12 Tevet  January 8, 2009


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60 Years Commemorating the Birth of the State of Israel and the Fall of Gush Etzion


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Pray For Our Soldiers

 

Please pray for our wounded soldiers


Moshe ben Eidi – head injury

Dvir ben Laya - seriously injure

Elishama Shalom ben Rivka Leah
Ron ben Yisrael Litshy – serious

Noam ben Aliza - one leg amputated; doctors fighting to save the other;
Li'el Hoshea ben Miriam - serious head injury;
Neriya ben Rivka - serious head injury;
Noam ben Aliza - one leg amputated
; doctors fighting to save the other;
Li'el Hoshea ben Miriam - serious head injury;
Neriya ben Rivka - serious head injury;
Yitzchak ben Navah - moderate shoulder injury;
Netanel ben Navah - moderate shrapnel wounds to a lower
extremity;
Maxim ben Olga - light lower extremity injury;
Yisrael ben Ilana - light shrapnel injury to an ear;
Yo'ad Ido ben Frieda Elka- light shrapnel injuries;
Idan ben Liora -
light shrapnel injuries;
Nadav ben Miriam - light shrapnel injuries;
Oleg Dizengoff
Avi Cohen
Roni Rapaport
Rafi Cohen
? Levy


Yaakov Wolf, who grew up in London and moved to Kibbutz Gadot in the north in 2007, was hit by shrapnel in his neck that miraculously missed his jugular vein. He was immediately evacuated and the majority of the shrapnel was removed from his neck, while some shrapnel pieces remain because doctors have been unable to remove them.
Wolf, who was born in Israel but moved with hi s parents to Britain when he was an infant, will remain for one week in Jerusalem's Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem


 



 

 

 


Maccabi Coin


"I love you all…I have to close my phone now…I will call you when I can".

These are the words  of our brave soldiers to their
families before entering  Gaza  and shutting off their phones. 

As we  have heard in the news for some of them  these are their  last words. Please strengthen our boys on the front by reading  the following message.

       

   From the Desk of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu
Former Chief Rabbi of Israel and Rishon Lezion


This is an abridged form of a statement that Rabbi Eliyahu wrote in 2002 during the Intifada.
 

"To all the people of Israel I hereby give permission to ( the person asks to remain anonymous)  to reproduce the "Maccabi" silver coin for the  protection and safety of
all of our soldiers and residents under fire - in Judea, Samaria  and all over Israel, wherever it is necessary".

    


The "Maccabi" coin is known for its Segula and protective powers against metals and any other kinds of ammunition that may be life threatening. This is a ritual and tradition that has been handed down for centuries by
the Ari Hakadosh from Tzefat.

 It is customary to wear the coin close to the body, to cover it modestly and treat it as a holy object. This is a well-known  Kabbalist tradition.

Rabbi Meir Yehudah Getz, the Rabbi of the Kotel
gave out these "Maccabi'" coins to all the Israeli soldiers who defended the kotel and the holy temple site and asked that they wear it at all times.

During these emergency times when our soldiers are actively fighting in a war against terrorism to protect us all, we ask you to purchase these coins -100% pure silver and the size of a nickel. We will convey them to the soldiers on the front lines. The price of a coin is $18. I have had these coins for many years. I have purchased them for all my family members and all of  my soldiers. It is a good amulet for protection.

 
 
Our boys in action

View video of our troops please allow a few seconds for clip to begin.

 

Money from all purchases will go to reproduce the coins for as many soldiers as possible.
The sooner we purchase them the sooner we can get  them to our boys….

Purchase Now!

Please pass this on to others

Shani Simkovitz
Director
Gush Etzion Foundation






Keren Gush Etzion, Israel
Tel: 972-2-993-9917
Fax: 972-9934612/9932169

The Gush Etzion Foundation, USA
Tel: 1-800-705-1626
Fax: 860- 9061798
www.gush-etzion.org.il
gushezif@zahav.net.il

 



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