JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During a Channel 14 interview at the Western Wall with Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a terrorist shooting attack in the Jordan Valley in April 2023, Rabbi Dee tore his shirt.
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כאבל על חורבן הבית: הרב ליאו די שאיבד את אשתו ובנותיו קרע את חולצתו בשידור חי#תשעה_באב@varon_dana pic.twitter.com/iVfTXIWd8w
— עכשיו 14 (@Now14Israel) August 12, 2024
Explaining his behavior, Rabbi Dee said that he had not been at the Kotel [Western Wall] for over 30 days, and was therefore halachically required to tear his shirt as a sign of mourning for the Temple. Rabbi Dee added that despite all of the intense efforts to free hostages, there is one hostage “who is the oldest hostage in the world- Temple Mount” and we must remember it at this time.
Thousands of people thronged to the Kotel on the evening and day of Tisha B’av and many joined in singing Ani Ma’amin after the prayers.
שירת אני מאמין כעת בכותל המערבי, צום תשעה באב. קרדיט: דוב בער הכטמן pic.twitter.com/Yi22Zswu0C
— אברהם פריינד (@avrahamFriend) August 12, 2024
as long as we can produce fine young Jewish men like in this video, Hashem will help us and protect us.