During lunch on Tuesday, MTA students had the privilege to  hear from Rabbi Moshe Taragin, one of the Ramim of Yeshivat Har Etzion, who addressed them as to how a religious Jew should view the events of the past few weeks in Israel. He briefly mentioned the political aspects of the recent events, but he really focused on giving religious guidance to the MTA community. Rabbi Taragin said that throughout the missile attacks of the past weeks he felt very closely connected to the entirety of Israel. He related to the students an anecdote that occurred to him one Shabbos during the bombings. He said that on his way to Shul a red alert was called and he just walked into a stranger's home, to use this stranger's bomb shelter. The stranger warmly welcomed him and his son into his home. This, he said, was just one of the cases in which he saw that this tragedy brought Israel and the Jewish nation closer together.

Rabbi Taragin also gave religious guidance in regards to the twenty or so Neturei Karta members who support Hamas. He condemned their actions and even went as far as to say that according to according to some interpretations, these people might, in a way, no longer considered to be Jewish as they are putting their fellow brethren in danger. He concluded with a question-and-answer session. A big thanks goes to Rabbi Taragin for addressing the students, and to Hatzioni for organizing this inspiring event.