DEAR LORD,

  Lord, I write to you as a child to a father who has turned on His children, who has decided that they need a more severe punishment, one that will perhaps cause them to stop and think before taking another step in any direction. The end result is that we are confused, paralyzed, terrified, and so, so angry. At the world. At ourselves, at our enemies, some newly grown from poisoned sod, and at You. Yes, You. For You are all Powerful, the final destination for all decisions. Within Your hands, Your heart, are the keys to our future. 

Will we survive, as a general world population; will we survive as a People of the Lord, and forgive me, Lord, but we are now a very much put upon nation, not deserving of what has been happening. On Your watch. Yes, we have been given freedom of choice, but certainly, when one sees injustice, mayhem and murder, when one sees the blood of innocent lambs   in Israel, in the world at large, is it not incumbent upon the witness to act, to hear the cries of that blood even as it soaks into the ground? 

The answer to Cain's question as he attempted to deny responsibility to watch over his brother, was   oh yes, you are. So has been the premise for generations, observed and not. At the best of times we tried, so hard, to emulate Your care and concern, but, Lord, Father, at times you neglected us, turned your eyes away, and Your enemies succeeded in their awful goals. Terror and horror were wreaked upon Your children. And You, as our Father, were blind to our existential need, ignored our confusion, as we were brought to not our knees, but to lie prostrate on the ground, merely trying to breathe and survive. To live and continue to worship even as we buried our dead and shown only the back of an angry Father.

  Today, the fires of anger and hate ramp up, at speeds of zero to120 in nanoseconds, as antisemitism becomes the fashion of the day, ugly in its bold chants of hate and threat, shouting to us of a future damned before it even begins. Lord, these are Your people, Your children, depending upon their G-d to keep promises made, to watch over them, to protect them on all sides. To allow them to live and thrive and worship You while in their own homeland.   

J'accuse, Lord, J'accuse. Why have You forsaken us? Why have You empowered our enemies, allowed them to pressure us to stop dead in our campaign to save ourselves from extinction, from enemies who have sworn to exterminate us?  Why?  Are You that angry that you can be deaf to the cries of babies thrown into ovens, again, at young girls raped, at elderly reliving their Holocaust experiences.   As once again, we have captives hauled off, yet another replication of history. Why?Why? Why? Why?

I am angry, Lord. I am confused, Lord. I am sad beyond words. I am living in fear.  I am consumed by a fierce anger, on a personal level, most personal indeed. 

 Our family has been struck hard, just when we thought we were seeing light at the end of the dark tunnel we have been negotiating this past year. Our Yitzy, our bright, shining, sweet boy, of the huge grin and deep faith, is once again in the darkness of threat. Once again, we are left hanging. What is next? What will be with Yitzy? What will this scan show? How long will this continue? Why, Lord, have You not sent this boy, this so deserving boy, a complete refuah? Why would You think Yitzy a candidate to join others of our beautiful young already taken away from us, from a beautiful future?   

Read the following letter composed by my son, echoing the emotions and thoughts of the entire family. Please join us in newly refreshed emotions and purpose. Help regain the positive Love and Attention of Hashem.   Pray, and pray. Demand a healing for our Yitzy, for he is a part of the future for our people.

 Pray for him.

Hello everyone. Quick update. The next 24 hrs for Yitzy are extremely important and a very special time to daven if you could. We cannot express enough our hakaras hatov for all the tehillim said thus far for Yitzchak Elimelech ben Chana Sarah. 

Yitzy is such an unbelievable boy. He is such a sweet and great son, brother, uncle and grandson. He wants and deserves to have a full life and a complete refuah shleima BEH!! Please share the tehillim, chat with others if you can.

 What more can be said?