Sorella, who runs a Chabad center in Sydney and is a friend of the family of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, H’yd, described the dilemma she faced following the massacre at Bondi Beach on Sunday to Sherri Markson of Sky News.
She said that her traumatized children insisted that they turn off the menorah, frightened that their home will be targeted, chalilah.
In a heartbreaking video, she described what happened next:
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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There is no halachic issue with having the menorah inside the house, and not being visible from the street. People who live in skyscrapers often do it that way (since otherwise no one would see the menorah), not to mention Jews who are persecuted and have to be afraid (though in the 21st century, and will knowledge how things went in the 20th century, why would Jews want to stay in a country where they are persecuted).