Tsahal rav speaks at HAFTR MS

During aseret yemei teshuva, on Tzom Gedalya, the students at HAFTR Middle School heard from Rabbi Eli Skaist, a lieutenant and chaplain in Tzahal-IDF and rebbe at the Ashreinu Yeshiva in Israel.

Rabbi Skaist spoke about the meaning of teshuva and suggested that it is a response to Hashem’s calling out to us. He challenged the students to think about what kind of year they want to have and told stories about chayalim who answered their call in very heroic ways.

He made specific reference to two of his dear friends, Ezra Schwartz a”h and Rabbi Nechemia Lavi a”h, who were killed in Israel last year. The students were inspired to hear directly from a chayal who is defending Medinat Yisrael on many fronts.