Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Death Notice in Jerusalem for Rabbi Gavrial Holtzberg and Wife Rivka


Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, a Chabad official from New York, delivered an impassioned eulogy, describing the young couple as dedicated people who would stop at nothing to help a fellow Jew.

"We will answer the terrorists," he vowed, his voice shaking. "We will not fight them with AK47s. We will not fight them with grenades. We will not fight them with tanks.

"We will fight them with torches!" he cried, referring to God's teachings.

The couple left behind a 2-year-old son, Moshe, who was rescued by his Indian caretaker, Sandra Samuel.

"You don't have a mother who will hug you and kiss you," Rabbi Kotlarsky cried out during a eulogy that switched back and forth between Hebrew and English. But the community will take care of the boy, he vowed: "You are the child of all of Israel."

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