As the Israeli military warns civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate ahead of a possible ground operation, people who are a part of the Jacksonville Jewish community came together for their weekly candlelight gathering on Friday night to pray and light candles for the lives lost in Israel.
It was a weekend meant to celebrate Simchat Torah, the end of the public reading of the Torah, however, the holiday will be forever marked after the Hamas attacks.
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