Everyone is already familiar with 'I Will Go'. In the book, Rabbi Aharon Margalit unfolds the story of his extraordinary and inspiring life, which provides new strength for dealing with his personal difficulties. The book, which was a success among the ultra-Orthodox and religious public in Israel and around the world, has been printed in dozens of editions, in several languages.
But Rabbi Aharon Margalit felt that his life story and the messages that emerge from it must also reach the young readership. "By being exposed to the story, children will receive extraordinary personal empowerment that will help them overcome their difficulties with strength and courage, while taking inspiration from Aharla - the little boy, who despite all the difficulties overcame the challenges that the Creator placed before him and was able to overcome them. At a young age, the impact of the messages is enormous and especially effective.".
Now, in collaboration with Yaffe Nof Publishing, Rabbi Margalit is publishing a new comic book for young people. In its introduction, Rabbi Margalit writes: "I had many childhood dreams as a child, one of which was very powerful: that one day I would be able to speak to children in their own language, to persuade them to be more sensitive to the weak and different from them. I came a long way until I found the strength within myself to do this, my hope that my effort was worth it...""
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The task of converting the content into comics was entrusted to the talented duo of artists, 'Eli and Gold,' who produced a wonderful result that, according to comic connoisseurs, changes the rules of the game and redefines the concept of comics.
At the back of the book, Ahar'la, later Rabbi Aharon Margalit, recalls one of the high points of his miraculous struggle: "I can walk! I can! What a miracle! I leaned on my crutches and started running. After long years of lying on my back and staring at the ceiling! I was drunk with joy.".
On the other hand, "It was my mother who was frightened: Be careful, Ahr'la, you might fall, God forbid! A mother who believed in me more than anyone else in the world, and fought with all her might against paralysis, was also the one who feared that I would do harm... and yet she never stopped encouraging and spurring me to move forward more and more. She wanted to plant hopes and dreams in my head that one day we would play catch in the yard! One day I would catch her again!""
Aharla ends his words with encouragement for his young readers: "From the deepest place in my heart, I want to tell you, dear and lovely boys and girls, if I managed to get up and walk on my own two feet, then each and every one of you can achieve and realize many of your dreams and hopes.".
