Rabbi David Stav
![Placing the Torah for the release of Mia Schem](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2023/11/27/47a6e6c0-8d29-11ee-8914-e3c659c1040a__h331_w650.png)
Last weekend in Shoham, a special prayer was held and a Torah book was placed in a request for the release of Mia Schem, who is held captive by Hamas. Rabbi David Stav: I was moved to see a diverse audience, we became one family during this time.
![Rabbi David Stav visits captives' families in Tel Aviv encampment.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/21/9ae71780-8863-11ee-bc33-7941d28036f3__h331_w650.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War, Captives, Tzohar
The head of the Rabbinic organization visited the captives' families camped out near the Tel Aviv Museum: "The concepts right-left, religious-secular, they simply belong to the past."
![Flash wedding: They were called for reserve service and decided to get married](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/10/b8fe88e0-6769-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpeg)
Wedding Before Reserve Service
A couple who arrived home last night from Thailand got married before their departure to the front after both of them received a summons. Rabbi David Stav, who officiated the ceremony, said to the two: "The expression of love is anchored between the couple and the people and the land"
![Rabbi Stav to Huldai: Permit the communities to celebrate the Hakafot](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/05/4dc2a210-6362-11ee-9c9b-03b32e04a4fc__h331_w650.jpg)
Rabbi Stav Appealed to Ron Huldai
The head of the organization of Tzohar Rabbis, Rabbi David Stav, appealed to Ron Huldai and called on him to allow every community in Tel Aviv to celebrate the prayers of Simchat Torah as they have done in previous years: "Do not let extremists from all sides destroy what has been built"