As Shabbat began last week, these soldiers had already set sail to stop Iran's weapons shipment from reaching Gaza terrorists. In the middle of the sea, they all sang "Shalom Aleichem" -- a Shabbat song meaning "peace be upon you." Days later, their successful mission brought peace upon the entire nation of Israel. They are our heroes. Shabbat Shalom.
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It is beautiful. But I'd still rather it wasn't on video. Watching it might be a shayla of maaseh shabbos, consult your LOR
ReplyDeleteIt should be stressed that the Navy is a lot more secular than the rest of the IDF, although it's been getting more religious lately. Note also all the high-ranking officers in the picture.
ReplyDeleteThe confusion at the end is because Sephardim have a fifth stanza, but it's between 3 and 4. So they got to the last, and the Ashkenazim are all, "Huh? We said that one already." You can hear it when they sing the fourth.
Anon: Let's be dan l'kaf zechut and assume this is the early shift. :-)