Last night was the final night of the slichot services before Yom Kippur which starts tonight. I decided to go to the prayer service at the Tomb of Rabban Gamaliel II in my city.He was the first president of the Sanhedrin after the fall of the Second Temple in 70 CE.

Some arrests made last night by the IDF and Magav in Shchem and Hebron.

Wow wow wow!!!

About 100,000 Jews attended the last night of slichot before Yom Kippur at the Kotel in Jerusalem.

Israeli singer Ben Snof leading the last slichot service before Yom Kippur last night at the grave of Rabbi Akiva.

Oh thank God!!!

Today 2 Jewish women and 2 children mistakely took a wrong turn and drove into Shchem (Nablus). They were taken by the terrorist factions there, as you see in the first picture one of the terrorists has an assault rifle but after Israeli authorities spoke with the Palestinian Authority, they were handed over to the PA and have been transferred back to Israel.

Whoever thinks they understand the complexities of this region and thinks they understand how the PA and terrorist orgs operate, you know little. If they operated the way you assume then they would either be dead or held hostage to be used for trading. Clearly you don't see the bigger picture of the power that Israel has over the PA in order to prevent them from doing this as well as the power the PA has over the terrorist groups there. Things are not as black and white as some of you make it out to be. This wasnt a good will gesture of the terrorists handing them to the PA, don't be fooled.

The fast of Yom Kippur was amazing as usual, so uplifting I could have gone for another hour and then straight after breaking the fast I put up our sukkah. It's a custom we have to put it up immediately after breaking the fast of Yom Kippur but no need to complete it in the same night.

This morning at 8am in the baking sun I was washing our 29 palm branches to use for the top of the sukkah (schach).

I love this festival.