Translation by Yehoshua Siskin (yehoshua.siskin@gmail.com)
Shalom Sivan, My name is Hallel, the fiancee of Nethanel Eitan HY”D, who fell in Gaza on Hanukkah. I would be pleased if the following excerpt from his diary would be shared in order to spread his light. May we hear good news. Am Yisrael chai.
*Jerusalem is surrounded by mountains.*
*Jerusalem is a symbol of life.*
*She is so beautiful, and with such unique beauty.*
*She does not have the tallest mountain in the world.*
*She does not have an impressive mountain glacier either.*
*Her mountains, in fact, are average.*
*Despite all this, she is the most beautiful city in the world.*
*True beauty comes from within and radiates outwards.*
*To see the beauty in someone else, you have to look inside.*
*A husband who sees the beauty in his wife will always see it, no matter how many years have passed.*
*This is the story of Jerusalem — what’s inside makes her the most beautiful city.*
*And if I succeed in applying this principle and I succeed in finding my Jerusalem in a woman, I will find the most beautiful woman in the world.*
— from the diary of Lieutenant Nethanel Menachem Eitan, HY”D