The Wounded
March 17, 2008/ 10 Adar II 5768
According to the secretary at Yeshiva Letzeirim, the high school next to the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva, most of the injured have been released to complete their recuperation at home.
The names of the two students still hospitalized are:
Nadav ben (son of) Hadassah
Naftali ben (son of) Gila Rachel
The Gift of Life: Finding The Message In The Massacre
March 16, 2008 / 9 Adar II 5768
Written by Noah Jacobson, a graduate of the Robert M. Beren Academy, in the week following the attack at Yeshivat Merkaz Harav in Jerusalem. Noah is currently studying in Israel for the year at Yeshivat Shaalvim.
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After the Pigu'a: Saying Hallel and El Maleh Rahamim on Friday morning Hebrew
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El Maleh Rachamim
אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים
אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים שׁוֹכֵן בַּמְּרוֹמִים, הַמְצֵא מְנוּחָה נְכוֹנָה עַל כַּנְפֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה.
בְּמַעֲלוֹת קְדוֹשִׁים וּטְהוֹרִים כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ מַזְהִירִים,
לְנִשְׁמַת _______ בן _________ [השם המלא של הנפטר ושמות הוריו] שֶׁהָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמו, בְּגַן עֵדֶן תְּהֵא מְנוּחָתו.
לָכֵן בַּעַל הָרַחֲמִים יַסְתִּירֵהוּ בְּסֵתֶר כְּנָפָיו לְעוֹלָמִים, וְיִצְרֹר בִּצְרוֹר הַחַיִּים אֶת נִשְׁמָתו,
יְהֹוָה הוּא נַחֲלָתוֹ, וְיָנוּחַ בְּשָּׁלוֹם עַל מִשְׁכָּבוֹ, וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן.
El maleh rachamim shochen bam'romim, ham'tzei menuchah nechonah tachat kanfei hash'chinah, bema'alot kedoshim ut'horim kezohar haraki'a maz'hirim lenishmat ___________ ben__________ shehalach le’olamo, beGan Eden ye'hei menuchato. Lachen, Ba'al harachamim, yasstireihu beseter k'nafav le’olamim, veyitzror bitzror hachayim et nishmato. Adonai hu nachalato, ve’yanu'ach beshalom al mishkavo, venomar amen.
God of compassion, grant perfect peace in Your sheltering Presence, among the holy and the pure who shine like the glow of the firmament, to the soul of ____________ son of _____________ who has gone on into his world, may he know eternal rest in the Garden of Eden. And may the God of compassion shelter him under His wings for eternity and bind up his soul in the bond of everlasting life. May God be his inheritance and may he rest in peace. And let us answer: Amen.