Words for the Kletzky family and community

A time for tears, for timely introspection... and for achdus
Rabbi Eytan Feiner   
Congregation Kneseth Israel
Far Rockaway

The pain, the intense hurt and anguish, the Chillul Hashem, the many questions unanswered...the unforgettable picture of cute 8 year old Leiby learning over a sefer with those innocent eyes...

I sat this morning in the Camp Simcha Beis Medrash after minyan and, just as I was getting ready to head to breakfast, I overheard a few girls davening behind the mechitza. A young girl with cancer was leading a group of campers and counselors in the morning brachos. She sounded like she was just about the same age as sweet little Leiby...and the love for Hashem, the sincere emotion expressed, the pure and pristine quality of her carefully pronounced words was palpable. And I couldn’t stop thinking about how Leiby Kletzky would be reciting those very same brachos with so much kavanah this very morning had a deranged individual not brutally taken his life away so prematurely.