5775 BORUCH DAYAN HAEMET AM YISROEL CHAI ISRAEL=JEWISH MY DEAR FRIENDS: I HAVE NO WORDS EXCEPTING......... I just spoke to my cousins in HAR NOF JERUSALEM. They went to 4 funerals today. In one block of their neighborhood are 4 widows and more then 30 children I know this lovely neighborhood and the synagogue well. AM YISROEL CHAI ISRAEL=JEWISH JUDY NEVER AGAIN NEVER FORGET -------------------------- Victims of Jerusalem synagogue attack laid to rest President Rivlin and thousands of citizens came to pay last respects to Tuesdays terror victims; prayers at Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue resume. Ynet Reporters The four victims of the terror attack that took place at a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday morning - Rabbi Moshe Twersky, Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, Rabbi Kalman Levine, and Aryeh Kupinsky - were laid to rest on Tuesday afternoon at Har HeMenuchot Cemetery in Jerusalem. Follow Ynetnews on Facebook and Twitter President Reuven Rivlin took part in the funerals along with thousands of other individuals who arrived to pay their last respects to Tuesdays victims of terror. On one street, four widows and 24 orphans were left, the head Rabbi of the community, Yitzhak Mordechai Rubin, said in his eulogy at Rabbi Twerskys funeral. Rabbi Rubin told the participants not to seek revenge for the deaths of the four Jews who were killed by two terrorists from East Jerusalem who raided their morning prayers with guns and meat cleavers. The funeral procession of people who came to pay their last respects to terror victim Rabbi Moshe Twersky. (Photo: Ido Erez) The funeral procession of people who came to pay their last respects to terror victim Rabbi Moshe Twersky. (Photo: Ido Erez) Rabbi Moshe Twersky, a 59-year-old immigrant from the US, and prominent Jewish figure in the Jewish community of Agassi Street in Jerusalem, was one of the four Jews killed during the terror attack on Tuesday morning. He was a big and righteous man during his life - not just after his death, Rabbi Shmuel Aurbach, a leader of the Lithuanian community, said in his eulogy at Twerskys funeral. He was so close to God during his holy life and was murdered in the middle of his prayers, while Tfilin was laid on his head, said Rabbi Aurbach. The funeral of Rabbi Moshe Twersky in Jerusalem on Tuesday. (Photo: Ido Erez) The funeral of Rabbi Moshe Twersky in Jerusalem on Tuesday. (Photo: Ido Erez) Rabbi Twersky left behind a wife, five kids between the ages of 23-33, and 10 grandchildren. Besides being a son and servant of God, he was a man with good qualities. He treated me with such love and always gave me a good feeling in every matter, said Rabbi Twerskys son at his fathers funeral. Another one of Rabbi Twerskys sons began to cry and said, I never thought that at this young age I would stand and eulogize you. Friends and family of the slain Rabbi told of Twerskys complete devotion to Torah. A week ago he said that Hanukah is in a month, and that we must already start preparing and learning the Halachot (Jewish laws), his sons said. On Shabbat nights he never slept but rather learned Torah. One time I woke up at 2 am and he was still studying, his son said. Rabbi Twerskys son-in-law, Rabbi Mordechai Altulesky, said, We never saw him rest or go on vacation. All of his time was dedicated to studying Torah. It was a marvel to see how a man could work so much. He labored almost without stop. Rabbi Twerskys father, who died 17 years ago, was the Rabbi Yitzchak (Isadore) Twersky, a Jewish Medieval History professor at Harvard University. Twerskys grandfather on his mothers side was Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the former head of Yeshiva University, a private Jewish university in New York that has branches in Jerusalem and Los Angeles. Soloveitchik, who was known as The Rov, ordained close to 2,000 rabbis over the course of almost half a century. Israel police and Border Police accompanied the funeral procession and burials of the victims, and a large number of Israeli police forces were scattered throughout central intersections in the capital. Prayers resume at synagogue Shortly after the funerals of the four victims of the Jerusalem synagogue attack on Tuesday were underway, dozens of worshipers entered the Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue in Har Nof to pray. The blood strains were all cleaned out, but the signs of the massacre that took place in the early morning hours were still evident, mostly the shattered windows from the gunfire. Worshipers read the Shema prayer - Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. Later, they read chapters from Psalms. The manager of synagogue, Motti Uderberg, said: We dont run the world. We keep having full faith and keep praying the Creator. The murderers wont deter us. One of the worshipers, a resident of the neighborhood, said: I wasnt here this morning, but this is my community and I know many of the people who were hurt. It was important to me to be here and show we will continue doing what we do. Worshipers not of the community also came to pray at the synagogue. One of them, Jerusalem resident Menachem, said: It was important to me to come here to support the families of those murdered, and the members of the community.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:43:25 +0000
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