Sivan Rahav-Meir
![Watch: The Released Abductees Say a 'Hymn of Thanks'](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2023/12/20/7ee523d0-9f45-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.png)
I was at one of the largest prayer rallies at the Kotel before the release. An assembly full of concern and supplication. It is not to be taken for granted that they were released alive and well, and that they remembered to come afterwards, themselves, to thank for it.
![Sivan Rahav-Meir: How Can Events Be Celebrated These Days?](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/19/141cb5e0-9e8c-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h331_w650.jpg)
Celebrations
The news these days are difficult and challenging. Many people are debating how to celebrate their happy events. The Yarchi family, whose son celebrated a Bar Mitzvah, found a unique way to express the joy.
!['All the soldiers, of all shades, are asking to put on Tefillin'](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/29/25240850-8e8f-11ee-8914-e3c659c1040a__h331_w650.jpg)
Sivan Rahav-Meir
From the hotel kitchen through Tefillin at the base to the captivity tunnels of Hamas - new chapters of kindness and generosity are being written here, between man and his Maker and between a man and his friend.
![An Orphan from the Versailles Disaster in a Letter to Abigail who Lost Her Parents](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/28/daa22170-8df0-11ee-bc33-7941d28036f3__h331_w650.jpg)
Letter to Abigail
Limor Zussman, who lost her parents in the Versailles disaster 23 years ago, writes a letter to Abigail Idan, the four-year-old girl who was freed from captivity of the terrorist organization Hamas.
![Sivan Rahav-Meir: Happiness Mixed with Frustration, Excitement Mixed with Rage](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/26/a6005510-8c86-11ee-8914-e3c659c1040a__h331_w650.jpg)
The Mixed Feelings
We have seen so many horror videos, and now - we can see some happy videos. Because even good dreams come true, not just fears and anxieties.
![Sivan Rahav-Meir: This is not a Deal Between Two Parties](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/23/15f3f680-8a0a-11ee-8914-e3c659c1040a__h331_w650.jpeg)
The Hostage Deal
On their side, they will celebrate with candies for the release of people who devoted their time and energy to attempts to murder, stab, prepare Molotov cocktails. On our side the heroes are completely opposite.
![Sivan Rahav-Meir: It Came Exactly On Time](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/14/c8e576a0-82ef-11ee-86b6-1123a72ebd00__h331_w650.jpg)
The New Month of Kislev
After a physical and practical victory in this world, it turns out that anything can happen. Everything can surprise for the better, a small jar of oil finally shines for eight days, and the light is greater than anything we could have imagined.
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Sivan Rahav-Meir
Media woman Sivan Rahav-Meir, on the night sights at the Western Wall: "This is an amazing phenomenon and not enough known and covered. Sacred tourism."
![The celebs choose their guests for the holiday](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/01/b10b5070-6046-11ee-b177-59b3ed0fceec__h331_w650.webp)
The Celebs 'Ushpizin'
With whom did Rabbi Yigal Levinstein study in his Sukkah? Thanks to whom Dudu Fisher didn't play on Saturday? Which basketball player would flow with the music in the Sukkah? And who is the grandson of a righteous person?
![Sivan Rahav-Meir: 5 things you need to know in the coming week](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/09/18/08fd6330-5620-11ee-9c9b-03b32e04a4fc__h331_w650.jpg)
What Do We Wish Now?
These are days filled with customs and laws, such as asking for forgiveness, blowing the shofar, and more. And what do we wish now? Many still say, of course, "Shana Tova" (A Good Year), but during these days, you can add "Chatima Tova" or "Gmar Chatima Tova," which means "A Good Final Seal" or "May You Be Inscribed for a Good Year" respectively
![Sivan Rahav-Meir: From today there are also bereaved kindergarten children](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/08/22/13a4cad0-40d6-11ee-96a9-efd1eda81675__h331_w650.jpg)
Bereaved Kindergarten Children
They called her "Bat Sheva" because her parents waited seven years until she was born. She herself also waited years for her own children, and then she brought into her and her husband Eli's home two foster daughters
![Sivan Rahav-Meir: Why not hate the person responsible for this?](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/08/21/355d16f0-4018-11ee-96a9-efd1eda81675__h331_w650.jpeg)
True Emotional Freedom
Do not remain enslaved to negative emotions. All this does not mean that you should love them, but you should learn to get out of this ordeal. To rebuild life, as free people