קברי צדיקים

קברי צדיקים The graves💡 of the righteous
I have found a lot of meaning and connection❤ in my life’s journey going to kivrei tzadikim. I went to a cemetery recently which I don’t usually go to. It has unfortunately been the site of many funerals💔 since the war began a few months ago. Har Hertzel. The national cemetery for our fallen soldiers.😢
I heard someone quote recently what one of the great Rabbis in Israel of the previous generation, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach z”l, had said about Har Hertzel, “If you want to go to the graves of the righteous, go there.”💥 A person who dies protecting our home and protecting our people is holy קדוש.
I wasn’t sure what it would be like and what I would feel🤔. I parked my car a short way down the access road after entering the cemetery and walked up a short set of stairs to the nearest plots. I saw right away that it was an area for soldiers who died fighting in the War of Independence. I spent time reading their names and ages. For many of them the grave also listed where they had made aliyah from. Some were as young as 16 years old🤯. Young men and women. They had no choice but to fight the invading Arab armies.
As I looked at the trees and the beautiful gardening around me, I thought about these young soldiers of 1948🕯. You could see in the distance, past the trees of the cemetery, different neighborhoods of Jerusalem. I thought about how they would feel about the miracle of Jerusalem being rebuilt, 75 years later. How they would see it. The miracle of so many Jews returning to our home🇮🇱🙏. The rebuilding of our homeland. In their merit, and in the merit of all the soldiers since, we have a thriving, beautiful country, despite the hatred around us. I thought about how they must be praying for our holy soldiers who are fighting now. Just like the soldiers fighting today, their courage and sacrifice is leading us to redemption✌. They are keeping all of us safe from cruel enemies.
May we see the immediate release and freedom of the all hostages, and may all of our holy soldiers come home safely.🙏🙏 May we see real victory over our enemies and the full Redemption.🙏 Amen