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Libib'mizrach LIBI B'MIZRACH YOM YERUSHALAYIM & SHAVUOT MAY, 2021 Produced by the Israel Action Committee of Ner Tamid Greenspring Valley Congregation Baltimore, Maryland Sponsored by Rabbi Yisrael and Hindy Motzen in Honor of the Dedicated Volunteers of Ner Tamid and by Jay and Dina Bernstein in Loving Memory of Henry & Irene Bernstein Z"L Contents From the Editor 3 Shavuot & Yom Yerushalayim R abbi Jonathan Sacks writes that the essential message of the holiday of Shavuot is "the love 5 June 7, 1967 that is loyalty, and the loyalty that is love." This concept is epitomized by Megillat Ruth, a book 6 At the Lions' Gate permeated by love and kindness. Ruth is loyal to Naomi, Boaz is loyal to Ruth, and theirs acts of 7 Yerushalayim, Torah & Gratitude loyalty and kindness are rewarded in the birth of the grandfather of Dovid HaMelech. 8 Yom Cheftzi-Vah On Shavuot, the loyalty exhibited by the Jewish 9 Yerushalayim & Jewish Unity people in following Hashem into the wilderness was rewarded when Hashem and Am Yisrael were 10 Yom Yerushalayim & the Census e t e r nally betrothed to each other on Har Sinai. 12 Ruth & the Power of Avodah For 2,000 years, the Jewish people remained loyal to Yerushalayim, It was the focus of our 13 Shavuot & the Land of Israel prayers, the subject of our mourning, and the inspiration for our dreams. On June 7, 1967, this 14 Torah, Society & Land loyalty was rewarded when, as a result of the kindness of Hashem and the heroism of the IDF, 15 Torah & Jewish Sovereignty Yerushalayim was restored to Jewish sovereignty. 16 Mount Sinai & Mount Moriah This issue of Libi B'Mizrach celebrates and 17 Shavuot & the Begin Doctrine explores the gift of Yerushalayim, and the connections between Shavuot, the Land of 18 Meaning of "Jerusalem of Gold" Israel, and the modern State of Israel. We hope the articles collected enhance your celebrations 19 Yerushalayim Shel Zahav of both Yom Yerushalayim and Chag Shavuot. 20 The Paratroopers are Crying Jay Bernstein, [email protected] Libi B'Mizrach, page 2 Shavuot & Yom Yerushalayim Rabbi Yisrael Motzen, Ner Tamid Congregation Dear Friends: It was wonderful to hear such warm feedback on our inaugural issue of Libi B'Mizrach. As a community that strongly identifies with the State of Israel and its central role in our religious life, it is especially important to all of us to give intellectual expression of our connection through this publication. A special thank you to Jay Bernstein who worked tirelessly to put this Yom Yerushalayim-Shavuot edition out in time. Aside from falling out on the calendar in close succession, there does not at first glance seem to be much in common between Shavuot and Yom Yerushalayim. In truth, they are in many ways mirror images of one another. Pesach celebrates the exodus from Egypt, but the Jewish People’s freedom was incomplete until they received the Torah on Shavuot. It was only through the receiving of the Torah that the Jewish People had a sense of purpose and meaning. The days of the Sefira that connect Pesach and Shavuot highlight their intrinsic connection. Similarly, in 1948, the Jewish People received an incredible gift - the land of Israel. Finally, after more than 2,000 years the Jewish People were home. What a joy! Nonetheless, our joy was dimmed. “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may I forget my right hand.” Israel is our home, but it also the source of all holiness. Without Yerushalayim, and even worse, with Yerushalayim sealed away behind barbed wires and fences, how could our joy be complete? It was only in 1967 that G-d performed overt miracles, allowing the State of Israel to defeat its enemies in six short days, and giving us back our beloved capital, Yerushalayim. While we still await the complete redemption, the Six Day War gave us a renewed sense of belonging in our land. One difference remains. We waited a mere 49 days to receive the Torah, while we waited over 2000 years to proclaim, “Har Habayit b’yadeinu!/ The Temple Mount is in our hands!” May we merit to wait no longer and see the rebuilding of the Beit HaMikdash/ the Temple, and through it may we give full expression to our precious Torah. Wishing you a Chag Sameach. Libi B'Mizrach, page 3 Yom Yerushalayim 28 Iyar 5727 “Who will not rejoice at heart to hear the glad tidings? For now the gates of Zion, ancient Jerusalem, and the Western Wall are open for the prayers of their children -- their builders and liberators in Israel, and all Jews throughout the Diaspora, who will come to offer up thanks to the Creator of the universe. The Divine Presence, which has never departed from the Western Wall, is now moving before the armies of Israel in a pillar of fire to light our way to victory, and is enveloping us in clouds of glory. Happy are we who have been privileged to witness this exalted hour, supreme in the annals of our people." - Chief Rabbi of the IDF, Brigadier General Shlomo Goren, June 7, 1967 Libi B'Mizrach, page 4 June 7, 1967 Excerpted from "Jerusalem the Eternal" by Eli Landau While a group of officers directed the battle from the Temple Mount near the entrance to the Mosque of Omar, a unit of paratroopers make its way to the Wailing Wall. Ahead of them ran an Arab dressed in white, perhaps chosen by history to be their guide. At first he did not grasp what the group rushing exultantly towards him was looking for. When he understood, he smiled and proceeded with slow, weighty steps towards the narrow street leading to the wall. In the wall to the right was a small doorway. A paratrooper broke it open and suddenly let out a wild yell: “The Wailing Wall! I can see the Wall!” A huge wall, with weeds growing between its gray stones, stood before them. Soldiers pushed their way through the wicket to the wall and caressed its stones, and stroking its heavy hewn stone. For two successive days the paratroopers had been fighting a cruel and relentless war, in the city streets, on Ammunition Hill, over fences, at the entrance to the police station -- where they had lost their best friends, without shedding a tear. Here, at the Wailing Wall of the Jewish people, they found an outlet for their emotions. Some pressed their lips against the cool wall. Others fell on their knees and embraced the heavy stone, weeping for their friends who had remained in the blood-stained streets and had not been granted the privilege of living to this great moment -- and taking part in this glorious elation experienced by the Jewish people. A group of soldiers rushed to raise the blue-and-white flag above the wall. The wind unfurled the flag, which 19 years ago had sneaked ignominiously out of the Old City, and had now returned proudly, packed in an Israeli officer’s battle-pack. The blast of a shofar pierced the air. The Chief Chaplain of the IDF, Brig. Gen. Shlomo Goren, had arrived at the wall with senior officers who had hurried to the beleaguered city to join in this historic moment. Many prayers were offered up by Rabbi Goren, but the prayer which made the deepest impression on the paratroopers was Yizkor, which he recited in a whisper, in memory of those who had been left behind on the way to the Temple Mount, in the battle-scarred police station, in the blazing turrets, alongside the shattered doorways, beyond the No Entry signs crushed by tanks. All day paratroopers kept coming back to the Wall, as though they wished to tell it about their experiences in battle. At night, when they crowded near the massive stones, a medical officer, Captain Uri, was called to one of the houses in town. A Moslem woman was about to give birth. The doctor was led through the narrow streets to a small alcove lit by a street lamp. The woman was contorted in pain. He delivered her -- a sub- machine gun slung over his shoulder, a steel helmet on his head. When he returned to the Wall, a soldier offered him some coffee in a tin can. While sipping the hot liquid, the paratroopers talked to each other, saying that “perhaps this birth signaled a new, better day.” Their eyes were riveted on the clouds of smoke rising from the scorched houses, on the piles of rubble lying at their feet, on the destruction. They listened to the wailing of infants from nearby windows. Before dawn they again recalled their comrades who had fallen. Now and then a sniper’s bullet whistled above the houses. A gentle breeze wafted through the cracks in the Temple Wall. “Now all that’s left is to rebuild it all,” murmured one paratrooper to his comrades, as they gazed at the new dawn rising over the City of David. Libi B'Mizrach, page 5 At the Lions' Gate Excerpted from "Like Dreamers" by Yossi Klein Halevi Yoel Bin-Nun approached the Lions' Gate. Spread before him was the landscape of messianic dream. Terraced into the Mount of Olives were thousands of flat tombstones, of Jews who had chosen to be buried directly across from the Temple Mount, to be resurrected when the Messiah came. In the Valley of Kidron rose the conical stone monument called the Pillar of Absalom, after the rebellious son of King David, founder of the messianic line. Nearby, embedded in the Old City wall, was the Gate of Mercy, through which, according to tradition, the Messiah would enter, and which had been sealed up by Muslims to thwart the redeemer of Israel.
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