This evening (Tues.), the Candle Lighting Ceremony on the Sixth Nigh of Chanuka was held at the Western Wall, attended by the Chief Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek and President of the Migdal Ohr institutions, Israel Prize Recipient Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman; together with the Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites, Rabbi Rabinovitz; Finance Minister, Betzalel Smotrich; Director General of the Claims Conference, Solly Eliav; Commander of the Department for Handling Fallen Soldiers, Colonel Rabbi Eyal Mordoch; Military Rabbinate Colonel Rabbi Shmuel Almaliach; Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel, Kobi Bleich; families and the public at large.
Also participating were 70 soldiers of the Black Battalion from the Shura Camp and 200 of their family members. The battalion is responsible for organizing the farewell encounter of the families with their loved ones – the IDF fallen soldiers, may God avenge their blood. They are also responsible for all of the funerals and memorial ceremonies for the fallen soldiers of the IDF and the defense system and the volunteers who supported the families during the difficult moments since the Saturday of Simchat Torah.
Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman said: “We are currently standing in the holiest site for the Jewish People, where the Chanuka miracle took place. Here is where they lit the candles in the courtyard of the holy site, a place where the Divine light was revealed to the Jewish People. This is the time, in this holy place at this holy time, for all of us to pray that all the hostages and captives return home safe and sound. We pray for a full recovery for the wounded and for the safety and success of all those soldiers who are fighting for our country.
Amen and Amen!
