By Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo
This year’s Yom Ha’atzmaut commemorates the anniversary of a marriage that has lasted more than 3,000 years and has now completed its 70th year. An almost minor event on its own, but once seen in the larger picture, a milestone, and a miracle. This may sound like a paradox, but it is the inescapable truth about the Land of Israel and the Jews. No marriage has lasted so long and been as deep in its commitment and as overwhelming in its love as the one between the Jews and their homeland.
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