Last year, right after the murder of the Fogel family hy"d, there were varying opinions among bloggers whether or not posting the pictures of the scene was appropriate. I maintained that viewing the pictures was extremely important and likened it to the visiting of holocaust museums "lest we forget". Well, this morning, a year after the massacre, I looked at my blog roll, curious if anyone would post on the subject. I didnt see anything. I looked at Burnt Dreadlocks, didnt see any posts there either. I cant say im shocked, I really didnt expect anyone to post anything. Most people just get on with their lives after a thing like that - which is great. But I hoped that at least once a year on the yartziet people would stop and remember.
Anyhow, I dont care to sound like Im lecturing anyone so il stop there. The one thing Il mention is that it would be appropriate to take on a mitzva or hidddur or something lilui nishmas the Fogel family. In that merit we should all be zoche to leave this galus and great Moshiach Tzidkeinu in Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh "Umalkeinu Biroshainu" right now!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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thank you for reminding us.
ReplyDeleteI really don't think it's that people don't care at all, I think it's that there are SO many people to remember that it gets to be too much. Every day could be a memorial to a Jew who did something wonderful and/or brave and even heroic for the Jewish people. That isn't to say that they are any less worthy of remembrance, either! It's just to say that emotionally and physically there is only so many people that can be remembered every single year. Hashem, however, has the ability to remember ALL who have died while bravely fighting for the Jewish nation.
ReplyDeleteIt's similar to how people accuse people who don't spend all of 9/11 every year in tears of "forgetting", but in truth who here could possibly forget such a horrific tragedy followed but such heroic measures taken to help by so many? It's just that life must go on and emotionally it can do more harm to a people to spend too much time in mourning. Some can handle it better than others. Some choose to hold on to the memories of certain events on others because you have to choose.
There is nothing stopping you from remembering, however! So thank you for reminding us.
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ReplyDeleteI wrote about this idea soon after Leiby A"H's murder. I think Elle put it perfectly. I think it's imperative to take a message from it, make a hachlata or do something tangible in their honor or to better yourself, but walking around remembering every person who was murdered, I think, is impossible for any human to handle and stay sane.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I'm concerned, I appreciate the reminder and think it is important to remember and honor them. Your counter at the bottom of terrorist victims never fails to send a chill down my spines and inspire me to be better.