WATCH: Miriam Peretz, Who Lost 2 Sons In IDF Combat Comforts Devorah Paley Who Lost 2 Sons In Terror Attack

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Among the stream of people who came to offer condolences and support to Mrs. Devorah Paley this week was Mrs. Miriam Peretz, who lost two of her sons in IDF combat operations.

Mrs. Peretz told Mrs. Paley, who lost her two sons Yaakov Yisrael and Asher in the horrific ramming attack at the Shmuel junction in Ramot, that she received strength from the account in Tanach of how David Hamelech reacted when his son passed away.

“None of us is asked whether he wants to live or pass away, this is in Hashem’s hands. David Hamelech didn’t drink or eat, he mourned when his son was sick, but after  the child passed away, David Hamelech “gets up”. People asked him why he acted this way when he had been so distraught when the child was sick. He answered that “the boy is gone. Can I bring him back?”

“These  boys, these malachim are there, they have a father, their spirit unites us and in the end we all pass on, but the boys are no more, so I continue.”

Mrs. Peretz added that she had “buried two sons and a husband” but still I raised kids and there are grandchildren and joyous events and Hashem opens gates and we learn how to connect with him in the biggest crises.”