IT'S WAR

UPDATE: Rivka's father spoke during the funeral today (see below)and revealed that Rivka had been five months pregnant at the time of her death. Speaking of his murdered daughter and her husband, he said, "You were the nation's emissaries in your lives and in your deaths. Look how many people have come... You are sanctifying the name of Heaven and calling for unity."

Horror scene: Blood spatters the walls inside the Jewish centre where Moshe was trapped as Islamic gunmen killed his parents during last week's attacks

Tears of the two-year-old boy trapped in Mumbai Jewish centre as his parents were murdered Daily mail (hat tip wolf)

Clutching a toy basketball, his face contorted by tears, this is Moshe Holtzberg at today's memorial service for his parents. The two-year-old orphan's rabbi father and mother were murdered in Mumbai's Jewish centre

The family of Rabbi & Rebbetzen Gavriel Holtzberg have set up this fund for poor little Moshie and his sibling.

UPDATE: Watch the video here: the cries of emah (mama) (hat tip Judith)

The video was filmed yesterday during a memorial service in the rather impressive Mumbai synagogue. The maternal grandparents of the boy also attended the ceremony before they returned to Israel for the funeral . The Israel TV video is in Hebrew, but you can get the gist as the emotions are raw from the images. Especially potent, aside from Moshe crying 'Emah" (mother), is when the tearful grandfather prays "G-d gives, G-d takes, Blessed be the name of the bestower of blessings, Hashem.for now & forever" He continues in broken English, ".G-d give me two kids, Rivki & Gabi, my kids" (The Indian man holding Moishe during the memorial service is apparently Sandra the cook's boyfriend. Sandra, who saved the child, will accompany the grandparents to Israel. The woman sitting next to them is Moishe's grandmother.) Near the end of the video you see ZAKA investigators praying in the destroyed Synagogue inside the Chabad Nairima House. The entire house was riddled w/ bullets & blood & there was no means of escaping alive, according to the commentator & visuals. A bullet whole penetrated the Torah, torn in the portion of the Torah "after the death of the holy ('acharei mot kedoshim"] . Last shot in the video shows the Grandparents, Moishie, holding a balloon, & Sandra at the airport bound for Tel-Aviv.

UPDATE: The Funeral (hat tip Sammy)

Thousands of mourners jammed Kfar Chabad Tuesday and heard leading rabbis and President Shimon Peres eulogize Chabad Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, two of the six Israelis murdered by Muslim terrorists in the Mumbai massacre last week.

Comments

[dennisw]

Nothing good comes from false prophets

[Yitro]

You bet its war. It is a religious war. And like Atlas said on Tamars show, a war for supremacy.

Look at the face of that little boy. What was his parents crime? Tikun Olam. Repairing a sick and broken world. Being a light unto the nations.

Islam has to go.

[kaps]

absolutely and utterly heartbreaking.
G-d bless both of these babies.
i implore all who read this to send something, anything to help these orphans.
i just cannot comprehend this senseless evil...nor do
i want to.

[Stogie]

Poor little precious child, what a cruel and dangerous world he was born into...orphaned at the age of two.

I donated and have also linked to the donation page at my blog.

God bless the Holtzberg family.

We are all Jews today.

[kobi]

ay, my heart. the heart of israel.

it is min shamayim that this is where the bullet hit the torah. may Gd help us.

pls donate to chabad of india... to the family.

pls increase your torah learning and acts of kindness.

this strengthens israel!!!!

[Den]

I don't really know what to say, I just feel so gutted, shocked, disgusted, angry and saddened with this evil horrific slaughter of innocents.

[Unite_Against_Islam]

As Stogie puts it, we are all Jews today.

It is shameful that the whole world sits silently and helplessly in face of the repeated and almost daily horrific attacks by the practioners of the 'religion of peace'.

[Den]

Just turned on my television and Sky News is covering the funeral in Tel Aviv.

[lilredbird]

All day yesterday at work I wanted to yell don't any of you people care what is happening, that they murdered these young parents and that little 13-year-old girl and the others. Yet I'm not even allowed to say anything because it would be "political" and might "offend". In a war, are people expected to remain silent so as not to "offend" the enemy? What will it take to make people care again?

[JWWright]

Bukhari (52:256) - The Prophet... was asked whether it was permissible to attack the pagan warriors at night with the probability of exposing their women and children to danger. The Prophet replied, "They (i.e. women and children) are from them (i.e. pagans)."

In this command, Muhammad establishes that it is permissible to kill non-combatants in the process of killing a perceived enemy. This provides justification for the many Islamic terror attacks that kill innocent women and children.

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/

Despicable. Let's not neglect the Holocaust that's going on in our own back yard. These douchbags want to legally force faith-based heath institutions to perform abortions. And Obama will sign the law.

FountainheadZero
Come to the dark side.

[jjmurphy]

The men AND women of the West have simply lost all belief in the value of their own existence. Christian, Jew, Hindi, Buddhist, etc., it doesn't matter. We do not believe in ourselves and the superiority of our cultures as opposed to islam. (Present company excepted.) As disgusting as that cult of death is, they believe in their way of life.

Until we believe in our way of life again, the muslims will continue to win the battles.

[Rebel Rebel]

From Arutz Sheva:

Mumbai Terrorists Were on Cocaine and LSD

(IsraelNN.com) The Islamic terrorists who carried out the bombings and three-day reign of terror last week in Mumbai may have used strong drugs to keep killing for so long.

Indian Police found multiple syringes of cocaine and LSD left behind by the terrorists, and forensics investigators later detected traces of drugs in the terrorists' bodies. There was also evidence of steroid use, which implies heavy training prior to the attack.

A source in India's police told the Mirror "this explains why they managed to battle commandos for over 50 hours with no food or sleep." The source said that one of the gunmen probably took mega-doses to be able to continue functioning after having been wounded.

Only one terrorist survived the attack. He is on life support.

[Wayne from Jeremiah Films]

I've added a link to your post at Blogwatch: War on Terrorism

Sorry I do not have many words to say in this comment. I'll just say my heart is with those people.

[kozanne]

Rage and sadness. There are no words that can cover up this atrocity, or make it bearable.

Just rage and sadness.