Exactly a year after Avraham David Moses was murdered in a terrorist attack in the Mercaz Harav yeshiva, Rivkah Moriah, his mother, wrote "Letter from Mom". I was shaken while reading the letter and moved by Mrs. Moriah's courage and enduring faith, particularly after the tragedy of losing her first born son. She ends the letter with words of gratitude to Hashem.
"P.S. I want to thank Hashem, again, for letting me be your mother. There is no gift greater than the privilege of motherhood. I thank Him, too, for all the precious souls He spared, both those who were in the library and escaped with their lives, and those who were not quite so close, but whose presence I can no longer take for granted. Each and every one is a tremendous consolation for me."
Mrs. Moriah, you are truly a noble spirit. May you have nachas from your other children and may you raise them leTorah leChupah uleMaasim tovim.
Click here to read the entire letter.
"P.S. I want to thank Hashem, again, for letting me be your mother. There is no gift greater than the privilege of motherhood. I thank Him, too, for all the precious souls He spared, both those who were in the library and escaped with their lives, and those who were not quite so close, but whose presence I can no longer take for granted. Each and every one is a tremendous consolation for me."
Mrs. Moriah, you are truly a noble spirit. May you have nachas from your other children and may you raise them leTorah leChupah uleMaasim tovim.
Click here to read the entire letter.
Update: As I was about to post the above paragraphs, I heard reports of a 13 year old who was killed in a terror attack in the West Bank. Today, let's take time from our busy schedules to feel the pain of a family who is burying their young child. And let's daven with special kavanah as we recite Shemoneh Esrei. "hashivah shofteinu kivarishona viyoatzeinu kivatchila vehasir mimenu yagon vaanacha umloch aleinu miheira atah HaShem livadcho bichesed uvirachamim, restore our judges as in earliest times and our counselors as at first; remove from us sorrow and groan; and speedily reign over us – You, HaShem, alone – with kindness and compassion. "
Please daven for 7 year old Yair Tuvia ben Michal who is suffering from a fractured skull after having been hit by the same terrorist that murdered Shlomo Nativ.
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