In Memory of A True Lion - Ari Fuld ZTZ"L
Today is the day.
On this Hebrew date, one year ago today, a hero, a warrior, a father, a husband, a son, my older brother was taken from us. “Taken from us” isn’t the right way to describe it. He was brutally murdered by a coward terrorist who couldn’t face his victim so he came from behind.
What happened next is well documented.
By now, I don’t need to tell you about the phenomenon that was Ari, but today, we started off at his grave with the immediate family and my father talked about how Ari is walking amongst us with his legacy.
7 Torah scrolls written and dedicated in his name.
7 schools that we know of that are doing memorial ceremonies today.
Tens of babies named after Ari.
United Hatzalah of Israel EMT courses in his name.
A calendar in South Africa that includes all the dates on which the great leaders of the Jewish nation perished have added Ari’s date.
And then there is this place where I am standing.
This place Chavat Haitam (
חוות העיטם) and more specifically “Givat Haari” aka the “Ari Hill”, was one of Ari’s biggest projects. It just wasn’t called that yet.
He came here to guard this place, which is in a very strategic location for the state of Israel. He began to populate it. And after his murder, they named it after him and are now in high gear to make it into a real town, a part of Efrat.
It’s amazing to see how one individual who lived such a tragically short life has left an entire world behind, in more ways than one. What he left behind, many people carry on in his name. This place is only one example.
All of the projects being carried out in Ari’s name, or at least the official ones are here -
https://arifuld.org/projects/
Gonna be a rough day but as a family, the fact that Ari’s work that has impacted so many lives, lives on in a very real way, that gives us some comfort. Some real comfort.
A Jewish town in the land of Israel named after my big brother.
Pretty astounding.
In Memory Of A True Lion - Ari Fuld ZTZ"L
