Rabbi Aharon Abadian, 41, father of four, was murdered yesterday afternoon within the Green Line near the northwestern Shomron while he was performing his duties as Rabbinical Kashrut supervisor in the local Arab market. His friend Rafi Menat told Arutz-7 that Rabbi Abadian was a volunteer in the local Hatzalah [rescue] organization, and was one of the leaders in the Chief Rabbinate\'s new department of Kashrut Supervision in the Arab sector. \"He had considered leaving the job several times,\" Menat said, \"but he felt that he was fulfilling an important role for Israel.\" The police agreed to forego an autopsy, and many hundreds participated in his late-night funeral in his hometown of Zikhron Yaakov (between the seacoast and the Jezre\'el Valley).
While Rabbi Abadian was being buried, extensive night-long searches were underway for Ya\'ir Har-Sinai (Ossenheim), 51, of Susia, who had not returned after a day of shepherding. The father of nine, his body was finally found with bullet holes to his head and back. Thousands attended his funeral today in Susia, south of Hevron. Among those who eulogized him were Rabbi Dov Lior, Deputy Minister Meir Porush, Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, Rabbi Benny Eisner, and others. Several Arabs in the vicinity were arrested, and IDF bulldozers destroyed a few temporary structures near the hostile Arab village of Yata, adjacent to the murder site.
Susia resident Akiva London told Arutz-7 today about his late friend: \"Ya\'ir was a unique figure in Susia. He was friendly with the Arabs, he lived with nature, was always with his sheep, refused to take weapons and not even a radio, with the idea that no one will harm him if he is \'clean.\' For years we were afraid for him, and we always tried to get him to take at least a walkie-talkie. He was a man of great faith in G-d. He didn\'t want to use modern things, but rather electricity from wind-powered sources and water from a cistern; he lived in a stone house on the edge of Susia; he dressed in the way in which he felt that our ancestors dressed 2,000 years ago... He was very environment-conscious, and zealously guarded the state-owned lands. He had nine children, including one married daughter, one in the army, and a year-old toddler...\"
London said that Susia, for which Har-Sinai has been its only terrorist victim, has almost 80 families, with several more coming this summer.
While Rabbi Abadian was being buried, extensive night-long searches were underway for Ya\'ir Har-Sinai (Ossenheim), 51, of Susia, who had not returned after a day of shepherding. The father of nine, his body was finally found with bullet holes to his head and back. Thousands attended his funeral today in Susia, south of Hevron. Among those who eulogized him were Rabbi Dov Lior, Deputy Minister Meir Porush, Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, Rabbi Benny Eisner, and others. Several Arabs in the vicinity were arrested, and IDF bulldozers destroyed a few temporary structures near the hostile Arab village of Yata, adjacent to the murder site.
Susia resident Akiva London told Arutz-7 today about his late friend: \"Ya\'ir was a unique figure in Susia. He was friendly with the Arabs, he lived with nature, was always with his sheep, refused to take weapons and not even a radio, with the idea that no one will harm him if he is \'clean.\' For years we were afraid for him, and we always tried to get him to take at least a walkie-talkie. He was a man of great faith in G-d. He didn\'t want to use modern things, but rather electricity from wind-powered sources and water from a cistern; he lived in a stone house on the edge of Susia; he dressed in the way in which he felt that our ancestors dressed 2,000 years ago... He was very environment-conscious, and zealously guarded the state-owned lands. He had nine children, including one married daughter, one in the army, and a year-old toddler...\"
London said that Susia, for which Har-Sinai has been its only terrorist victim, has almost 80 families, with several more coming this summer.