Last night while preparing for a class late at night, I received a text message from a family member with the dreadful news of the attack that was taking place in Jerusalem. Over the next hour the terrible scope of this barbaric attack became apparent as the pictures of Jewish worshippers laying dead while wearing their prayer shawls and Tefillin began to surface.
This attack was gruesome as is every other attack, but the personal edge of this attack and the three American casualties including a famous personality from Boston, have really hit home. My wife's first cousins whom we stayed with just a few months ago, live blocks away from the scene of today's attack, and our first cousin was one of the first medics on the scene who began treating people who had run outside the Synagogue before having to dive for cover when the terrorists came outside. In fact, our aunt's car has bullet holes in it and our cousin who saved lives today, is very very lucky to be alive and unhurt.
As Israel is on our mind and we pray and hope for its safety and security, please consider joining us tomorrow morning in solidarity with Jerusalem as you can read below. If you can't please take a moment to do an extra Mitzvah and Act of Kindness in honor of the Victims.
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May we only have good tidings to share.
Rabbi Yisroel Freeman
Stand with Jerusalem Tomorrow Morning
Tomorrow Morning (Wednesday 19th) we will gather together in Sudbury in our Prayer Shawls and Tefillin in solidarity with the victims and with the residents of Jerusalem who were gunned down as they prayed the morning prayers. Together we will Recite the Shema and Pray for the welfare of Jerusalem.
We will begin at 7am with the morning service and at 7:30am - 7:45am we will recite the Shema and say a special Prayer for the victims and for Israel. Please join us for all or part of it
If you can't make it by that time, we will be here until 9am and welcome anyone who would like to stop by to say the Shema or Prayer for the Victims.
In addition tonight before our JLI Class we will have 10 Minutes of Psalms and Prayers for the Victims at 7:20pm.
Location: Chabad Center of Sudbury 22 Union Ave #9 Sudbury, MA