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A young man was struck by an Egged 402 bus on Golda Meir Blvd. in Yerushalayim near Tamir Hall on Wednesday night the eve of 2 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz. According to the spokesman’s unit of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, the young man’s condition was reevaluated to be moderate after being stabilized in the trauma unit. He sustained head injuries.
One of the responders to the scene, who arrived in less than a minute, was United Hatzalah President Eli Beer, who told YWN that he was just moments away when the call came in. He stated it was clear to them on the scene the young man did sustain head injuries and he was treated and transported expeditiously.
What makes this case especially painful and chilling is the fact the victim is the chosson of Sara bas Dina Sperling, the kallah who was critically injured in the Egged 402 bus crash on the Tel Aviv Highway in February 2015.
B’chasdei Hashem Sara has made significant progress and now, wedding plans may be delayed again after the chosson being struck by an Egged 402 bus in the capital. The chosson, Yaakov [Yitzchak ben Chana] Kestelnitz, 26, is a talmid at Yeshivas Kol Torah in Yerushalayim.
When the kallah’s father Rabbi Avraham Sperling heard of the accident, around midnight, he told the press “We heard of the tragedy and prefer not to comment but to recite Tehillim at this time. We are davening for miracles”. When his kallah heard what had occurred, she could not stop crying.
The family stresses that following Chana’s injuries, there was never talk of canceling the shidduch.
UPDATE: Hadassah Hospital Spokesperson Hadar Elboim reports on Thursday, 2 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz that Yaakov is now listed in “light” condition, conscious and alert BH”.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Sad coincidence but hopefully, no one will try to link these events with some arcane rendition of hashgacha paratis. The proper view of such intervention by the invisible hand of the Ebeshter is brought down in a number of maamarim including Derech Chayim, Shaar HaTeshuvah, chapter 9 and the maamar entitled Es Havayah Heemarta #5678. It is a complex issue but not one where such strange and inexplicable events should be melded into some “message”.
I know this is a silly question, but if his name is Yaakov, why is his name only tizchak ben chana for davening, without the Yaakov?
I’m confused.
I meant Yitzchak
His name is Yaakov Yitzchak ben Chana
#1 A Yid believes there’s no such thing as coincidence and I’m sure the parents will discuss this matter with a tzaddik. It’s not a simple thing that it should happen twice before a wedding. But of course what can one expect from commenter #1?