R' Daniel Walker: Stopping the Yom Kippur Terrorist Attack
Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer
Living Lchaim
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🗓️ 1 November 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer.
Rabbi Daniel Walker, leader of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, became a symbol of courage during the Yom Kippur 2025 terrorist attack on his shul. When the attacker tried to storm the building with a knife, Rabbi Walker bravely held the doors shut, protecting his congregants while two community members tragically lost their lives. He has since vowed that he will not let the darkness win and continues to lead his community and the Jewish people of the UK.
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| 0:00.0 | 20 minutes, half an hour into davening. So I'm already in shul, in the main shun. |
| 0:05.6 | I hear a tremendous bang. And then two men, the first acts of many acts of quick thinking. |
| 0:14.8 | Two men run into shul, into the main part of the shul shouting at us to close the doors, |
| 0:19.6 | close the windows, because someone is trying to get him. The holiest day of the shul shouting at us to close the doors, close the windows, |
| 0:23.0 | because someone is trying to get him. |
| 0:27.4 | The holiest day of the year turned into the saddest day of the year in Manchester. |
| 0:32.5 | Bravely, Rabbi Daniel Walker and others risked their lives, some even gave their lives, to protect their brothers and sisters. |
| 0:34.6 | This is the story of a shul that is broken, but will never give up. |
| 0:38.3 | This episode is a memory of Shimon David bin Yaakov Shlema and Miriam Sara Bhaskyak of Moshe. This episode is Rufuah Shlamey, Yosef Chaim, Bindvorahya, Goulda. This episode is powered by Shiloh's Israel Children, Wheels Talis, Turrow, and Thelthheim. And be sure to stick around to the very, very end of the episode |
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| 1:29.7 | A pleasure. |
| 1:30.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:30.8 | There's a lot to discuss. |
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