A disturbing incident occurred on Friday to a young husband amid a searing personal tragedy.

Chaya Michal Shriki, a’h, of Beitar Illit was nifteres on the last day of Pesach at the age of 24 after battling a serious illness. After Yom Tov, her husband, Reb Yosef Chaim Shriki, traveled with his wife’s body back to Israel from the US, where they had traveled for medical treatment.

Upon his arrival in Israel on Friday, only two and a half hours before Shabbos, his grief and distress were compounded when he was detained by military authorities for draft dodging.

He was released only after the intervention of Attorney Shlomo Hadad, but is required to report to the draft office immediately after the conclusion of shiva.

The levaya took place on Motzei Shabbos at 11:30 p.m. at the beis hesped at Har HaMenuchos in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)