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by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Posted: February 5,  2009
(IsraelNN.com) The Sderot Hesder Yeshiva has come up with a unique way to enjoy Super Bowl halftime. It is promoting a DVD so that football fans can see the blend of Torah study, fighting terror in Gaza and suffering rocket attacks.

The DVD idea was kicked off by Indiana native Josh Hasten, who handles public relations for the yeshiva and also is a football enthusiast. High school graduates enter "hesder" yeshiva to combine Torah study of approximately three years with an additional 18 months of service in the IDF, often in combat and tank units.
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World's First Rocket-Proof Torah Study Hall Dedicated in Sderot
by Hillel Fendel
Posted January 30, 2009
 
(IsraelNN.com) The world's first Kassam-proof Beit Midrash (Torah study hall) was dedicated on Thursday, in the presence of dozens of rabbis, students, parents and guests of the Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot.
 
A hesder yeshiva is an Israeli program which combines advanced Talmudic studies with military service in the Israel Defense Forces.
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First 'Kassam-proof' yeshiva to be dedicated in Sderot
by Michael Freund , THE JERUSALEM POST
Posted January 27, 2009
 
After years of enduring Kassam attacks from Gaza, Sderot's hesder yeshiva plans to consecrate on Thursday a specially-built, rocket-proof beit midrash, or study hall, the first of its kind ever erected in Israel.
 
The five-story building was constructed using tons of reinforced concrete, along with blast-proof windows and other specially-designed structural components, yeshiva spokesman Josh Hasten told The Jerusalem Post.
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Fear Of Unknown Grips Israelis
By Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent
Posted Dec 31 2008
ASHDOD, Israel - As the Hamas terror regime continued to launch deadly missile attacks on a growing number of Israeli towns and cities, thousands of Jewish citizens started fleeing north to family and friends in the center of the country for an extended Chanukah vacation.
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New "rocket proof" Beit Midrash
Rosh Chodesh Elul 5768
On Rosh Chodesh Elul, the student/soldiers of the Hesder in Sderot moved into their new magnificent "rocket proof" Beit Midrash. The building, which is one of the tallest buildings in Sderot, is stunning. Watch the video below, made by one of the Hesder students showing this exciting event. There will be a formal dedication ceremony in the new Beit Midrash G-d willing after the chagim, with specific details to follow. With the completion of the New Beit Midrash, we now turn our attention to finishing the "rocket proof" dorm units currently under construction. Numerous dedication opportunities on the dorm buildings and on individual apartment units remain available.
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U.S. VP Hopeful Huckabee Visits Sderot
By: Ze'ev Ben-Yechiel Ever
August 21, 2008
U.S. vice-presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee stopped in Sderot Tuesday as part of his whirlwind tour of Israel, and voiced support for the victims of the rocket attacks in the area.
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3rd Annual Sderot Hesder Dinner Draws Largest Crowd Ever
June 4, 2008
On Wednesday evening June 4th, 2008 over 500 benevolent friends and supporters of the Yeshivat Hesder Sderot gathered at New York's Marriott Marquis in Times Square for an uplifting program to showcase solidarity and brotherhood with their fellow Jews in Southern Israel who have been living under fire for the past seven years.
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Routine Miracles In S’derot
5 Towns Jewish News
By: Larry Gordon
May 22, 2008
He’s an unusual man. He sat on a couch in my den recently, calmly discussing his mission in life very simply and in a matter-of-fact way. Rabbi Dov Fendel lives and works in S’derot. But he did not always live there. He was born and raised in West Hempstead and attended HANC (the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County).  
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Hikind & Rabbi Fendel Share Facts on the Ground in Sderot
Yeshiva World News
May 12, 2008
“Hamas wants Sderot to burn with Kassams. Rabbi Fendel and the Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot make sure that Sderot burns – with the fire of Torah and scholarship,” said Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn). 
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