Tragedy in Toulouse

Tragedy has a face.

Gabriel and Arieh Sandler died alongside their
father Rabbi Jonathon Sandler

   

Sargent Imad Ibn-Ziaten, 30 

Private Mohamed Legourd, 26

Corporal Abel Chennouf, 24

 

Suffering has a face.

the mother of Miriam Monsonego

Abel Chennouf

 

"And shock breeds silence. This is actually one of the reasons
that in the Jewish tradition the first meal for a mourner consists
of a hard-boiled egg, for a mourner has no mouth.
This is also one of the reasons that when coming to comfort the mourner,
it is only when the mourner chooses to speak and begins the
conversation that it is proper to talk. If mourners prefer silence, silent it remains."  http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1806589/jewish/The-Tragedy-in-Toulouse.htm 

Eva Sandler,woman who through a brutal murder lost
her husband and two young sons,
wrote to the Jewish community asking,
"Please bring more light into the world by kindling
the Sabbath Candles...
as a way to add holiness to the world."

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1808989/jewish/Massacre-in-Toulouse.htm 

When little children are afraid of the dark parents often
leave a light on. This light pierces the darkness
with a soft, warm glow of security.


Let us light candles with the hope of piercing
the darkness of racism
that breeds in the darkness of fear.
Let us not remain silent.


May their names be a blessing and a memory
for each of us.