12:15pm From a Solider at the Front. Original in Hebrew....translated into English UNITY AND STRENGTH AS NEVER SEEN BEFORE A soldier on the border writes: Whats happening here in the staging area [area where soldiers prepare to enter Gaza] is beyond comprehension, not rationally, not emotionally and begs the imagination. Almost every hour a car shows up overflowing with food, snacks, cold drinks, socks, underwear, undershirts, hygiene supplies, wipes, cigarettes, backgammon and more. Theyre coming from the North and the Center, from manufacturers, from companies and private businesses, from prisons,private people and Settlers, from Tel Aviv and even Saviyon. Every intersection on they way down here we get stopped, not by the police, but be residents giving out food. What is amazing is that the entire situation wasnt organized and everyone is coming on their own without coordination between the folks coming. Theyre writing letters and blessings, how theyre thinking of us all the time. There are those who spent hours making sandwiches, so theyre as perfect and comforting as possible. The are coming to ask the names of the soldiers with their mothers names so that the whole yeshiva can pray for them. It should be mentioned that all of this is done under the threat of the terrorist tunnels and rockets in the area. Soroka Hospital (in Beer Sheva) today looks like a 5 star hotel. A wounded friend who was recently discharged told us how the MasterChef truck is parked outside and is preparing food for the wounded. It goes without saying the amount of prayer services that are going on. On the religious front as well, there are lectures and Torah classes, all the food is obviously Kosher. Shachrit, Mincha, and Maariv with Sifrei Torah. Theyre giving out tzitzit and Tehilim by the hundreds. Its become the new fashion! The Rabbi of Maglan [Special Forces unit] told me that almost the entire unit has started wearing them, because the Army Rabbinate has been giving out tzitzit that wick away sweat. Theyre gaining both a Mitzva and a high quality undershirt. Weve started calling them Shachpatzitztit (a portmanteau of the Hebrew term for body armor and tzitzit). Were having deep conversations late into the night without arguments, without fights and we find ourselves agreeing on most stuff. Were making lots of jokes at Hamass expensive and without politics. Theres lots more to add but my battery is running low and the staff has been requesting someone give a class on Likutei MoharaN (Breslov). How happy is the nation that is like this.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:32:47 +0000
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