The first time Israel Prize Recipient, Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman met the soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade, it was during the Second Lebanon War, and since that time, his connection to them has grown stronger.
During that war, the Rabbi presented the soldiers with a coin that he asked each one to donate to charity after the war, so that God would protect them, as mitzvah messengers. And so it was, they all returned home safely!
Currently, the Rabbi visited various IDF bases and battle preparation fields, strengthening and blessing our soldiers before they entered battle and presenting each one with a coin, making them mitzvah messengers, so God would protect them until their return, so they could do a mitzvah by contributing the coin to charity. This morning Rabbi Grossman arrived to bless and strengthen the spirit of the paratroopers, before entering battle.
