Dear guests, this Kabalat Shabbat is bringing you face to face with the bereavement of a family in Israel and with only one family out of many.

Life in Israel, as we all know, is hard and demands a heavy price but I can tell you that it is also beautiful and we do not have any other place on earth but here. I take the liberty to quote my son who always said- especially after coming back from aboard: Mommy there is no place like Israel. So please all of you come and visit us here in our beautiful country, explore our enchanting landscapes and send your children so they will fall in love with this ancient country and do not fear neither terror attacks nor war, because it is all gods hands.

Look around you and see Nirs friends-they represent the best of our younger generation who serve the various units un the IDF and they are all worthy of your love/

Go in peace back home and be for us ambassadors of love and we will be happy to see you here with us again in this beautiful temple of god.