Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Bet El Highlight: IDF Takes Command Over Tefillin Delivery

IDF pulls out all the stops to ensure man in
Corona hotel has tefillin to use after Sukkot
(A true story from the eve of the Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles] holiday)

The following question came into the Bet El Yeshiva "Ask the Rabbi" website a few hours before the Sukkot holiday:
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Subject: Need tefillin.

I am a Covid positive patient. I was evacuated straight from the hospital two days ago to a hotel in Jerusalem designated for quarantined Corona patients, and I haven't put on tefillin [phylacteries] since leaving the hospital.

I need your help to acquire tefillin so I can pray to recover from this illness. If you could somehow get me some tefillin, it would make me so happy. 

Hag same'ah,
D
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Mo'adim l'simha!

Here's a little something to bring you joy during Sukkot:

"And the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election is...Nefesh B'Nefesh