Orphaned Moshe’s wails echo in synagogue

Mumbai, December 1
Unmindful of the tragedy that he had undergone, two-year-old Moshe, dressed in a bright green T-shirt and blue shorts, was carried into a synagogue here to attend a prayer meeting in memory of the Jews killed in the terror attack, including that of his parents Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and Rivika. Holding a ball in hand, Moshe who was orphaned on the day of his birthday (November 28) kept looking around, probably wanting to see his parents even as his caretaker picked him up in his arms.

Standing right next to him was his grandparents who had come all the way from America as soon as they heard about the blast.

As the prayers started, Moshe could be seen getting fidgety and ended up crying which he stopped only after he was allowed to play.

Meanwhile, even as the synagogue echoed with the prayers, sobbing could be heard from among the 100 odd Jews who had come for the prayer meeting.

While the ladies present wiped their tears off, men could be seen trying best to hold back their tears. "We found the child on the second floor. We had initially thought he was sleeping on the fifth," said the caretaker of Moshe, who was rescued in a dramatic fashion by the cook of the house, Sandra Samuel (44).

Samuel had literally pulled off a coup when she, hiding inside one of the rooms after having slammed the door on a terrorist's face, rushed to the second floor after hearing Moshe yelling out her name continuously. — PTI