(Please read this only in a way that brings to good feelings and not the opposite!)

Dvir Aminolav was the first soldier killed in the Gaza war in Jan 2009. His father died of cancer two years earlier. Dvir, who was the only son among daughters, took on many responsibilities together with his mother. His loss was particularly traumatic. On his last birthday, family and friends gathered around his grave and his mother, Dalya shared this moving story.

One night, about 6 months after Dvir’s death, Dalya said out loud, “G-d, give me a sign, give me a hug from Dvir so that I will know that there is a higher reason for his death.” Then she went to sleep.

That week her daughter asked her to accompany her to a concert in Jerusalem. The mother, feeling quite depressed, went reluctantly. As the musicians were warming up and tuning their instruments, a 2 year old boy, with beautiful blond curls, looking like a little angel came up to her and touched her on the shoulder. A preschool teacher, Dalya turned around, saw the boy and started speaking with him.
“What’s your name?”
“Eshel” the boy replied.
“Do you want to be my friend Eshel?”
” Yes.”
“Do you want to sit next to me?”
” Yes. “
Eshel’s parents, two rows above seeing their ‘angel’ bothering Dalya, ask him to come, but Dalya indicated that everything was fine.
” I have a brother named Dvir, ” Eshel tells her. Dalya was shocked to hear the name and walked up the two rows to his parents. She saw the baby in his carriage, and apologizing, asked,
“If you don’t mind me asking, was your son born before or after the war?”
“After.”
” And why did you name him Dvir?”

Baby Dvir’s mother began to explain. “I am an officer dealing with wounded soldiers in the army. When I was at the end of my pregnancy, the doctor’s suspected the the fetus may have a very serious birth defect. Since it was the end of the pregnancy the doctor’s couldn’t do anything, just to wait and see how things would turn out. When I went home and heard the news of Dvir being killed in the war, I told G-d: “If you give me a healthy son, I promise to name him Dvir in memory of the soldier that was killed.”

Dalya, the mother of Dvir, stood with her mouth open. She told them, “I am Dvir’s mother. My name is Dalya Aminalov from Pisgat Zeev.” When she heard that, Baby Dvir’s mother handed Dalya the baby and said, “Here, Dvir wants to give you a HUG!” (Adapted from a Translation by Noa Lev)
 
Especially during these important days until Yom Kippur, G-d is waiting to give YOU a hug. He is waiting for you to turn to Him and be open to seeing His love in your life with all the struggles, the blessings, and the pain.  If you make a sincere prayer today and continue everyday until after Yom Kippur you can see amazing things open up in your life. For more details see below. 
This is a little clarity reminder that G-d has infinite ways to show you how much He loves you and how everything in your life can be a part of fulfilling the purpose for which you came to this world. You can ask that G-d carry you this year more than ever and show you what you need to see gently. You can ask G-d to help you pass His hug to the people in your life.
Warmly, Tzipora Harris