The Way of Emunah

Compassion For an Orphan and Widow

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Compassion For an Orphan and Widow:

The Kedushas Levi writes: “Tzion” is now called “an orphan”, and “the kingdom of the house of Dovid” is now called “a widow”. And anyone who has mercy on an orphan and a widow will merit seeing the nechama with the rebuilding of Tzion and the reestablishment of the kingdom of the house of Dovid.

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