These days, a Torah scroll was written in the name of Elhanan Kalmanson, hy"d, who was murdered during the rescue of dozens of residents of Kibbutz Be'eri on the seventh of October. It will be placed in the kibbutz synagogue.
President Isaac Herzog participated today (Sunday) in writing a letter in a Sefer Torah that will be placed in the synagogue in Kibbutz Be'eri, as a symbol of the kibbutz's resurrection. The meeting was attended by Rachel Friker, a manager and one of the founders of the synagogue, who survived the massacre, and the family members of the late Elhanan Kalmanson, who was murdered while rescuing dozens of residents of the kibbutz together with his brother Menachem and nephew Itiel. Elhanan is also the cousin of the late Pdaya Mark who fell in the fierce battles in the Gaza Strip.
The president of the country said at the beginning of the meeting: "I am very excited to fulfill this enormous mitzvah, to write a letter in the Torah book in memory of Elhanan Kalmanson, hy"d. And to all the martyrs in your holy name, the defenders of the land who stood up as a hero to fight against the terrorists who came to destroy us on the day of the joy of our Torah."
