Groom Visits Father's Grave Hours Before Wedding 15 Years After Murder
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Avraham Ilai Levanat, whose father Ben Yosef Levanat was murdered 15 years ago, married his bride on Wednesday. Hours before his wedding, Avraham Ilai visited his father's grave in Nablus. His father was killed in a shooting attack at the Tomb of Joseph when Avraham Ilai was just four years old. The groom's visit to the grave on his wedding day was captured in a moving photograph.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Avraham Ilai Levanat visited his father's grave hours before his wedding on Wednesday.
- His father, Ben Yosef Levanat, was murdered in a shooting attack 15 years ago.
- The attack occurred at the Tomb of Joseph in Nablus.
- Avraham Ilai was four years old when his father was killed.
- A photograph captured the groom at his father's grave on his wedding day.
Avraham Ilai Levanat, son of Ben Yosef Levanat, who was killed in a shooting attack, married his bride on Wednesday evening. Just hours before the wedding ceremony, Avraham Ilai visited his father's grave. Ben Yosef Levanat was murdered in a shooting attack at the Tomb of Joseph in Nablus approximately 15 years ago. Avraham Ilai was only four years old when his father was killed on April 24, 2011, during a visit to the holy site. On the morning of his wedding day, Avraham Ilai traveled to his father's resting place, who did not live to see him grow up, reach the age of religious maturity, or stand under the wedding canopy. A poignant photograph captures the groom at his father's grave, a moment where the profound joy of starting a new family intersects with the deep longing for a lost parent.
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