* Translation by Yehoshua Siskin ([email protected])
Shalom Sivan,
My name is Hallel, the fiancee of Nethanel Eitan HY”D, who fell in Gaza on Hanukkah. I would be pleased if the following excerpt from his diary would be shared in order to spread his light. May we hear good news. Am Yisrael chai.
Jerusalem is surrounded by mountains.
Jerusalem is a symbol of life.
She is so beautiful, and with such unique beauty.
She does not have the tallest mountain in the world.
She does not have an impressive mountain glacier either.
Her mountains, in fact, are average.
Despite all this, she is the most beautiful city in the world.
True beauty comes from within and radiates outwards.
To see the beauty in someone else, you have to look inside.
A husband who sees the beauty in his wife will always see it, no matter how many years have passed.
This is the story of Jerusalem — what’s inside makes her the most beautiful city.
And if I succeed in applying this principle and I succeed in finding my Jerusalem in a woman, I will find the most beautiful woman in the world.
— from the diary of Lieutenant Nethanel Menachem Eitan, HY”D
