In the seventh day of Hanuka a family of 7 people (mother,
father,one boy and 4 girls) celebrated the holidays with
their friends in the city of Dolev.

The child who was 12 years old asked his mother:"Mom, why do
we light candles in Hanuka?"
And then the mother answered:"Because many years ago when
the Temple was still standing in Jeruslem, the greeks ruled
this land. Soon they started to make new laws that were
against our religion and later they got in to the Temple,
destroyed the altar and turned off the Lamp. Then a rebel
army, led by Jodea the Macabist had fought against the
greeks. One day they finaly freed Jerusalem and Jodea went
into the Temple and fixed all the damages that the greeks
did. He found a small can of oil and he decided to light the
Lamp even if the can was so small that he wouldn't contain
enough oil to light the Lamp for more then 1 day. But the
oil turned up to be enough for 8 days, which was a miracle.
And that's why we light candles in the Hanuka Lamp.
And the child asked once more:"And why do we eat the donuts
in Hanuka?"
"These donuts are made with oil and we eat them to remember
the miracle." The mother replied.
"And why do we sing Hanuka songs in Hanuka?" The kid asked.
"We sing about the glory of the Macabists who fought bravely
against the Greeks."The mother said."We also thank god in
our songs for giving us this miracle."
"Oh mom." Said the child."I can't wait to get home to light
the candles in the Lamp and eat donuts and sing Hanuka
songs."

And then that night on their way home in their car, a group
of terrorists was waiting by the side of the road in the
dark between the bushes...
The child was killed during the shotting and the mother died
later in the OR. The 4 girls and the father were lightly
injured.

That night no donuts were eaten at the Tzor residence, no
songs were sang, no candles were lit... and no mircale
happened.

If God can make a miracle and light the lamp for 8 days
instead of 1 why can't he save the lives of those who
celebrate it?

In the memory of Ita Tzor (42) and her son Efraim Tzor (12)
who were murdered on December 11th 1996 by arab terrorists