A friend of my mother's in Jerusalem has helped to organize a very special project to honor the memory of Navah Applebaum. Navah and her father were murdered last year on the night before her wedding when a terrorist detonated himself at the Hillel Cafe on Emek Refaim Street in Jerusalem.
I've copied the following description of the project because the direct link to it is currently not working.
[Update: the Mikvah Project page is here]
Mikvah Project in Memory of Navah Applebaum, z'l
“Our sister, may you come to be thousands of myriads.â€
(Genesis 24:60)
Jerusalem Av 5764 / August 2004
Dear Friends,
The mitzvah of Mikveh [the ritual bath] has been guarded with mesirut nefesh [self-sacrifice] by Jewish women throughout the centuries.
On the eve of her wedding, Navah Applebaum, of blessed memory, went in joy to perform this special mitzvah. A short time after her tvilah [purifying immersion], Navah and her father Dr. David Applebaum, z’l, were brutally murdered by an Arab terrorist.
In Navah’s memory, we would like to dedicate the Kabbalat Kallah [bridal reception] room in the mikveh of Har Homa. This is a special room in the mikveh where family members and friends gather with the bride on the eve of her immersion. The new neighborhood of Har Homa is in southern Jerusalem, overlooking Kever Rachel [Rachel's Tomb]. The parochet [ark curtain] in Kever Rachel was interwoven with Navah’s wedding gown. We remember Navah, an eternal kallah [bride], and through the Kabbalat Kallah room, link her memory to this source of Jewish life.
In order to make this a reality, we are asking for your generous donation.
Thank you and Ketivah Vechatimah Tovah.
Committee for the Kabbalat Kallah Room:
Debra Applebaum, Chantal Belzberg, Shoshi Bier, Evelyne Birenbaum-Kandel, Felicia Goldszal, Felice Kahn Zisken
To contribute to this unique project in memory of Navah Applebaum, click here.
Donations are US tax deductible. Checks can be made out to OneFamily and sent to any of our offices worldwide. Please mark the check for the "Mikveh Fund".
Contributions are being accepted through The One Family Fund, at their donation page and may be made by check, credit card or through PayPal. If you wish to make a donation, please include a note or comment specifying that it's to go to the Mikveh Project.
Thank you.
