The system is poised to enhance Israel’s multi-layered defense architecture, working in tandem with the Iron Dome.

“If you feel like rolling up your sleeves and being an active participant, you might consider joining a ‘dig for a day.’”

Paradoxically, the most depressing Biblical book is read during Sukkot – the most joyful Biblical feast.

The event near Kibbutz Rei’m also included Torah classes, as is customary on Hoshana Rabbah, the last day of the weeklong Sukkot holiday.

“Now we can see with our own eyes something which we have missed for 2,000 years,” said Israeli scholar Lt. Col. (res.) Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University.

“I’ve lost my sister, but I want to raise an outcry so others don’t lose their loved ones,” said Eyal Golan, whose sister Shirel was found dead at home on her 22nd birthday.

One year since the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. One year of non-stop war. One year of worry for the hostages still in Gaza.

Immediately after Yom Kippur, preparations began for the week-long Feast of Tabernacles, Sukkot. Everywhere you could hear the busy hammering of people building the sukkah.

The coinciding of the release of the list with the start of the Feast of Tabernacles is symbolic to those inspired by the Biblical verse Zechariah 14:16.