A delegation from the Bnei Binyamin Yeshiva High School in Beit El paid a moving series of condolence visits to four families of Dolphinarium slaughter victims last night. The students and teachers first visited the Nelimov family in an old apartment in a run-down southern Tel Aviv neighborhood; only a mother and her 14-year-old son remain, following the terrorist-deaths of Yelena, 18, and Yulia, 16, last Friday night.
The students also visited the Normanov family - mourning for their soldier-son Dani, 21 - which still lives in Russia; they are sitting shiva (the ritual mourning period) in a Defense Ministry-supplied hotel room in Tel Aviv. The mourning mother greatly inspired their visitors by informing them that as a result of the events of the past few days, including the care and concern showed them by many Israelis, she has decided to immigrate to Israel.
The visitors then went to comfort the grieving families of Roman Dezanshvili, 21, and Eliya Gutman, 19, both from Bat Yam. \"The feelings of national unity, kindness in times of trouble, and inspiration engendered by the visits provided a sense of upliftment that will not be forgotten by both the teachers and the students for a long while,\" said veteran teacher Tzvi Perla of Beit El, who coordinated the trip.
The students also visited the Normanov family - mourning for their soldier-son Dani, 21 - which still lives in Russia; they are sitting shiva (the ritual mourning period) in a Defense Ministry-supplied hotel room in Tel Aviv. The mourning mother greatly inspired their visitors by informing them that as a result of the events of the past few days, including the care and concern showed them by many Israelis, she has decided to immigrate to Israel.
The visitors then went to comfort the grieving families of Roman Dezanshvili, 21, and Eliya Gutman, 19, both from Bat Yam. \"The feelings of national unity, kindness in times of trouble, and inspiration engendered by the visits provided a sense of upliftment that will not be forgotten by both the teachers and the students for a long while,\" said veteran teacher Tzvi Perla of Beit El, who coordinated the trip.