ASF Weekly – Lebanon’s Pluralist Past, A Middle Eastern Mistake, Brown Nougat Sukkah, & Iraqi Sukkot Piyyut

6 October 2020 

In Honor of the Yemenite-Israeli war hero, Avigdor Kahalani, now 75 years-young.  At the beginning of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, more than 1,4000 Syrian tanks crossed into the Golan Heights, while the Israelis only had 170 tanks. They were eventually led, however, by Lt. Avigdor Kahalani, and thanks to Kahalani’s bravery and leadership, Israel miraculously turned the tide and emerged victorious. Kahalani, it should be noted, had been seriously wounded in the 1967 Six Day War, but twelve surgeries and a forged health certificate convinced his superiors that Kahalani was still fit for combat.   

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