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Avihu Ben-Nun was the Commander of the Israeli Air Force when thousands of stranded Ethiopian Jews were dramatically airlifted to Israel. He said, "For me it was as thrilling as Entebbe. This time the whole world was watching. Five hundred Ethiopian Jews would be brought together according to the numbers on their foreheads. They sat on the floor of the airplane and didn't move an inch during the entire flight, so silent and cooperative were they. When they were told that they were coming close to Jerusalem, their eyes shone. And they began clapping their hands and singing for they knew they were arriving in the Land of Yisrael."

Sometimes deprived of what we need, we finally understand the necessity for what has been missing in our lives. It is not what we want but what we need.

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