Less than a month since the tragedy in Mumbai, the Rosenbergs gathered their strength and prepared to bring a new light into the world by lighting the first Chanukah light. Using the menorah of his late father HY”D, Rav Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, Moishe stood alongside his nanny Sandra and lit the first light, perhaps more than a symbolic gesture that this young orphan will be responsible to bring much light into the world, continuing the mission of his late father and mother, Rebbitzin Rivki Holtzberg HY”D, the shluchim of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Z”TL in Mumbai, who became known around the world as a result of yet another Muslim terror attack that claimed the lives of others as well.

Sandra, who saved Moishe’s life, was permitted to accompany him to Eretz Yisrael and has a visa for three months, but the Rosenbergs are working to have it extended to permit her to remain for as long as she wishes or as long as Moishe needs her.

For the international Chabad community, this Chanukah provides an even more important mission than in past years, since this year, they are compelled to bring even more light into the world, their response to efforts by the enemies of Am Yisrael who seek to extinguish the light of Torah in the world.

On that note, R’ Shimon Rosenberg hopes to be in the Mumbai Chabad House for the last night of Chanukah, where he will light the menorah there, carrying on the tradition of his late daughter and son-in-law HY”D.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)