PM Netanyahu Dedicates Prime Minister's Tanakh Study Circle in Memory of the
Late Shmuel Ben-Artzi

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Wednesday, 23 May 2012), at
his official residence, dedicated the Prime Minister's Tanakh
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Circle in memory of Shmuel Ben-Artzi, the late father of Sara Netanyahu, who
also participated in the circle. Mr. Ben-Artzi, who passed away last
November, was a Tanakh teacher and researcher.

The Tanakh Study Circle renews a tradition started by Israel's first Prime
Minister, David Ben-Gurion, and which was continued by its sixth, Menachem
Begin.

At the start of the first lesson of the renewed Tanakh Study Circle, Prime
Minister Netanyahu said, "Ben-Gurion and Begin believed that the Tanakh
should be the heritage of the entire nation – secular and religious, young
and old, men and women. The Tanakh is the foundation of our existence. It
unites the Jewish People, as it has throughout the generations. It also
serves not only as a foundation but also as a map and compass. The Tanakh is
always relevant vis-à-vis today's problems and challenges. It inspires, it
is a source of life for our people and I think that it is important to
expand Tanakh study and love of the Tanakh among all parts of the nation.
This is also the goal of this circle. I am certain that thanks to the
researchers, rabbis and learned men and women here, who know and love the
Tanakh, we will enrich our common knowledge."

The Tanakh Study Circle will meets at the Prime Minister's residence in
cooperation with the Begin Center. The full lesson, which was dedicated to
the upcoming Shavuot
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holiday, will be uploaded to the Prime Minister's Office YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/israelipm
and Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/HEBPMO
pages.