1400 Candles Lit During Emotional Shloshim At Kosel

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1400 Candles Lit During Emotional Shloshim At Kosel

Photos, Videos: Avreimke Eisenshtien for Chabadinfo

This evening (Monday), a moving ceremony took place at the Western Wall with the participation of dozens of bereaved families, during which 1,400 memorial candles were lit in memory of the victims of the October 7th – Simchas Torah massacre • Full Story, Photos, Video

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This evening (Monday), a moving ceremony took place at the Western Wall with the participation of dozens of bereaved families and the ‘Together We Will Win’ association, during which 1,400 memorial candles were lit in memory of the victims of the October 7th – Simchas Torah massacre.

The ceremony was attended by war cabinet member, Minister Benny Gantz.

Hundreds of worshippers from all across the country and various sectors of Israeli society joined the families in singing songs of comfort and consolation in memory of the victims, accompanied by singer Yaakov Shwekey.

Tehillim for the deceased were recited during the event by Rabbi Eitan Eisman, the grandfather of Noam and Yishai Slotki z”l, who fell in battle in the south; Yossi Rivlin, the brother of Aviad and Gideon z”l, who were murdered in the terrorist attack on the party in Re’im; and Amichai Resler, the father of Dvir z”l, a soldier in the Golani Brigade who fell in battle. May Hashem avenge their blood.

The memorial prayer of Kaddish for the fallen and the victims was recited by Brigadier-General (res) Dedi Simhi, Israel Fire and Rescue Authority Commissioner, who lost his son Guy z”l, who fell in battle. Immediately afterward, Cantor Shai Abramson of the IDF recited the “El Maleh Rahamim” prayer.

The Rabbi of the Kosel, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, offered a prayer for the release of the captives and the missing, and afterwards, the Mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Leon, recited a prayer for the well-being of the IDF soldiers and security forces.

Rabbi Rabinowitz offered words of strength to the bereaved families: “The 1,400 candles that we light here are not just memorial candles for each and every one of the Simchat Torah victims. They are also a reminder for all of us that these lights that have been extinguished – we will light them anew. This is our eternal mission: to kindle a new light from an extinguished one, to bring light to the darkest places. To believe that as long as the candle is burning, we can repair things. 1,400 candles will burn here as a memorial, for lives that were and are no more – each an entire world. When the days of war come to an end, we will take all of these candles and transform them into a great light – a new light.”