tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post851920504025327840..comments2023-04-07T06:23:59.516-04:00Comments on Shades of Grey: ! הר הבית בידינוShades of Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02733139852424935591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-2245651934894075202010-05-13T14:46:42.752-04:002010-05-13T14:46:42.752-04:00Saul - Thanks for reading! I'm glad you're...Saul - Thanks for reading! I'm glad you're enjoying the blog. <br /><br />Regarding the story, someone next to me mentioned that he had used it recently at the Yom Ha'atzma'ut tekkes, though I don't recall (I have a hard time following lengthy Hebrew drashot unless I can pay 100% attention each second). I don't doubt the authenticity, since I very much trust Rav Goldvicht. I did a bit of a search online and found a comment left on a news article from a reader named "Israeli Academic" who wrote: <br /><br />"I seem to recall that Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin had a nervous breakdown for fear, before the war. Prime Minister Eshkol stuttered on live radio broadcast. 10,000 coffins were prepared. My father was a soldier in that war - he told me the mood was depressing and pessimistic. Israel did not want that war - it was forced upon it. If not for its pre-emptive strike, it would clearly have been invaded."<br /><br />Regarding the plausibility of 10,000 coffins vs. the minhag not to use coffins. I myself attended two funerals during my years in yeshiva, and neither used coffins. However, that was within the religious population. <br /><br />If you have ever seen photos taken during IDF funerals, the bodies are ALWYAS in coffins, even for the Daati folk. So, the 10,000 coffins were most likely prepared by the more secular elements (maybe even the government).Shades of Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733139852424935591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-60096491151137332442010-05-13T12:12:13.492-04:002010-05-13T12:12:13.492-04:00I love reading your blog...!
I was floored by Rab...I love reading your blog...!<br /><br />I was floored by Rabbi Goldvicht's comments about the coffins..... Have you head of this before? Have you heard a reference to it? I though they dont bury in coffins in E"YUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11267435138153343239noreply@blogger.com