I received a phone call on Sunday from “A,” one of the Iron Dome commanders who was a student of mine six years ago. I was glad he called. “Where can I study Torah in Ramat Gan?” he asked. I was baffled because I knew him to be far from Torah and mitzvot. Im going to be released in a couple of months, he continued, and I want to study in a Yeshiva: I saw the Almighty with my own eyes!” “What happened?” I asked. “A Missile was fired from Gaza. The Iron Dome can detect where the missile is going to fall within a 200 meter radius. This particular Missile was heading to the Azrieli Towers, and hundreds could have paid with their lives! We sent the first “dome” and it missed. Then the second, and then the third domes missed as well. This is a very rare occurrence. To date, only two other such cases have occurred. I was in shock! We had four seconds until there was no way back and the missile would definitely hit. We had already informed and dispatched emergency services, the police and the fire department, to the location. Suddenly, without any preliminary design from the Iron Dome system (which calculates the possible wind currents, etc.), a strong eastern wind blew–a wind that we have no idea where it came from–and cast the missile right into the sea. We were all in shock!!! I stood up and started screaming, ‘There is a G-d! There is a G-d! There is a G-d!!! I saw this miracle with my own eyes. No one told me about it, it was not reported to me. I saw the Hand of Hashem fling the missile into the sea! Of course this was not reported for security reasons, but it’s enough to witness the miracles with our own eyes to know there is Hashem (G-d). I ran to one of the religious soldiers and asked him to help me put on Tefillin. I took it upon myself to keep Shabbat, and that was the very best Shabbat I have ever experienced.” This is what he told me. I was so excited, and his story brought a tear to my eye. Praiseworthy are you, I said to him, “that you merited to witness this incident and to understand that it’s from Hashem! (True Story taken from Rabbi Geisinski, Chabbad of Great Neck) Lets all try to keep this Shabbat a little better than usual, in the merit of this miracle and the future miracles well see. עם ישראל חי! Shabbat Shalom
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:29:01 +0000