9 yrs on, one family in Israel still prays for victims of 26/11

Overwhelmed with emotion, Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg tried to avoid sharing his feelings. He had spent the past week remembering his loved ones who were killed by Pakistanbased LeT terrorists in a brutal attack in Mumbai nine years ago.

Rosenberg is the grandfather of Moshe Holtzberg, who was a two-year-old toddler when the 26/11 attacks happened and he lost his parents, Gavriel and Rivka.

Little Moshe survived the terror onslaught because of his brave Indian nanny Sandra Samuels.

The attack by 10 heavilyarmed LeT terrorists killed 166 people and injured more than 300. The terrorists launched co- ordinated shooting and bombing attacks at several landmarks in Mumbai, including the Chabad House at Nariman point.

Samuels, who now lives in Israel and was felicitated with an honorary citizenship by the Israeli government, escaped the brutality at Chabad House with baby Moshe. She later moved to Israel to help in bringing up the boy.

“It was a moment that shook us all completely, and of course also the Indians. This is a week when we try to keep to ourselves,” Rosenberg told PTI.

“We offered our prayers at the cemetery in Mt. Olives in Jerusalem on Sunday. Because for us that was the ninth anniversary as per the Jewish calendar. We paid our respects to the departed souls in Afula. It was a quiet and personal affair, limited to family only,” he said.