President Isaac Herzog on Sunday wrote a letter in a Sefer Torah written l’zecher Elchanan Kalmanson, H’yd, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7th after saving dozens of residents of the Be’eri kibbutz.
The Sefer Torah will be used in the shul in Be’eri after it is rebuilt.
Kalmanson, 43, was a resident of Otniel, and the the son of the Rosh Yeshivah of Otniel, Rav Benny Clemesnon. When he heard what happening in the south on October 7th, he and his brother Menachem and their nephew jumped in a car and drove to Be’eri.
There, the three of them engaged in a gun battle with the Hamas terrorists for over 14 hours, saving dozens of people, including pregnant women, children, and the elderly. As they reached the last house on the kibbutz, a terrorist who was hiding there opened fire on them, killing Elchanan, H”yd.
Elchanan’s family members attended the ceremony along with members of the kibbutz whom he rescued.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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10 Responses
I hope a shomer torah umitzvos went over that letter, otherwise it will invalidate the sefer
Why is this newsworthy?
Maybe to let us know it’s a ספר תורה שכתבו מין?
Critics bring it on…
sefer torah “shekasav min” is pasul
Wow. 3/3 posts all posting in favor of G-d and His Torah. B”H!!
A lefty writing is another issue. They shuld have all held the Sofer’s hand or the feather.
AvirahDeArah, your place in gehinom is ready; habachur hachashuv, you are as a chashuv as a counterfeit shekel.
Avira, since when?
Habachur, even if he were a min (i.e. a Xian), which he is not, it wouldn’t passel the sefer unless he wrote a Shem.
Why do the first three posters conclude that he is a “Min”? It is far from certain that he is…
an Israeli Yid
The sinas chinam displayed in some of the foregoing posts is awesome and somewhat disgusting. I’d hate to be one of those posters when the time comes to answer.
Avira, which chakira from recent poskim are you referring to? Where can I find it?