The Jewish Star reported on a gathering at a synagogue in Lawrence this week where the audience had a chance to meet and hear Lt. Aharon Karov, who was injured when he entered a booby-trapped house in Gaza a year ago. He was called up to serve in the army the day after his wedding.
His mother related in a private interview that Aharon was born on the ninth of Av and the midwife didn't understand why the parents were happy that he was born on that day.
"...we said because the Moshiach will be born on the ninth of Av. I didn’t think much about that all these years but when he was injured I said Moshiach is not a person but an era, a way of behaving. It is an era where we get closer to Hashem, and darkness and light are together until the light shines out, as the redemption gets closer. From the moment he married and went to battle and was wounded and continued to fight to live I understood that this was the time of Moshiach and maybe that is why he was born on the ninth of Av. We have to see that within the dark is the redemption and in this way will come the Moshiach to see the good within the bad.”
Read full article: http://thejewishstar.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/wounded-cast-lead-hero-visits-five-towns/
Below is a video in which LT. Karov spoke at a Memorial day ceremony a number of months ago. His message was one of unity.
No comments:
Post a Comment