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The outside front cover and side of Kibbutz Be’eri’s new Yom Kippur prayer book. Photo: Koren Publishing
During Yom Kippur services this year, Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel will use new machzors (Jewish holiday prayer books) that were created exclusively for the community ahead of the two-year anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel’s Koren Publishing shared on its Facebook page.
The new prayer books include both Sephardi and Ashkenazi traditions in a single volume, according to the Israeli publisher. It says “Kibbutz Be’eri” in Hebrew on the cover and size panel. In the center of the cover is a Hebrew message that means “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Koren Publishing partnered with Kibbutz Be’eri to create the special edition prayer books, which will not be available for purchase by the general public.
“This Yom Kippur, may the prayers of Kibbutz Be’eri rise as a testament to the resilience, unity, and enduring spirit of the Jewish people,” Koren Publishing said in a Facebook post. “We are honored to have partnered with Be’eri on this project, contributing our publishing expertise to help bring their vision to life.”
The publishing house added that the machzors embody 20 years “of community building,” the “devotion of prayer leaders who have traveled across Israel for every High Holy Day,” and is in memory of the late Yossi Sharabi, who was to lead the kibbutz’s synagogue for Yom Kippur services before he was killed in the Gaza Strip.
Sharabi, 53, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri by Hamas-led Palestinian terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, along with 16-year-old Ofir Engel, the partner of his daughter. Sharabi was held hostage in Gaza and murdered in captivity.
Kibbutz Be’eri was one of the Israeli communities hit the hardest during the Oct. 7 massacre. It was almost completely burnt down by terrorists, who also killed about 130 people in the kibbutz — about 10 percent of the community’s residents.
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