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Sydney’s Rabbi Yehoram Ulman delivered a stirring message of resolve and unity during Shacharis in the aftermath of the devastating terror attack that left 15 people murdered.

Overcome with emotion, Rabbi Ulman at one point broke down and recited “Baruch dayan haemes.”

Among those killed was his own son-in-law, Rabbi Eli Schlanger Hy”d.

Addressing the congregation, Rabbi Ulman framed the tragedy as a call to action rather than retreat. “For whatever reason, they died al kiddush hashem,” he said.

He stressed that the victims’ legacy now rests with the living. “And now, they’re looking to us to continue, to make sure that everything they worked for, everything that they’ve done, continues stronger and stronger,” he said. Warning against surrendering to fear, he added, “We cannot allow terrorists – all they want to do is stifle our life as Jews, all they want to do is… bring us down, destroy us, make us despondent, lose hope.”

Rabbi Ulman acknowledged the emotional paralysis many feel in the wake of the attack, but rejected it as an option. “At the moment, it seems, how can we go forward? How can we continue? But that’s not what any of the kedoshim would have ever agreed to. They never would have reacted in such a way, and we have to step up and do the same. We have no choice.”

Concluding his remarks, he appealed for unity within the Jewish people during this painful moment. “We have to remember that now is the time to be as much [in] achdus as possible, united.”

{Matzav.com}

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[Video below.] A ceremony was held this evening marking the return of an ancient stone from the Kosel to its original place.

The massive stone, weighing roughly five tons, was dislodged nearly two millennia ago by the Roman Tenth Legion during the churban of the Second Beis Hamikdash. In recent years, it had been exhibited at the Knesset and later placed on loan at Ben-Gurion Airport.

The decision to bring the stone back to its historic setting was reached following a meeting held ahead of Rosh Hashanah, in which Knesset Speaker Amir Ochana participated together with the rov of the Kosel, Rav Shmuel Rabinowitz.

Speaking at the ceremony, Ochana reflected on the stone’s long journey and meaning. “If stones could speak, this heavy stone, with thousands of years of history upon it, would tell of generations of Jews who came to pray at the Bais Hamikdosh. We wish to close this chapter of its wandering and place it in a permanent location, where it can tell the stories it has witnessed.”

Rav Rabinowitz emphasized the spiritual significance of the moment, describing the return as an act of restoration. “Returning this stone to the ruins here is a great rectification. It is a declaration that we do not forget the holy stones and we maintain their sanctity.”

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