Pidyon Shvuyim: Prepared to Pay
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In this episode of the Maggid of Melbourne's series on the mitzvah of pidyon shvuyim, we recap the remarkable story of the 1970 Dawson’s Field hijackings, in which 4 airplanes were hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and examine the responses of American rabbis.
Credits: Rabbi Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
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