{"id":3487,"date":"2016-06-06T09:47:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=3487"},"modified":"2016-06-06T09:48:48","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:48:48","slug":"a-letter-that-belongs-to-you-our-dear-friends-and-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/a-letter-that-belongs-to-you-our-dear-friends-and-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter that Belongs to You, Our Dear Friends and Supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pr<\/a>A Bas Mitzvah celebration is being planned at the Kosel for 100 holocaust survivors whose 12th birthday passed during the nightmare of terror with certainly no thought of a celebration. For many women,\u00a0 the missing noting of this important milestone remained like a hole in their lives and they are extremely grateful for the closure offered at the upcoming celebration. the following is a letter written by one holocaust survivor who is so thankful that she wrote a letter to Ezer Mizion even before the event happened.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Only 9 years old, a veteran of the Lodz ghetto, Ravensbruck, and Siemens, orphaned of father and mother, no living siblings, no family, friendless and alone, with no language, no past, and – as it appeared then – \u00a0also no future. <\/em><\/p>\n

At age 12, I stood before the death truck and, at the last minute, I didn\u2019t get on. <\/em><\/p>\n

G-d in His infinite mercy gathered me up in His hands, spared me from death and took me out to look towards life.<\/em><\/p>\n

No one celebrated my Bat Mitzvah with me, not at age 12 and not afterward. <\/em><\/p>\n

In the course of the years, I celebrated the bat mitzvah milestone with my own daughters, my granddaughters, and my great-granddaughters. But I myself have been missing this important celebration in my life.<\/em><\/p>\n

My deepest gratitude and admiration to you for finding this day to celebrate our bat mitzvah with us and for everything that you give us.<\/em><\/p>\n

With a giant thank you,<\/em><\/p>\n

Rivka Kaufman<\/em><\/p>\n

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