10/7/23(pro Israel)
On this day, we pause to remember the horrific events of October 7, 2023—a day that scarred the soul of Israel and shocked the world. Nearly 1,200 innocent lives were brutally taken. Hundreds of men, women, and children were kidnapped and held hostage; many of whom are now dead. Countless women were subjected to unimaginable cruelty and humiliation before losing their lives. Families were shattered, homes burned to the ground, and entire communities left in grief and devastation.
Yet even in the shadow of such evil, we have witnessed extraordinary courage. We remember the victims, pray for the hostages, and stand steadfast with Israel in her fight for life and freedom.
Am Yisrael Chai — the people of Israel live.
Let’s pray for the return of all of our hostages, the living and dead:
Ariel Cunio
Alon Ohel
Eitan Horn
Avinatan Or
Elkana Bohbot
Evyatar David
Bipin Joshi
Ziv Berman
Gali Berman
David Cunio
Eitan Mor
Maxim Herkin
Omri Miran
Bar Abraham Kupershtein
Guy Gilboa-Dalal
Nimrod Cohen
Matan Zangauker
Tamir Nimrod I
Matan Angrest
Segev Kalfon
Rom Braslavski
Yosef-Haim Ohana
Eliyahu Margalit
Eitan Levi
Sahar Baruch
Joshua Luito Mollel
Tal Haimi
Arie Zalmanowicz
Ran Gvili
Dror Or
Tamir Adar
Ronen Engel
Inbar Hayman
Guy Iluz
Asaf Hamami
Lior Rudaeff
Muhammad Al-Atarash
Meny Godard
Omer Neutra
Yossi Sharabi
Itay Chen
Daniel Oz
Daniel Peretz
Uriel Baruch
Sontia Ok’Krasari
Sontisek Rintalk
Amiram Cooper
Hadar Goldin
Farmer Girl:
It is very early. The kind of early where grief still hasn’t had its coffee and hope is absolutely not scheduled yet. The women go to the tomb carrying spices because when someone you love dies, you do the next right thing. You don’t expect miracles. You expect maintenance. You expect a body. You expect final.
They do not get final.
The stone is rolled away. The tomb is empty. And somewhere nearby, a group of guards is having the worst workday review in Roman history. Imagine being paid to guard death itself and then having to explain to your supervisor that, yes sir, the grave escaped. One minute you’re standing there with a spear, the next minute an angel shows up like lightning, the ground shakes, and you wake up realizing the thing you were guarding walked out. Career change imminent.
Two angels tell the women, "Why are you looking for the living among the dead". Which feels gentle until you realize it’s also Heaven saying, you’re shopping in the wrong aisle. He told you this. You ...