I hope everyone had a great Yom Yerushalayim and got a chance to check out the Kotel Cam live video set up in the lobby. I thought it was really amazing to see how the Kotel plaza got more and more crowded as the day went on, finally filling up completely with everyone wearing blue and white and dancing with Israeli flags. It's really a tremendous thing to realize that today we have the opportunity to visit, daven and live in Yerushalyim, something that our ancestors could only dream about. As we say in שיר המעלות before ברבת המזון (Tehillim 126): "בשוב ה' את שיבת ציון היינו כחולמים" - when G-d returns us to Israel, it will seem as if we are dreaming. Attached are a few Yom Yerushalayim videos (one was shown this morning after Tefilah, the others are new) to help us reflect on the messages and significance of the day. You can also click here to read some first hand accounts of Israeli paratroopers liberating the Kotel in 1967. Plus, click here to hear the reflections of the 3 paratroopers in the famous picture standing at the kotel. Enjoy!
http://www.aish.com/jw/j/48970916.html (video #1)
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