At Rambam, perspectives on Har Nof

When Rabbi Friedman returned to Rambam after his visit to Har Nof, students heard an update on their fundraising efforts which collected $30,000 for the victims of the massacre.

Ira Zlotowitz, who provided matching funds, congratulated the boys and to spurred them on to the next project, raising money for the Seyf family, relatives of the the Druze policeman who sacrificed his life to save others who were still in shul during the attack

Rabbi Dovid Kupinsky, a brother of Rabbi Aryeh Kupinsky, who was murdered by the Arab terrorists, spoke to the talmidim at an assembly about the tremendous chesed his murdered brother was known for.

Rabbi Kupinsky mentioned that he had spoken across the country in many various schools and shuls and his goal was to inspire them to do something to undertake a project to memorialize the Kedoshim.

Afterwards, Rabbi Friedman described meeting the families of the victims:

“…Leaving the shul we proceeded to visit the Goldstein family, whose father was brutally attacked with an axe and was home recovering from surgery, with his head still bandaged up. His attitude, courage and emunah was something that is hard to describe. He said that he felt that he was not on a high enough level to have been taken as a korban.

“Rav Kaplan then took us to the Levine home, whose widow, Chaya [thanked] the Jewish community around the world for the outpouring of support she received and specifically asked me to thank the talmidim of Rambam for the fundraising efforts they undertook to express support for the victims in Har Nof.

“Mrs. Rothman, whose husband lays in a coma had just returned home from a full day in the hospital when we arrived. We purposefully kept the visit short but stayed long enough to convey the sentiment that Jews from all over the world were being mispallel for her husband’s refuah shelayma.

“Upon arriving to the home of Rebitzen Goldberg, we found sefarim on the table awaiting the return of her husband HYD. Their presence was testimony to the lifestyle that he lived, one immersed in Torah and mitzvos.…