essential purpose of these holidays was to strengthen the ties between Jews.
Rabbi Shlomo Rayman, NCSY Israel director of education, reflects on his experience as a reserve solider during the war. He shares challenges on the battlefield, parenting, trauma and hope.
With the recent IDF invasion of Lebanon and the ongoing war in Gaza, please have the IDF in your tefillot. Download prayer cards in English or Hebrew to pray for the soldiers of the IDF.
Now more than ever, we must have elected officials who represent our needs and concerns. To do that, all Jewish voters in this country must make their voices heard.
Join Rabbi Yisrael Motzen as he interviews some of those who participated in the OU’s B’Yachad Lanetzach project, which pairs shuls and schools with fallen soldiers to commemorate.