I didn’t have
a clue that another hostage was rescued today until I received a message from a
friend this afternoon. Immediately I turned to the news and discovered that
Quad Farhan al Qadi, an Israeli Bedouin and a father to eleven, was finally
free. My first reaction, I have to admit, was why couldn’t it have been
Avinatan Ohr. In fact, I turned to my daughter who was here visiting asking her
how she felt about the released hostage being someone besides a friend she’d grown
up with. “I’m not G-d” was her response. In other words, we have no idea how He
runs the world and decides who should be released and when. With that said, I
had a new emotion, one of hope. Quad Farhan al Qadi is still alive; surely other
hostages are as well. Looking again at the news I viewed this clip of Quad
Farhan al Qadi’s family speeding through the hospital’s grounds anxious, after
325 days, to see their loved one once again. So touching and then my emotion
was one of gratitude. Please, HaShem, bring them all home!
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