These Holy Days—A High Holidays Supplement After October 7 | Page 31

One thing I ask of ה ו ה
י just one thing — I ’ m begging : let me live out all the days of my life at ה ו ה י ’ s home , to gaze upon ה ו ה י ’ s beauty and dwell in this paradise .
I asked him not to do it , I begged him , I said I was too young . He switched off my phone and took it from me , and then held a knife to my throat and took me out of the house . ( Yagil Yaacov , age 13 )
Let me stay hidden in this sukkah on this evil day ; let me remain concealed in the corner of this tent ; or else in restraints I will be yanked up and taken away .
Luckily for us , there was a place to hide behind a water tower in the factory . We went inside a Sukkah there . ( Ofek D .)
I ’ m going to lift my head now … my enemies are all around me . I ’ m going to be slaughtered in this tent , one of the many slaughtered amid their gleeful shouts . I ’ ll sing a prayer — I ’ ll offer praise to
ה ו ה י
.
At one point , I thought they had gone , I raised my head and suddenly saw a terrorist in front of my eyes with an axe . ( Dotan D .)
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