{"id":38322,"date":"2014-11-20T21:56:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T21:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=38322"},"modified":"2014-11-20T21:56:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T21:56:37","slug":"widows-four-har-nof-terror-victims-make-communal-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/israel\/widows-four-har-nof-terror-victims-make-communal-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Families of the Four Har Nof Terror Victims Make Communal Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The widows of the four Har Nof synagogue terror attack victims issued a letter calling for the coming shabbat as a day of <em>ahavat chinam<\/em> ( loving others freely without judgement). See a translation and the original letter in Herbrew below:<\/p>\n<p><em>We turn to acheinu Bnei Yisrael wherever they may be. Let us all come together to increase the rachamei Shomayim shown to us! Let us all accept upon ourselves that we will increase love and brotherhood \u2013 between each person and his fellow, between community and community, between major group and major group.<\/p>\n<p>Our request is that every individual should see to it to accept upon himself on Erev Shabbos Parshas Toldos, to sanctify this coming Shabbos as a day of ahavas chinam. It should be a day that we refrain from all kinds of divisive conversation, lashon hora, and rechilus.<\/p>\n<p>This will be a great uplift to the souls of the heads of our families who were slaughtered for the holiness of His Holy Name.<\/p>\n<p>May Hashem look from above, see our affliction, wipe away our tears, and say, \u201cEnough!\u201d to our sorrow.<br \/>\nMay we merit to see the arrival of Moshiach Tzidkeinu, speedily in our days \u2013 Amen, Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Signed with a broken and crushed heart:<br \/>\nChayah Levine and family<br \/>\nBreina Goldberg and family<br \/>\nYaakovah Kupinsky and family<br \/>\nBashi Twersky and family<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Original translation appeared at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cross-currents.com\/archives\/2014\/11\/20\/message-from-the-har-nof-widows\">cross-currents.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/letter-from-widows-1024x989.jpg\" alt=\"letter-from-widows\" width=\"700\"  class=\"alignnone size-large wp-post-38322 wp-image-38334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/letter-from-widows-1024x989.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/letter-from-widows-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The widows of the four Har Nof synagogue terror attack victims issued a letter calling for the coming shabbat as a day of ahavat chinam ( loving others freely without judgement). 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