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Sunday, January 31, 2010

SHABBATH, TU B'SHEVAT, AND THE NO. 1314

Q: WHAT DO SHABBATH, TU B'SHEVAT, AND THE NUMBER 1314 HAVE IN COMMON?
A: GILAD SHALIT HAS BEEN HELD CAPTIVE APPROXIMATELY THREE AND ONE-HALF YEARS,
OR, MORE PRECISELY, THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN DAYS THIS SHABBAT, WHICH
THIS YEAR IS ALSO TU B'SHEVAT (TU B'SHEVAT IS THE "NEW YEAR FOR TREES IN ISRAEL",
WHEN THE SAP IS SAID TO BEGIN TO FLOW ONCE AGAIN THROUGH THE TREES OF ISRAEL).

LET US HOPE AND PRAY, THAT THE RECENT NEWS STORY FROM EGYPT, THAT TALKS ARE
RESUMING AIMED AT FREEING GILAD SHALIT, IS WORTH MORE THAN THE PAPER IT IS
PRINTED ON. LET US HOPE THAT, AS THAT NEWS STATES, THAT GILAD SHALIT IS BEING
TREATED ACCORDING TO THE GENEVA CONVENTION [OR EVEN BETTER]. LET US HOPE
THAT BETWEEN NOW AND PURIM, GILAD SHALIT IS RETURNED SAFELY TO ISRAEL!