IDF Soldiers in Prayer with Torah & Tefillin
Getty Images from the front lines of Israel's Lebanon War - 2006.
 

Back to back, IDF soldiers say the Shema prayer in Tallit and Tephillin.
A Minyan and Torah Reading in a War Zone.
Chabad Yeshiva students bring a Torah scroll to an IDF unit.
Torah Reading Foreground. Army Tank Background.
May Tallit and Tefillin be one more merit to protect them.
Jacob, our forefather, prepared to encounter his brother Esau, with a gift, with prayer and by preparing for war.
A note from Rabbi Mendel:

I found it remarkable that disproportionate number of the photos of Israeli soldiers "massing on Israel's northern border" I've seen on news websites are of the soldiers wearing Tefillin.

This is no coincidence! In the days leading up to the 1967 Six Day War when all of Jewry feared the Arab nations would carry out tehir threat of pushing Israel into the Sea, the Rebbe said we would see great miracles, and encouraged the Tefillin campaign. For the Talmud interprets a verse regarding all the nations seeing G-d's name upon the Jews and G-d placing fear among the nations, as referring to Tefillin! And these news-sites are fulfilling that very mission!

Let us put on Tefillin, with the intent to provide additional merit and protection to the IDF soldiers protecting Israel's safety who are in harm's way.
See our Israel-Connection page for opportunities and links to express solidarity with Israel.
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