Israeli Hostage Tells About the Booklet That Kept Him Going

The Secret of Hope

There is a secret weapon that a Jew can marshal at all times. It is called “kivui,” hope in Hashem

'Faith kept me going': the powerful testimony of a Gaza hostage - Deacon Greg Kandra

Well worth your time, from The New York Times:  Each morning, Shelly Shem Tov would enter her son’s empty bedroom and recite Chapter 20 from the biblical Book of Psalms, an ancient plea for deliverance. All the while she was unaware that her son, Omer Shem Tov, happened to be uttering the very same verses of Psalm 20 — “May the Lord answer you on a day of distress.” He had adopted the same daily ritual about 130 feet underground, alone, in a Ha…

Israeli Hostage Tells About the Booklet That Kept Him Going

Former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov speaks about the five months he spent in captivity in Gaza and the Dvar Malchus booklet that kept him going. Video

Released Israeli Hostage Recounts Barbarous Details of His Imprisonment - Dr. Rich Swier

Tal Shoham and his family were visiting his in-laws for Sukkot (the Feast of Booths) when, in the early morning hours of October 7, 2023, radical Islamist terrorists burst into the unsuspecting kibbutz, changing his life and the lives of his family forever. For 505 days, Shoham endured ridicule, deprivation, uncertainty, and abuse until his release on February 22, 2025. Taken to Gaza “The terrorists just came, dozens of them, fully armed, to an …