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A Miracle Of Grace
I emailed my Christian mother Sunday: "I finished my Orthodox conversion today [with the Los Angeles Beit Din]…more than 16yrs after finishing my conversion with a Reform rabbi…" She responded: "It’s a miracle of grace." Joe emails: "Welcome to the … Continue reading
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After His Death, He Was Promoted To The Rank Of Jew
From Haaretz: Yesmao Yela’o was preparing to visit his mother in Ethiopia, whom he had not seen in five years, but the Second Lebanon War started and he was called up. "He told me that if he comes back from … Continue reading
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Tagged absorption center, ayelet hashahar, chief rabbinate, childhood friend, christian mother, combat training, ethiopian immigrants, golani brigade, haaretz, hezbollah fighters, jewish agency, kibbutz, lebanon war, postal authority, pre dawn, rabbi menachem, squad commander, western sector, yaron, yela
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