.... And all the time that evil is intensifying, the righteous too must abide its oppression - not because this is just, but because the time requires it.... In the period of the intensification of the evil... merits will not avail to save them from it.
One of those killed in the terrorist rocket attack on Kiryat Malachi this morning was Mirah (nee Cohen) Scharf, ZK"L.
... among the victims of this morning’s Gaza rocket attack on the Israeli city of Kiryat Malachi was a 25 year old Chabad “shlucha (female emissary)” to New Dehli, India named Mirah (nee Cohen) Scharf, who was visiting Israel this week for the memorial service of Chabad Mumbai terror victims Gabi and Rivka Holtzberg [HY"D]. The Hebrew anniversary of their brutal murder is today.
According to Chabad website Lubavitch.com, Scharf was pregnant. Sources on Facebook say she was the mother of 3 young children.
Gd save us.
A second victim named Ahron Smadga said to be in his late forties was the father of the 8 month old baby girl who was injured.
“He was married for 20 years and couldn’t have children then he had twin boys nine years ago, and 8 months ago his daughter was born and he was walking around with a smile on his face that he had a daughter after all this years,” Daniels told The Algemeiner.
“He was one of the first Chabad soldiers to join the Israeli Army,” he said.
The third victim was 22 year old Yitzchak Amselam. The funeral is planned for later today.
The Shmais news service reports that the rocket attack hit the neighborhood of Nachlas Har Chabad. “The entire community is devastated from the tragedy and davening for the injured.”
May the Gd of Israel comfort their families among all the mourners for Zion and Jerusalem... May they know no more sorrow.
Posted by: bunuel | Thursday, 15 November 2012 at 09:39 AM