Is there any significance that Israeli Independence Day is on 5-Iyar? YES, says the Vilna Gaon! This date is closely tied to Mashiach and the Final Redemption. Let's not pass up this golden opportunity to pray especially hard for both!
Hashem performed the miracle of Ad Halom on the outskirts of Ashdod with an army that wasn't an army and an air force that had only 4 Nazi (!) Messerschmidt planes.
Here is a three-part series of personal stories by those who lived in Israel during those days. Stories of emuna, bitachon, and wonderful achdut (brotherhood).
Gideon Lichtman taught under the assumed name of "Rimon" after Israeli President Ezer Weizman warned him that he could be a target for Arab assassination…
Ben wanted to be one of those guys, but he knew that he had little chance of being accepted to Golani. He was out of shape and almost 90 pounds overweight…
In honor of Independence Day in Israel, read Yehudit Channen's candid (and often humorous) description of life in Israel. What a nation!!
1st Sergeant Michael Levin ob"m was Hashem's messenger to arouse young American Jewry to the importance of being committed to our holy homeland; he paid the ultimate price...
Tel Facher was the site of an impregnable Syrian bunker that made the lives of Galilee residents miserable for almost two decades. The Golan Heights was conquered. Read the story of a soldier who fought - and fell - in that battle.
Some heroes remain unknown forever; no one knows what they did or how they really died. We do know one thing - in their virtue, we sleep peaceful nights...
For Israel Memorial Day: The story of an unsung hero and true Chassid in every sense of the word, who paid the ultimate price to save the life of a comrade in arms...
Rebbe Akiva’s 24,000 students died because of sin’at chinam, hatred for no reason. Rabbi Lazer Brody tells an opposite story of the brotherly love between 2 wounded soldiers...
At that time I did not have the "luxury" of breaking down. We were all mobilized for the next four days, 24 hours a day, to do everything in our power...
Here is the second of a three-part series of personal stories by those who lived in Israel during those days. Stories of emuna, bitachon, and wonderful achdut (brotherhood).
No one got much sleep at the outpost that night. They had not been expecting this kind of reception. Welcome to Shechem!
Here is the third of a three-part series of personal stories by those who lived in Israel during those days. Stories of emuna, bitachon, and wonderful achdut (brotherhood).