GREAT READS → CUT ‘N PASTE Issue 1031 · September 29, 2024

The Power of This Day

A fresh transport, just in from Antwerp, had arranged the unthinkable: A Rosh Hashanah service behind one of the barracks

The Power of This Day

Yom Hadin in Auschwitz: The cantor raised his voice on the altar of Hashem’s Will.

Ki hu nora v’ayom — For it is awesome and frightening.

The stench of ascending neshamos permeated the field and lifted the haunting tune to the heavens as huddled prisoners surrendered their torn hearts to the One Above.

A fresh transport, just in from Antwerp, had arranged the unthinkable: A Rosh Hashanah service behind one of the barracks.

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