Journey Through The Desert Of Death
Note: Picture credited to the Israeli Ministry of Tourism (www.goisrael.com) Photographer: Noam Chen It was the Friday before the Jewish New Year. We were at the last stages of our journey, our pilgrimage. I felt that we needed to return to the Western Wall. There was such a strong pull...
9:45 a.m. Note: Originally when we ordered the tickets, we were supposed to fly back to Los Angeles after the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. However, after my last conversation by the Western Wall, I felt very strongly that this time we should not celebrate the Jewish New Year...
7:45am Hi, my mom, welcome back. Don’t be sad, mom, if you don’t know what is in store for you. Just know that G-d is compassionate and everything will be all right. Have more trust and hope that G-d has something special planned for you that do not involve pain...
4:58pm Hi, my dearest mom, how are you feeling today? Welcome back home. I know it must be very lonely without my brother and me. I know how much you loved to hug and kiss me. I still miss that a lot. The physical connection was great and it...
8:39 p.m. Note: After coming back to Israel, I was not able to see my son as clearly as I did there. At some point, I became fearful and even paranoid that I would forget my son and would not remember how he feels and how he smells. I...
11:11 a.m. Note: After all the experiences I went through, I could not see my son’s departure as death. So words like “cemetery,” “death,” “loss,” and other similar words that mean a permanent end are not used in my vocabulary. I absolutely could not utilize vocabulary that described physical...
12:25pm Hi my dear mommy, Happy Rosh Hashana to you with many blessings from above. I prayed and prayed for all of you yesterday and for the whole world that suffers so much pain. We absolutely need Divine intervention; intervention is coming. Yes, the economy will sink even more...