Editor s Note: This article is the translated Shabbat drasha delivered by Efrat s Rabbi Rafi Kadosh a few days after the terror attack which took the lives of Maia, Rina and Lucy Dee.
Lucy, Maia, and Rina Dee a mother and her two daughters, from the yishuv of Efrat were murdered in a terrorist attack at the Chamra junction in the Northern Jordan River Valley last week. Rabbi Rafi Kadosh leads Congregation Bracha V'Shalom in Efrat, which borders on the Dee family's community. Below is the
With Israel’s 75th anniversary coming up next month, planning is underway for The Yom Ha’atzmaut Experience a very special community-wide Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration that is planned for Tuesday evening, April 25, at Teaneck’s Votee Park. “The goal is to make Yom Ha’atzmaut into a special day for our community, to celebrate Israel b’rov am, with many people together, and to really make a statement for those outside and inside our community that we are proudly Zionist and that Israel is a critical part of our lives,” explained Rinat Yisrael’s Rabbi Chaim Strauchler, who is also chairing the planning committee for what is expected to be an extraordinary event.