Stay Safe, for Ariel’s Sake 

Everyone in the recreational outdoors industry is aware that when engaging in hiking activities, especially during the scorching summer months, lots of water and wearing a hat are essential. Yet that knowledge alone is insufficient to protect people in particularly hot and challenging outdoor conditions.

We found out about this in the hardest and most tragic way possible — through the death of our only child, Ariel Yitzchak a”h, on September 10, 2014.

This is a story about life. Your life. My life. And my son’s legacy.

My wife Ellen and I were not raised in shomer Shabbos homes. We became frum through Aish HaTorah when we were in our 30s. Unfortunately, we had fertility issues for years, and it was a miracle when Ellen gave birth to Ariel Yitzchak in 1996.