Congregation Or VeShalom

“Then war breaks out, and it’s your time to prove how much ability and power you have in your hands,
And not just ‘good people.’

Then we returned home, wrapped in respect and gratitude, but something inside is missing.

You miss—not the tanks, not the days in the field—but those ‘good people’ who walked along a path with you, to the end.

Friends you believe quietly worked without recognition, and fought without asking for anything in return.

And when you sit with yourself, you realize: the armor is not just dust and tanks—it is people. Good people.

People who didn’t always make it home.”

— “What It Is to Be a Tanker,” IDF Spokesperson