Meeting the good Rabbi

This true encounter demonstrates the love of Jews for one another, to the point of personal and national sacrifice.

She sat across from the rabbi in his modest, yet serene Ashdod apartment and stared at him, commenting that he looked familiar to her, but she didn't know where to place the face. The Rabbi asked her when she came to Israel, and she answered 1978, right about when Khomeini came to power. She went on to excitedly describe how the plain-clothed Israeli Special Forces commandos had come to her street to usher the Jews to waiting planes on the edge of Tehran airport, flying them out and leaving behind 2500-year old memories.

The rabbi smiled and described her old neighborhood to her with high precession, expected only of special-mission commandos. She understood and was visibly moved when she recognized the face.

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