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Could it really happen? A nation holding its breath, almost afraid to hope.

As we’ll explore in greater detail tomorrow (October 7 is Yom Tov Sukkot, so we can’t post then), the confluence of October 7 this week and Simchat Torah next week, along with what may be happening on the hostage front, has many people very hopeful, but terrified of being disappointed, once again.

Perhaps because we do not yet know what is going to happen, and whether, as Netanyahu has promised, the hostages will be home during Sukkot, this is the moment to reflect on these past two terrible years: how it started, what we’ve learned, where we will be if this is really “over” (whatever that…

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