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A Soldier's Mother: How Do You Eulogize a 13-and-a-half Year Old Girl?

By Paula Stern

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June 30, 2016, 7 PM ET

Rena Ariel, whose daughter Hallel was murdered this morning, eulogized her:
I am giving you one last hug...I am standing here with a heart filled with pain and I am turning to you, the Arab mother, the Muslim who sent your son out to stab. I raised my daughter with love, but you and the Arab Muslim educators, you taught him to hate. Go, put your house in order...
How do you eulogize a 13-and-a-half year old girl? Tell me what words to use to eulogize a flower, a pure soul, who is courageous and beautiful. Your only sin was that you were almost perfect.
You were a ray of light in my life. You were the one who turned me into a mother.
You [God] gave me a present and now I am returning it to You. Take her. She is the flesh of our flesh. Hug her, because I will never again be able to touch her. Make room for her, so she can dance.

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