Shmuel Legesse

Shmuel Legesse is a social activist who has represented Israel's Knesset in international public affairs and served in the Israeli police force. He holds a master's degree in community leadership and philanthropy from Hebrew University and is currently pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership and administration while studying for rabbinic ordination.

Op-Eds / From the Paper

Have We Learned The Lesson Of Tisha B’Av?

By Shmuel Legesse

How can we expect to come before God and ask Him to rebuild our Holy Temple? Before doing so we must at least begin to show Him that we have learned the lesson of its destruction.