Ariel Zohar, 13, is the sole survivor of his family after his parents and two sisters were murdered by the Hamas animals on Simchas Torah in Kibbutz Nachal Oz.
Early that morning, Ariel had gone for an early-morning run, which saved his life. When the attack began, he hid in another home on the kibbutz and his life was spared.
Ariel, whose bar-mitzvah is in a week, is now sitting shiva at the home of his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor. He asked ZAKA volunteers to return to his embattled home to retrieve his tefillin, which his father had received from his father, a Holocaust survivor whose parents were murdered in the concentration camps.
In a special operation, ZAKA volunteers, together with a special IDF unit, entered Nir Oz. On the way, they came under anti-tank fire and IDF forces responded to the source of the fire. But they succeeded in their mission and retrieved Ariel’s tefillin.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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There is a special Mitzvah in the Torah to help orphans get married. It’s one of the 613. No less important than any other Mitzvah. רצה הקב״ה לזכות את ישראל לפיכך הרבה להם תורה ומצוות.
More opportunities for חסד ואהבת ישראל.
@leah it would be an honor to help him. Are you ranting because you are angry?
@leahspitzer: OMG !!!! HOW DARE YOU TURN THE MURDER OF HIS “ENTIRE FAMILY” 1 WEEK BEFORE HIS BAR MITZVAH RIGHT AFTER GETTING UP FROM SHIVAH INTO A MONEY ISSUE, AND YOU HAVE THE CHUTZPAH BY SAYING “Or is he going to turn 2 us 4 help in marrying him off and setting up his apartment”.
IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO SUGGEST HE SHOULDN’T MARRY ANOTHER ORPHAN LIKE IT’S A SIN FOR HIM TO DO SO, AND AGAIN YOU TURN IT INTO A MONEY ISSUE BY SAYING ” so he won’t have 2 cry out 2 us 4 help at all anymore”.
YOU START WITH HAVING PITY ON HIM AND END WITH MOSHIACH AND THE BAIS HAMIKDUSH BLAH BLAH BLAH TRYING TO USE THAT AS A COVER FOR THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS YOU SAID, ESPECIALLY USING THE WORDS “2 cry out 2 us 4 help at all anymore”, THEY JUST “MURDERED HIS ENTIRE FAMILY” FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, YES PUNT INTENDED.
PERSONALLY, IF I HAD WERE ABLE TO I WOULD SETUP A GO FUND-ME FOR HIM NOT JUST TO “marrying him off and setting up his apartment” BUT,
(1) HIS BAR MITZVAH.
(2) HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONAL THERAPY HE WILL NEED FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG.
(3) CURRENT TUITION.
(4) FULL TIME COLLEGE.
(5) YES HIS “WEDDING AND HIS APARTMENT”.
(6) WHENEVER HE WILL BE READY FOR AN ALL-EXPENSES PAID VACATION WHEREVER HIS POOR HEART DESIRES.
I’M SURE I’M FORGETTING SOMETHING, BECAUSE “I’M SO SO MAD ABOUT THOSE NASTY COMMENTS YOU MADE”.
I HOPE YWN UNDERSTANDS HOW I’M FEELING BY WRITING THIS AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR APPROVING IT.
May HKBH, the Avi Ha’yasomim, watch over him. He’s got all the excuses in the book. BeH he’ll have the סיעתא דשמיא to get through this and to become a emesdika gadol b’yisroel.
cmon u misunderstood my point all i meant is 4 him 2 lead a normal life just like the rest of us it’s that simple ok