ANALYSIS

Two years. Two long years since morning broke on Simchat Torah—the holy day whose name literally means "rejoicing in the Torah." But instead of the sounds of worship and laughter, Israel's skies were filled with sirens and synagogues were filled with sheer terror and endless tears that the country was under attack.

To the south, smoke rose where children should have been awaking to the rising sun. Gunfire sounded, instead of music at a wilderness festival for young people or tractors working the Holy Land's soil. The air carried cries no mother should ever hear…

And for the past two years, a silence has fallen heavy on every heart that loves Israel. October 7, 2023, is two years ago. But it's not that far behind us, more recent than a memory and more painful than a healed scar.

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