Urgent Plea from the Parents of the Kidnapped Students:
Women and Girls Should Light Shabbos Candles
Last night CTVP director, Rabbi Menachem Kutner, received an urgent phone call from the father of Ayal Yifrach, one of the kidnapped boys asking him to meet with him.
When he arrived the father asked him, on behalf of all the parents, that Chabad Shluchim worldwide should please encourage women and girls around the world to light Shabbos candles in the merit of the kidnapped students.
In the words of Ayal’s Father:
“In every Jewish home in Israel and around the world, they should light Shabbos Candles. Shabbos is for Zachor = Remembering and Shamor = Guarding. May Hashem remember the kidnapped students and guard them. In the merit of this Mitzvah may he save them and bring them back home safe and sound speedily.”
When kindling the lights please have in mind:
Yaakov Naftali Ben Rachel Devorah
Gilad Michael ben Bat Galim
Eyal ben Iris Teshura