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#361: The Hardest Speech I’ve Ever Had to Write

#361: The Hardest Speech I’ve Ever Had to Write

My Speech at Tonight’s Vigil for Israel

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Sha’ar Harahamim, the Gate of Mercy, as seen from the interior of the Temple Mount. Photo credit: Eilat Elbaum, CCA-SA 4.0

Gimme Some Torah #361

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This is the hardest speech I have ever written, and I have rewritten it from the beginning several times. I have been dreading this evening. I knew I had to schedule a vigil. But writing this made me ill.

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