Four more terrorism victims were buried today, including the parents of nine orphans. The funeral service for Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Dickstein, 44, his wife Chana, 42, and their son Shuva\'el Tzion, 9, began at Jerusalem\'s Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav Kook. Following eulogies by Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, former Chief Rabbi and Merkaz Harav Dean Rabbi Avraham Shapira (by phone line), Rabbi Zalman Melamed, Rabbi Dani Stiskin, and the 21-year-old oldest child of the family Tzvi Yehuda, the funeral procession traveled to the Shomron community of Psagot, to where the Dicksteins moved from Jerusalem just eight months ago. Two other Dickstein children suffered light-to-moderate wounds in the murderous attack. Tzvi Yehuda\'s words (in Hebrew) to the thousands of mourners can be heard here ,
and a translated transcript appears below.
IDF Sgt. Elazar Leibovitz of Hevron, who was shot first in the same attack, will be laid to rest at noon in Hevron’s Jewish Cemetery. He is survived by his parents and nine siblings.
The attack occurred shortly after 6 PM on Friday, when Arab terrorists opened fired on Sgt. Leibovitz’s car traveling near the Zeif Junction, south of Hevron. When Leibovitz was hit, a passenger in his car grabbed the wheel and continued towards Hevron to escape the flying bullets. On their way, the driver car spotted the Dickstein vehicle heading towards them from the opposite direction. He tried to signal to them to stop so that they would not become the terrorists\' next target, but the driver failed to pick up on the warning and continued towards the junction. The waiting terrorists opened fire, killing the Dickstein couple and their son from close range. They are survived by nine other children of the family, ranging in age from 21 to 2.
The Dicksteins were the 15th husband-and-wife couple to have been murdered by Palestinian terrorists since the Oslo War began (including six elderly couples from the Pesach Seder Massacre in Netanya). They left almost 30 young orphans, and seven children were killed with them.
Leibovitz, who was to have celebrated his 21st birthday yesterday, succumbed to his wounds after he was transported to a nearby hospital. He seemed to have a feeling that his demise would be at the hands of terrorists, and left his family and friends with clear instructions as to how to conduct his funeral. \"You need not be happy at my funeral,\" he said, \"but just know that I\'ll be OK.\" He asked that the media not cover the funeral, and that he be eulogized only by rabbis and not by politicians. Arabs threw rocks at the funeral procession from several directions, and an eyewitness reported that soldiers responded with gunfire. Some of the mourners returned rock-throwing at the Arabs, and in the ensuing rioting, several policemen were wounded. PA sources report that a girl was killed by gunfire.
and a translated transcript appears below.
IDF Sgt. Elazar Leibovitz of Hevron, who was shot first in the same attack, will be laid to rest at noon in Hevron’s Jewish Cemetery. He is survived by his parents and nine siblings.
The attack occurred shortly after 6 PM on Friday, when Arab terrorists opened fired on Sgt. Leibovitz’s car traveling near the Zeif Junction, south of Hevron. When Leibovitz was hit, a passenger in his car grabbed the wheel and continued towards Hevron to escape the flying bullets. On their way, the driver car spotted the Dickstein vehicle heading towards them from the opposite direction. He tried to signal to them to stop so that they would not become the terrorists\' next target, but the driver failed to pick up on the warning and continued towards the junction. The waiting terrorists opened fire, killing the Dickstein couple and their son from close range. They are survived by nine other children of the family, ranging in age from 21 to 2.
The Dicksteins were the 15th husband-and-wife couple to have been murdered by Palestinian terrorists since the Oslo War began (including six elderly couples from the Pesach Seder Massacre in Netanya). They left almost 30 young orphans, and seven children were killed with them.
Leibovitz, who was to have celebrated his 21st birthday yesterday, succumbed to his wounds after he was transported to a nearby hospital. He seemed to have a feeling that his demise would be at the hands of terrorists, and left his family and friends with clear instructions as to how to conduct his funeral. \"You need not be happy at my funeral,\" he said, \"but just know that I\'ll be OK.\" He asked that the media not cover the funeral, and that he be eulogized only by rabbis and not by politicians. Arabs threw rocks at the funeral procession from several directions, and an eyewitness reported that soldiers responded with gunfire. Some of the mourners returned rock-throwing at the Arabs, and in the ensuing rioting, several policemen were wounded. PA sources report that a girl was killed by gunfire.