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Ibn Ezra on Parashat Shoftim, Devarim/Deuteronomy 20:7

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Hersh’s mother, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, delivers a eulogy for her son yesterday in Jerusalem. (Screen grab from the StandWithUs livestream)

Devarim/Deuteronomy 20:7

וּמִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אֵרַ֤שׂ אִשָּׁה֙ וְלֹ֣א לְקָחָ֔הּ יֵלֵ֖ךְ וְיָשֹׁ֣ב לְבֵית֑וֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְאִ֥ישׁ אַחֵ֖ר יִקָּחֶֽנָּה׃

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