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Yeshiva Head Rabbi Moshe Tzadaka Visits Ashdod for Grandson's Engagement and Lays Cornerstone for New Study Center
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First reported by Behadrei Haredim · 18 hours ago
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Rabbi Moshe Tzadaka, head of Porat Yosef Yeshiva, visited Ashdod on Sunday night to celebrate his grandson's engagement and laid the cornerstone for a new Torah study center in the city. He blessed the couple, spoke on the importance of Torah and character, and inspired local scholars before returning to Jerusalem.
- 01Rabbi Moshe Tzadaka attended his grandson Yitzchak Atiya's engagement celebration in Ashdod Sunday night.
- 02The groom is a top student from Zohar HaTorah Yeshiva and son of Rabbi Mordechai Atiya.
- 03Rabbi Tzadaka emphasized combining Torah study with good character in his speech.
- 04Community rabbis praised the groom's dedication and teaching efforts.
- 05Later, Rabbi Tzadaka visited a local Beit Midrash and laid a cornerstone for a new Torah center.
- 06He blessed the new center to be a "small sanctuary" for Torah and prayer in Ashdod.
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