On the morning of February 3, 1943, Reverand George Fox, Rev. Clark Poling, Father John Washington, and Rabbi Alexander Goode, like Rabbi Akiva before them, died for the sanctification of the Divine Name. In sacrificing their lives so that four others would live, they fulfilled the commandment of the Shema to love the Lord their God while God was taking their souls.

On the morning of February 3, 1943, Reverand George Fox, Rev. Clark Poling, Father John Washington, and Rabbi Alexander Goode, like Rabbi Akiva before them, died for the sanctification of the Divine Name. In sacrificing their lives so that four others would live, they fulfilled the commandment of the Shema to love the Lord their God while God was taking their souls.
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