Belated News Year’s Wishes
Bookworm on Sep 08 2010 at 8:25 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized
L’shana tova! I hope this marks the start of a wonderful year, not just for Jews, but for everyone.
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Gamar Hatimah Tova – May you be written into the Book of Life.
80 years ago, at the end of Yom Kippur’s Neilah (closing) service at the Kotel, 26 year old Moshe Segal blew the shofar. He was promptly arrested and taken to jail, still fasting. He was only released when Rav Kook, the Chief Rabbi, interceded later that night.
What was his crime?
In the aftermath of the Arab riots throughout Palestine in 1929, the British convened a commission of inquiry to investigate the cause of the unrest. The Shaw Commission’s recommendations granted the Arabs absolute ownership of the Western Wall and adjacent property. Jews were forbidden to bring Torah scrolls to the Kotel, to pray loudly, or to blow the Shofar, so as not to offend the Arab population.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIfLbkx4ZIM&feature=player_embedded
L’shana tovah!
Am Israel Chai!
And Sadie, that is an awesome video. It might deserve promotion to the front page.
Indeed, Tonestaple and that’s why I sent it to Time magazine ;