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From converts and teenagers to skeptics and people angry at God, Rabbi Elchanan Shoff has learned that answering people often begins with hearing what lies beneath their questions.

After 16 months in captivity, the former hostage says he longed most for Kiddush and Friday-night dinner at his mom's—not material things: 'What do I care if I have a Subaru or a Mercedes when I'm 50 meters underground? I just want to hug my family again.'