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R. Aryeh Levin Sees The Western Wall in Jerusalem During Six Day War [Behind the Bima Clip]
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R. Benji Levene discusses going with his grandfather. the Tzadik of Jerusalem, to the Western Wall during the Six Day War. The emotion and excitement was palpable. R. Benji helped his grandfather tear kriyah (rip his coat in mourning) immediately after the Six Day War, when Reb Aryeh was among the first to visit the Kotel. Clip from Behind the Bima, Episode 55 with R. Benji Levene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08T-zmgvRVI.
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so i got to my grandfather on thursday
it's still the the war is going on the
six day war
friday they came to take my grandfather
to the coattail before they opened it up
to the public
all right so my grandfather says
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you're going to come with me and we we
um
my grandfather got out and he wanted to
make a korea he wanted to rent his
garment his
his frock because he hadn't been to the
hotel since 1948 and he tried he
couldn't do it now i have a picture
of me there with a little pocket knife
that i had in my pocket i took it out
and i made a cut for him and he rented
his garment and he made a shakiyanu
the two shakrionas that i remember that
he used the shame of
first when i first came as a kid and the
second time
the week of the of the of the six day
war he and
he was crying and said
that