OU Between Last Shabbat and Next By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

I write these words midway between two Shabbatot. Several days ago, Parashat Vayera, on the 18th day of the month of Cheshvan, a vicious anti-Semite entered the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He carried four weapons with him, including an assault rifle. He shouted, “All Jews must die!” and then brutally murdered eleven precious Jews who were in the midst of their Shabbat prayers. He wounded several others, including four policemen who selflessly rushed in to the building to save Jewish lives.