26 Iyar (5777/ 2017). 50 Years from the six day war. A historic moment of Jewish solidarity. 26 Iyar (5777/ 2017). The story of the six day war through the prism of the Rebbe. Mivtza Tefillin was introduced two days before the war. The Rebbe explained (by citing two Gemaros) that Tefillin 1) preserve the soldier, 2) Cause the enemy to be so afraid that he doesn’t fight in the first place. The מאמרים והי’ ביום ההוא יתקע ביום ההוא ה’תשכ”ח that the Rebbe repeated three times. He explained that there are two “soundings of the Shofar” and he explained how they played out historically. The Shofar of זכרי’: ואדנ”י אלוקים בשופר יתקע quite painful, and is represented by World War One and Two. The Shofar of ישעי’: והי’ ביום ההוא יתקע בשופר גדול וגו which is the Shofar that awakens תשובה which began fifty years ago today! At the outset of the Six Day War!
