GILAD COMES HOME!!

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We are elated to welcome you home to your loving family and friends who have worked tirelessly for your return these 1,941 days. We pray that today, and all the days to come, will bring joy to your heart, peace of mind and success in all your endeavors. The Talmud says that saving one life is akin to redeeming the world. Your reunion with your family, your homeland and the people of Israel underscores that the Sukkot holiday celebrated as you come home will indeed bring joy to you and your family.
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We join with people of good will the world over in offering a prayer of gratitude prepared by The Masorti Movement in Israel.

Our God and God of our ancestors, on this great and holy day, the season of our rejoicing, we raise our hearts to God in heaven in joy, happiness, trembling and thanksgiving for the great kindness that You have shown Gilad the son of Aviva and Noam Schalit that You have restored him safely from his place of capture to his family, his country and his people. May it be Your pleasure, God and God of our ancestors, that this day and in the future the redeemed prisoner may know joy in his heart, peace of mind and success in all his endeavors together with all his family and all Israel his brethren. Sovereign of the Universe, God of our exultation, may it be Your pleasure that this redemption not bring in its wake any harm or mishap to Your people, neither this year not in years to come; but in Your great compassion spread over us the sukkah of compassion, life and peace. May this be Your pleasure and let us respond Amen.

אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ, בְּיוֹם גָּדוֹל וְקָדוֹשׁ זֶה, זְמַן שִׂמְחָתֵנוּ, אָנוּ נוֹשְׂאִים לְבָבֵנוּ אֶל כַּפַּיִם אֶל אֵל בַּשָּׁמַיִם בְּגִילָה וּבְשִׂמְחָה בִּרְעָדָה וּבְהוֹדָיָה עַל חַסְדְךָ הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ עִם גִּלְעַד בֶּן אֲבִיבָה וְנֹעַם שֶׁהֲשִׁיבוֹתָ אוֹתוֹ בְּשָׁלוֹם מִשִׁבְיוֹ לְמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וּלְאַרְצוֹ וּלְעַמּוֹ.

יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, ה' אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ, שֶׁבְּיוֹם זֶה וּבְכָל הַיָּמִים הַבָּאִים יֵדַע הַשָׁבוּי שֶׁנִּפְדָה שִׂמְחָה בַּלֵּב וְשַׁלְוָה בַּנֶּפֶשׁ וְהַצְלָחָה בְּכָל מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו, יַחַד עִם כָּל בְּנֵי מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וְעִם כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶחָיו.

רִבּוֹן הָעוֹלָמִים, אֵל שִׂמְחַת גִּילֵנוּ, יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ שֶׁעֵקֶב פִּדְיוֹנוֹ לֹא יְאֻנֶּוּ כָּל פֶּגַע אוֹ רָעָה לִבְנֵי עַמֶּך לֹא בַּשָּׁנָה הַזֹּאת וְלֹא בְּכָל הַשָּׁנִים הַבָּאוֹת עָלֵינוּ לְטוֹבָה, אֶלָּא פְּרוֹשׂ עָלֵינוּ בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים סֻכַּת רַחֲמִים וְחַיִּים וְשָׁלוֹם.

וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן.

Read Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks to his cabinet about Gilad's release (October 11, 2011).

The Conference of Presidents presents Gilad’s father, Noam, with tens of thousands of cards and messages of support for Gilad Shalit submitted by people from throughout the United States and around the world through the web site www.giladgreetings.org at a New York City Council ceremony, at which Council Speaker Christine Quinn, joined by many members of the City Council and Israeli Consul General Ido Aharoni, issued a public declaration declaring September 7, 2011 "Gilad Shalit Day" in New York City.

Pictured (l to r): Richard Stone, Chairman of the Conference of Presidents, Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents, Noam Shalit, and New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.  Photo Credit: Conference of Presidents

מנעי קולך מבכי, ועיניך, מדמעה: כי יש שכר לפעלתך נאם-ה', ושבו מארץ אויב. ויש-תקוה לאחריתך, מאם-ה' ושבו בנים, לגבולם
(ירמיהו טו-טז)

"Refrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears ... they shall return from the land of enemy. There is hope for your future ... your children will return home to their own."
(Jeremiah 31:15-16)