Yael Shevach, the widow of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, who was murdered in a shooting attack near Havat Gilad more than three years ago, published a post on her Facebook account in which she said that on Thursday she went for a walk in the Ein Maboa spring area, where she lost her wedding ring - which she did not remove from her finger even after her husband was murdered.
Shevah wrote: "This is not how I wanted to break up. Not without a decision in advance, not without a choice. This is not how I wanted you to disappear from my life. Not absent-mindedly, not without me being ready for it. But I never learn that it never happens the way I choose. It's always like this, suddenly, absent-mindedly, without preparation in advance and without me giving it my consent.".
Yael added: "I am saying goodbye to you today, without my consent, my beautiful wedding ring. The one that is not Moshe from my left ring finger but only one day a year, on Yom Kippur. And today you fell on me without me noticing somewhere, while I was walking and swimming in 'Ein Maboa'. I cry and mourn for you. I will never wear another ring again until I agree to truly say goodbye to you. And it turns out, of course, that the one responsible in fact is probably none other than Raziel. Because: 'Ein Maboa' in the gematria is 'Raziel'.".
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The newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Shevah received many responses to the post, which also reached the hands of the Nature and Parks Authority.
Kobi Helfgot, director of the Ein Mabua site of the Nature and Parks Authority and the Civil Administration, said: "I wrote to Yael on WhatsApp that we would look for the ring. She was happy to hear and excited, but she couldn't say exactly where the ring fell.".
Over the weekend, the ring was found by a Palestinian employee of the Nature and Parks Authority from Jericho, and it was returned to its owner.
Kobi Helfgot: "Last night I called Yael and told her that the ring had been found. I sent her a picture of the ring while talking to her, and then I heard, 'Yes, yes, this is the ring.' It was a very moving moment and a closing of the circle after 24 hours of searching.".
There is a ring!! pic.twitter.com/c7jrZiRXCb
— Yael Shevach (@yaelshevach) July 4, 2021
Yael Shevah told about the call she received at the end of Shabbat: "I spent the entire Shabbat and it was shocking. On Saturday night I received a call from Kobe who sent me a message that he wanted to talk to me, that he had good news. It turned out that he had been looking for me since the morning. But Shabbat. Thank God. I am very excited and not ready to let go of the fact that there was some message here. This is the first time the ring has fallen off. For the past 24 hours and a half I have been going through some kind of process inside me. And the ring came back to me. With less sentiment. Or more, depending.".
The Nature and Parks Authority said: "Following caring surfers who forwarded the post to us - and thank them for that! - the reserve's inspectors joined the mission, and despite the slim chances, they stubbornly searched every corner of the site. The stubbornness paid off. During Shabbat, a Nature and Parks Authority inspector, Eid Najoom, found the ring. The hard part was waiting for Shabbat to end to tell Yael about it...
""This morning she is coming to the reserve, this time to receive the ring.".
