…Let us end on an up note. Last Thursday in Hebron those five American yeshiva boys were rescued by an Arab who took them into his house as they were being pelted with rocks and firebombs. His name is Fayez Abu Hamadiah who since then has been receiving deaths threats. He said on Channel 2 TV on Sunday evening that people have threatened to burn his house down or cut off his head.

The Israeli interviewer called him a hero. He said, “No, I am not a hero. This is what every person should have done. I did it because I’m a human being. With all my heart, I am a man of peace.” He said he had been afraid at the moment that men in ski masks would show up and give us trouble, when the boys were inside. “But I knew I would defend them even if it risked my life and the lives of my children.”

Hasid umot haolam. He is one of the Righteous among the Gentiles. Imagine if his type were dominant in his community what a different place Eretz Yisrael would be.

Leila tov.