An October 7th Miracle - Rabbi Zamir Cohen in English (AI)

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Zamir Cohen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

A secular woman from one of the kabutim in southern Israel told the following story. Two years ago, she started keeping Shabbat, though it was difficult as there was no Shabbat atmosphere on the Kaboots. Her husband was a bit less observant, but they encouraged each other. She said that with young children at home, it's really tough to be in a kabutz where no one keeps Shabbat besides for her. She decided together with her husband that on Shabbat they won't stay on the kabuts. So every week they would go and spend Shabbat with different family members and friends who were observant. Over the year they had not been present on the kabuts for Shabbat. They went out every week on Simatra. They decided to stay home. Why? Because it was tough for her to travel before giving birth. So they stayed home for Shabbat and invited guests over. On that tragic morning, they heard rockets, sirens, gunshots, and people speaking in Arabic. They saw everything

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1. 0:00A secular woman from one of the kabutim in southern Israel told the following story. Two…
2. 0:33So every week they would go and spend Shabbat with different family members and friends who…
3. 1:06that was happening outside. So they decided to lock their home. They watched in fear as…
4. 1:36Miraculously, they were all saved, including the guests. Later on, it was reported that many Palestinians…
5. 2:09that will be killed and taken captive. Here lives a family with four children accompanied by…
6. 2:42This is another incredible story that demonstrates the impact of observing Shabbat.…

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