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During these times it behoves us to read Psalm 48
It behoves all of us to study Psalm 48 during the tumultuous Jerusalem Jubilee period and beyond. The summary to Psalm 48 in the Stone Edition of the Tanach reminds us that: “Jerusalem is eternally beautiful and glorious because G-d chose it for the abode of His Presence.”
Edna Freinkel, Johannesburg
The commentary to Psalm 48 in the Hirsch Psalms is most uplifting and should also be considered, together with Rabbi Ilan Ranaan’s words in last week’s Jewish Report:
“The exciting Yovel we are about to celebrate of a united Jerusalem in Jewish hands, only through Divine Intervention during the Six Day War, contains a humbling message:
“The land is Mine” and we are but “sojourners and residents”.