* Translation by Yehoshua Siskin
The video below will not make headlines but it’s definitely worth watching.
"Kesher Yehudi" organization is in touch with dozens of families of hostages and organizes Shabbatot for them. They spent last Shabbat together at a Jerusalem hotel. Before Shabbat, Shelley Shem Tov, mother of Omer, spoke as follows:
“Omer is still in captivity although his friend Itay who had been kidnapped with him was released earlier on. Itay told us that on Friday night he and Omer took salt from a bag of pretzels, filled a bottle cap with a little wine they happened to have, put napkins on their heads, and made Kiddush. That was the moment when they felt closest to home.
Itay also said that Omer was inspired in that moment to make a commitment to keep Shabbat. What could he do in captivity on Shabbat anyway? Well, every day at 5 in the afternoon there was a power outage and they had received flashlights in order to be able to see in the dark. So Omer decided to keep Shabbat by not turning on his flashlight on Shabbat.
I want to tell you that this makes me so proud of my son. They took away his freedom , but not his fatih. I know that it’s this faith that keeps him going and protects him. And I am also certain that when he returns he will say that he felt the power of the prayers and the mitzvot that we did on his behalf.”
You will not hear about this on the news, but I think this is the headline in heaven.
