Mother of Hamas Hostage Ori Danino: I Say ‘Thank You’ Every Morning

the yeshiva.net and I want to turn the attention to a person who's sitting in this class in the back row very modestly and as I mentioned in the beginning we have the unique privilege of having her with us today and it's a it's a very very bigus to have a nav danino with us her H her son URI is in Gaza in captivity on he was abducted by the he was at the music festival near the kibuts of Rim in southern Israel at the border of Gaza the Noam music festival and URI who's 24 years old URI danino actually got out he he managed to extract himself he was safe he was with a friend to they were safe but he decided he has to go back to Rescue those who were escaping who were trying to escape and he went back to Rescue and he was abducted by the terrorists and uh taken to Gaza where he's been since s I heard an interview with uh an's other son y an older brother they interviewed him and he spoke about his brother URI and he said that it's not surprising he was so filled with kindness and love and and and and uh generosity of spirit he went back to rescue people that he didn't know he said it was friends that he made that night for the first time in his life the friends that he knew they already gone but he went to rescue people he didn't know friends that he made that night at the festival he went back to Rescue them them he wanted to bring them into his car and take them away and uh one of his friends said he was with me in the car we were already getting out we were safe and suddenly I see he disappeared he ran back to Rescue them and uh his mother is here now she came from Israel is here with us is [Music] sh for p is [Music] shalom is for okay for enough enough said she wanted to thank Yakov and janin schi who enveloped her with so much compassion and love since her arrival here and uh there's so many good people and it was very very difficult for her to come from Israel now in this situation but she's very grateful that she came and she's very thankful to so many good people and she feels so much love and I've said that she doesn't have questions she doesn't ask why this happened to me and why this happened to our family she does wake up in the morning and say thank you to Hashem every single morning and she's thankful for the fact that Hashem chose her for this situation she wants to tell the story of she wants to tell the story about her son oh for and for [Music] I spee spe the fore that's mom's name and last name is danino so uh a just shared that URI went to the music festival and uh he was completely out he was liberated he was he he made it out in the morning but then there were friends that he met that night and he knew that they were stuck in the hands of the terrorists so he went back and he retrieved them but they didn't manage to get out they were kidnapped but he was separated from them so they didn't see him or hear from him since and um aav says that uh she doesn't live with complaints and questions and uh criticism uh she knows that Hashem is her father and a father never hurts a child so she doesn't understand that she doesn't know what the purpose is but uh she wakes up in the morning and she thanks Hashem for choosing her s nothing and your W she says it's a that hasem chose her he believes in her that she can go through this test and trial so she's very thankful that she has that relationship that he trusts her so much and he gave her this test and she feels it as a privilege and she doesn't ask any questions even though she doesn't know any purpose in it but she knows that a father doesn't ever want to hurt a child and uh she is jealous of mothers who can wake up in the morning and embrace their children and put their children tonight and embrace them and all the years she just took it for granted she woke up in the morning and she could communicate with her children now she doesn't take it for granted and she knows that nobody could take anything for granted even the fact that one wakes up in the morning and can see their child or hug their child or express love to their child and uh she wants to tell all mothers never to take these things for granted and uh she's blessed enough said that she is blessed with a power of tremendous amuna and it never leaves her for a moment and uh I asked her afterwards where did it come from this amuna she said it was always there but now it became much stronger and uh it became much stronger and she feels and knows that URI is going to come back and she trusts Hashem and she tells to Hashem every morning just as you allowed him to be taken you took him bring him back just like you did the first thing do also the second thing and she also thanked everybody she said she feels a lot of love here tremendous love and caring and empathy and she feels like enveloped enveloped in an envelope in of of of of love and and compassion and people who care so much for her and she's very very grateful for that and seeing that connection and love here in other places is giving her a lot of strength and a lot of during this very difficult time anybody wants to ask anything go ahead wanted to know if um you would want to meet with people to write your story the papers he he he she said yeah so talk to her after any other questions anybody wants to ask anything how do you get that level of that when challenged should so that doesn't happen just when you're challenged that's life how do you get [Music] come for [Music] for [Music] to translate that one on the way to was in a terrible car accident and uh the fact that he survived they later realized was an absolute Miracle so since that moment she realized that his life was given to him as a miracle and it only strengthened her faith and amuna that his journey is unique and everybody's journey is unique and uh Ana says that uh she worked works very hard on her amuna and uh you have to remind me what else did she say I just beautiful words says greatness so much greatness here that we can't def I she feels that if she's given to anyone of us here a spark of becoming more strong in our Luna she right she said right she said that she always had a mo but with this story with this event with this tragedy this horrific story she feels her amuna became much more powerful and much stronger because she really feels deep down that a father doesn't want to hurt his child so what hasm is putting her through and the family through and the Jewish people through there's some meaning in it there's some purpose in it even if she doesn't know it and and she thank and she thanks him for it she thanks Hashem for it and she thanks him for choosing her because she realizes there's some here there's some here and she also said that she feels that now she also has a mission and she's representing the Jewish people and when she travels and she's strengthens other people even if only one person is strengthened from her she feels that it's part of her Mission and she Embraces it wholeheartedly and she says thank you for that too she said this is a test on that is not simple it's it's it's really really not easy and this is a mission that's not easy and this whole journey is is is so excruciating painful but from the first moment she has absolute amuna and the creator of the world that this is her Mission this is her and she was chosen for this and she's going to get through it and the URI is going to come back peacefully amen anybody wants to ask we'll take one more question if anybody wants to ask yeah for Lana is asking what we in America can do for URI for all the cap all the all the Jewish people in captivity and all their families and she says that we love URI like he's our own son and our own family so she wants know what which what we what aav would like us how we can help as the the she wants she's speaking on behalf of herself she would like that people wake up in the morning the first thing is they should say thank you to Hashem and uh say also thank you for all their gifts because she doesn't take for granted anymore the fact that she can't speak to her child she can't hear her child all this time and uh she feels that gratitude is what would mean the most okay so let's just we'll conclude with saying a few uh chapters of just for URI uat for complete Redemption and complete G and all of those who are in captivity URI URI yeah okay okay so asked we should say cap because that has his name in it and she asked that we should say cap you know why because that's M that's the song of gratitude so we'll say cap and then cap K in honor and the Merit ofi benat and all those who in captivity and all of their families and all the soldiers and all their families and all the wounded and all their families and all the families of the slain and all of our brothers and sisters in ER and the world over so cap will say together it's for Al and now Capal K the song of gratitude k k 100 we say it also in the morning after last capital of also gratitude the last one huah I just want to conclude with a blessing to anav and of course to URI and all of our brothers and sisters we should see and we should see complete victory over our bloodthirsty enemies and the main thing is we should experience a complete Redemption take M amen thank you very very much have a beautiful [Music] week oh okay thank you this class is brought to you by the yeshiva.net please help us continue the classes make even a small contribution at ww.the usa.net donate