In a touching letter, published online, Rebbetzin Yemima Mizrahi addresses... in fact, it's hard to put a finger on it: to us, to the kidnapped, to the heroic mothers, to the Messiah who was hesitant to arrive, to our Father in Heaven who will return our children to us and send the Messiah son of David. Because even if he and the kidnapped have delayed arriving until now - even now is good. Yes, even now is good.
Yesterday at the Western Wall Plaza, and unlike at Kikar Hamedina,
The same beloved and strange picture again.
Together, in a strange mix, thousands and thousands
We open our hearts to charity, prayer, and repentance:
Dreadlocks next to a hat, a tank top in front of the Western Wall,
Everyone knows that the other also bears the burden,
And one cannot help but ask with a thoughtful look:
Why only now. Why only now?
And even now it's good.
Talmon. Yesterday. On a high mountainside,
Silent women try to swallow their tears,
Like hardworking ants cleaning and serving,
Fearful eyes sneak up on the mother, waves.
Silent. But voices are seen, as in a Chinese context,
So many beautiful women have caught my eye.
How much grace, prayer, how much love in the eyes,
Indeed, this is not so, for this is the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
And I didn't know that in these stormy mountains
There is such a populated place.
And why only now, why only now?
And even now it's good.
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Elad. Yesterday. And Mother Iris the Saint,
Chapter 20 says again, "To conquer," in a whisper,
And the grandmothers beside her, full of faith,
They proudly tell me: "Did you see outside? What a picture!"
Sephardi, Ashkenazi, Hasidic and soldier -
"That's exactly how Eyal would have loved.".
How united they are there. How no one quarrels,
But why only now, why only now?
And even now it's good.
Thursday evening. Beer Sheva. A tired diarist.
This is really not the time to get kidnapped.
But a child there whispers "I'm being kidnapped, kidnapped""
And parents now at three in the morning are worried and tired
And now he travels alone to his destiny.
And only a mother with waves in her heart's detector hears the waves of his voice.
And in the morning they know that his call was not in vain,
But why only now, why only now?
And even now it's good.
Today. When Gilad, Naftali and Eyal enter the house,
After the hugs to the sky, and to everything,
Rachel, Bat Galim and Iris will look at their tired child.
""What is this?" they will say to them in a slightly reprimanding tone.
""Not clean, not tidy, have you looked in the mirror?
And you're usually such a responsible kid...
Four days without tefillin? Only prayers from the heart?
So come eat something, you look hungry.
You told me on the phone that you were back on Saturday.
So why only now, why only now?
And even now it's good!".
Messiah is on his way here and he doesn't have organized transportation either,
He also needs a ride, because they think he belongs in another country,
He's so tired too. Bandages on his legs,
His steps are heavy. Iron and copper are his shoes,
He's almost out of breath, from extreme calculations.
In time? And in a hurry? Will they be broken or happy?
He also doesn't know if they expect more from him, if they've already lost hope.
He also wants an answer to be found when he comes.
So when he comes, exhausted, road dust in his eyes,
Please promise me you won't ask him,
""Why only now?""
Because even now it's good.
Even now, it's good.
... They said chapter 56. This is the chapter of "Nu" - to say to God Nu? Nu? Nu? When will you return them to us, safe and sound? It is not for nothing that it is written, "The spirit of those who plan for the end will sigh" (Sanhedrin 27:1), because waiting simply consumes our spirit.
This is my only request now from the Lord of the Universe: bring them home quickly, to their mother and father, safe and sound. Unharmed.
In tears,
Rebbetzin Yemima Mizrahi
