3:00 a.m. The house is dark. Voices from the upstairs study. A faint light under the door.
Aidel’s husband and son — her son who hasn’t been home in months. A son who’s a soldier. A “lone soldier” he’s called. Meaning he has “for the records” no family in Israel.
He has a mother and a father and lots of loving brothers and sisters. But they keep Shabbos and have peyos. He wants to fight wars with his own strength.
His father battles by davening. His mother cleans and lights candles to keep away the frightening darkness.
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