Netanyahu Gifts Trump a Dollar from the Rebbe and a B-2 Mezuzah

By COLlive reporter

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, following their joint effort in Operation Rising Lion, the mission to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities last month.

Netanyahu didn’t come empty-handed.

As the two leaders sat down for a meal, Netanyahu presented Trump with a copy of a letter he had sent to the Nobel Committee, nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
“Wow! Coming from you, in particular, this is very meaningful. Thank you very much,” Trump responded.

Privately, Netanyahu gave Trump two gifts of spiritual significance. The first was a mezuzah housed in a case fashioned from the shrapnel of an Iranian missile fired at Israel. The case was shaped like a Northrop B-2 Spirit stealth bomber—the same model used by the U.S. to strike Iran’s nuclear sites during the operation.

The second gift was a leather case containing a single U.S. dollar bill—a dollar that the Rebbe had handed out with a blessing for success.

Netanyahu has long been influenced by the Rebbe, having met him personally several times. The Rebbe encouraged Netanyahu to stand strong in defense of the Land of Israel and its people. Trump, for his part, visited the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens during his reelection campaign.

As COLlive.com has learned, the Rebbe’s dollar came to Netanyahu through Meir Bar Lev, the Chabad-affiliated Deputy Mayor of Beitar Illit. Ahead of Netanyahu’s diplomatic trip, Bar Lev gifted him a Rebbe dollar from 12 Kislev 5748 for success.

Moved by the gesture, Netanyahu asked for a second dollar to present to Trump.

Bar Lev returned to the source of the first dollar: Rabbi Chaim Greenberg, Director of Heichal Menachem in Beitar Illit. Rabbi Greenberg agreed to give another dollar from his private collection—the one handed to Trump was originally received from the Rebbe on 9 Shevat 5746 (1986).

The dollar was placed in a custom-made leather case crafted by the Rober company in Kfar Chabad. The engraving read:

To President Donald J. Trump
A true friend and partner of Israel and the Jewish people,
From Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Bar Lev gave the gift to Netanyahu on behalf of Chabad. He also cited the first Rashi in the Torah, which explains that the Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish People by Divine right, reinforcing the Rebbe’s unwavering stance on the integrity of the land.

Netanyahu, who keeps a photo of himself with the Rebbe in his office, reaffirmed that he continues to act with the Rebbe’s guidance in mind when it comes to safeguarding Eretz Yisroel.

Their meeting coincided with a special day on the Chabad calendar—12–13 Tammuz, the anniversary of the liberation of the Rebbe Rayatz from Soviet imprisonment for upholding Jewish life behind the Iron Curtain.

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