​Establish towns because we live here and not because we die here

Gilad filber

Educator Yael Shevah, widow of Raziel Shevah, obm, tells of her decision to bury her husband at Havat Gilead, the connection to the Cave of the Patriarchs and the hope that towns will be founded from the commandment to live, and not only to commemorate the fallen.

10-06-2021

Yael Shevah took part in the third Sovereignty Youth Conference at the Oz veGaon preserve in Gush Etzion and shared emotions and insights from her life as the widow of a terror victim and a resident of Havat Gilead in Samaria, with the hundreds of youths who came from all parts of the Land.

She spoke of her shock on the night when her husband was murdered and how she chose his place of burial. In those days, due to the difficulties imposed by the Civil Administration on Havat Gilead, which is defined as an illegal settlement, there was no cemetery at Havat Gilead. Nevertheless, Yael gathered her courage and announced that she wished to bury her husband in Havat Gilead so the council members began to plan the construction of a cemetery.

Shifting from her own personal story, Yael spoke of the decision to bury Sarah in the Cave of the Patriarchs despite the distance from Be’er Sheva, based on a Davar Torah that Raziel, her late husband, delivered, explaining that Avraham, in his great holiness, knew that burying Sarah in the Cave of the Patriarchs would bring about a connection that would never be cut off in the coming generations.

“If a Jewish town seeks to be permanent, it must bury its dead there”, Yael quotes her husband from that Davar Torah. “We will apply sovereignty and we will not only bury our dead in every place in the Land of Israel, we will also live in every place in the Land”, she said, mentioning the hope that in burying her husband in that town, it would become legal, but up until now, this has not happened.

Yael Shevah mentioned the establishment of the town of Eviatar, named after Eviatar Borovsky and Yehuda Guata, obm. “We so not have to die in order for this Land to exist”, she said, noting a long list of names of towns that have been founded in memory of the fallen and now, “we will not wait for the next names in order to establish a town. We must be here not because we die here but because we are living, not because of security but because this is our Land.”


Comments
facebook comments
This site is run by volunteers, all donations accepted
Support for the idea of sovereignty
More Articles
All Articles >
ריבונות - כתב עת מדיני
The Sovereignty Movement Extends Greetings to the Promoters of the Referendum Law in Judea and Samaria
19-12-2024
The Sovereignty Movement commends the members of the Land of Israel Caucus for advancing legislation that would complicate diplomatic moves involving territorial withdrawals from Judea and Samaria.
ריבונות - כתב עת מדיני
​Maintaining a Powerful Hold on the Land of Israel
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
14-12-2024
After the events of October 7th, eyes have been opened and the fog of preconceived notions is clearing. The clarification imposed on us will be profound and will lead us to realize our universal destiny.
ריבונות - כתב עת מדיני
Taking Responsibility, Applying Sovereignty
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
09-12-2024
After 57 years of wavering and hesitation that have harmed Israel security-wise, morally, politically, and historically, the time has come to take the reins, apply sovereignty, and take responsibility for our future and the future of the entire region.
ריבונות - כתב עת מדיני
The People of Israel Are No Longer Reluctant to Invoke the A Word
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
19-11-2024
There is one word that many Zionist shlichim around the world are forbidden to say out loud, and this is exactly the time to say it again with full force and power.
ריבונות - כתב עת מדיני
If I were King of Jordan
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
19-11-2024
The call for Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley is being adopted by many experts and communities in Israel. What does the King of Jordan really think about it?
ריבונות - כתב עת מדיני
Smotrich: 2025 will be the year of sovereignty over Judea and Samaria
14-11-2024
Mknister Smotrich, in his speech congratulating Donald Trump: The only way to remove this danger from the agenda is to apply Israeli sovereignty over the communities in Judea and Samaria. I have no doubt that President Trump, who demonstrated courage and resolve in making decisions in his first term, will support the State of Israel in this process.
ריבונות - כתב עת מדיני
The Truth is self-evident
05-11-2024
The return to Zionist and Jewish values are becoming increasingly apparent. This reawakening of so great a segment of the general public, alongside Ambassador Friedman's revolutionary book, are central components of the birth of a new era
ריבונות - כתב עת מדיני
What has happened to the US Democratic Party?
21-10-2024
The Biden administration's adversarial stance toward Israel, reminiscent of Obama's, which contrasts sharply with its more accommodating and favorable approach to Iran, is deeply rooted in a perception gaining increasing traction in the U.S. Democratic Party.
ריבונות - כתב עת מדיני
One Year to the Massacre – Reason, Meaning, Consequences
14-10-2024
On October 7th, we were invited to participate in a Zoom organized by Mort Klein, chairman of the ZOA. Below is a link to the zoom and a transcription of our remarks. Other participants included MK Dan Illouz, attorney Alan Dershowitz, and Dr. Sebastian Gorka.
ריבונות - כתב עת מדיני
Indeed, the Time Has Come for a New Order
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
01-10-2024
We have (almost) concluded in the south, are escalating the campaign in the north, and not forgetting the threat from the east. After the collapse of its outposts in the north and the south, Iran is expected to focus its efforts on the Jordanian border.