I wish to commemorate even the secular the first Yahrtzeit of the Fogel Family HY’D.
A year ago, 11 March (6th Adar 5772- 29th February 2012), five members of the same family were murdered in their beds.
A year ago, 11 March (6th Adar 5772- 29th February 2012), five members of the same family were murdered in their beds.
Udi, Ruth, Yoav, Elad and Hadas Fogel from Itamar, a mother, father and three of their children who were brutally murdered while in their home on a Friday night last year.
Their brutal murder, and what followed it really displays the nature of Am Yisrael. Throughout our history we have been persecuted, and murdered, yet this persecution has caused us to strengthen and continue to build and to grow as a nation, just as the people of Itamar have done, building a new Bet Midrash in memory of Udi Fogel.
We will not be silenced. We will not succumb. We will grow and we will build. This is our revenge.
Their brutal murder, and what followed it really displays the nature of Am Yisrael. Throughout our history we have been persecuted, and murdered, yet this persecution has caused us to strengthen and continue to build and to grow as a nation, just as the people of Itamar have done, building a new Bet Midrash in memory of Udi Fogel.
In Yechezkel, it says “בדמיך חיי” - “In your blood you shall live”.
We will not be silenced. We will not succumb. We will grow and we will build. This is our revenge.
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