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31 January 2022

Esther Pollard passed away today, BD"H...

 29 Shevat 5782 | כ''ט שבט ה''תשפ''ב

So fast...from when Esther went to the hospital during Shabbat Mishpatim until today, from what is said to be Covid-19-related illness, including sepsis. 

[NOTE: No word on whether she was "vaccinated." As it should be. She lived with cancer for years, and  I have heard that many people have died from a return of cancer, after taking the shot, that came on so fast they didn't have time to get treated. Thus, the following paragraph:

VAERS reveals through this OpenVAERS link to reports (to search for specific symptoms, press "Search COVID reports" and type in what you're looking for under "Symptom" towards the bottom of the form  that will pop up on the left side of the screen.) that 663 people to date had cancer as a symptom after getting the shots. I haven't had time to figure out how many never even had cancer before, much less people in remission or still fighting an active case. But it is clear from reading the reports that many never had cancer before because it's not in their history.]

As a fellow breast cancer survivor, I had been praying for her speedy recovery and a great life for her and Jonathan, now that they've been here for over a year. But I haven't been fighting the breast cancer in the same way she had been. For more information, see here or here.

Esther's funeral, at Har haMenuchot in Yerushalayim, is about to take place as I type...hopefully I'll get this up in time for people who want to attend by video.


UPDATE: finally have the video...thanks to Devash

 

I've never done this before, so if we click the video and it doesn't reflect any action during the broad/pod/whatever kind of "cast" it is, we can still go there: Esther Pollard's Funeral 

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UPDATE: It was supposed to have been livestreamed more than 80 minutes ago, but the video still doesn't work. I was sitting there for an hour and a half (90 minutes) and nothing happened.

UPDATE: I was advised to try here on Twitter when I still couldn't get YouTube. No dice.

It could be that only a certain number of people can view these videos at once...or else something not so innocent is going on.

Hard to tell from here.

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UPDATE before the funeral: A few words from Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar, Women for Israel's Tomorrow, by email. Hebrew follows English: עברית מעקבת אחרי אנגלית 

 

Our dear friend Esther Pollard, the woman of steel, has left us.

Esther was an exemplary personality, who persisted to the end in achieving her goals.

Nothing could divert her even one millimeter from the path of freeing Jonathan from prison for the “sin” of loving the Land of Israel.

Despite the physical distance between them, Esther and Jonathan were one body and soul, joined by their great love for, and devotion to, the Land of Israel, without fear and without apprehension.

Esther knocked on the doors of world leaders, never resting for a moment.

When she was not traveling, she was organizing moving prayer vigils throughout the Land.

With her devotion, Esther succeeded in gaining a free and happy Jonathan here in the land of his forefathers, on whose behalf he sacrificed for more than thirty years.

They were together in this mission that united them, a mission that will remain in the nation’s memory forever.

May her memory be inscribed forever in the annals of the Jewish people.

Last summer we had the privilege of hosting Esther and Jonathan Pollard in Oz veGaon for the annual Sovereignty Youth conference. Jonathan and Esther were greeted with a royal reception by hundreds of youth.

Watch the moving moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN9cbcNIeHU&t=4s

The funeral will take place today at 4:00pm Har Hamenuhot, bet Hahesped Kehillat Yerushalayim. All of Am Yisrael are invited to accompany Esther on her final journey and to embrace Jonathan.

Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar

The Sovereignty Movement and the Sovereignty Youth Movement

 

 


חברתנו היקרה אסתר פולארד, אשת הפלדה, הסתלקה מאתנו

 

אסתר, דמות מופת הדבקה במטרתה עד אין קץ

 

דבר לא יכול היה להטות אותה מהחתירה המקודשת לשחרורו של יונתן מהכלא, שם ישב ב"חטא" אהבת ארץ ישראל.

 

על אף המרחק הפיזי היו אסתר ויונתן גוף ונשמה אחת, דבוקים באהבתם הגדולה ובמסירותם לארץ ישראל, ללא חת וללא מורא.

 

אסתר התדפקה על דלתותיהם של מנהיגי העולם באומץ ובנחישות בדרישה לשחרורו של בעלה, לא נחה לרגע

 

בין מפגשיה עם שועי עולם הובילה בכל רחבי הארץ תפילות שהרעידו לבבות.

 

בדבקותה הצליחה אסתר לזכות ביהונתן חופשי ומאושר כאן בארץ אבותיו שלמענה הקריב מעל שלושים שנה.

 

הם היו יחד בשליחות הזאת שחיברה ביניהם, שליחות שתישאר בזכרון האומה לעד.

 

יהי זכרה חרות לנצח בתולדות עם ישראל.

 

בקיץ האחרון זכינו לארח בעוז וגאו"ן, בועידת נוער ריבונות, את אסתר ויהונתן פולארד שהתקבלו בקבלת פנים מלכותית ע"י מאות בני הנוער. צפו ברגעים המרגשים

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN9cbcNIeHU&t=4s

 

הלויה תצא ב16:00 מבית ההספד קהילת ירושלים בהר המנוחות.

עם ישראל מתבקש להגיע ללוות את אסתר בדרכה האחרונה ולחבק את יהונתן.

 

יהודית קצובר ונדיה מטר

תנועת הריבונות ונוער ריבונות

 

 

7 comments:

  1. Dear Hava, Hashem bless you..

    thanks so much for putting on that video of Jonathan and Esther Pollard, the 'beautiful moments' one. I saw it for the first time. It moved me.

    I had also been following Jonathans' story for a long time. Esther was truly an angel for him



    I am not a Jew, but follow Hashem... thanks Hashem.

    I also read that you had breast cancer, I had a sister who also had one, she underwent an operation and thank Gd, she survived.

    She lived many happy years. B'H.

    May Hashem be merciful to all undergoing this disease amen v'amen.

    Once again thank you.
    Hashem bless you and yours. Amen.

    nonee

    You need not post this, do as you wish. Just had to thank you.

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  2. Cool! G-d bless you too, Nonee!

    I bolded the part just before the video link to make sure people understand that it's not the funeral. I found it very strange that yesterday there was no video to look at, and I wasn't the only one.

    I'm glad there was something positive as well.

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  3. Your Twitter link works and it shows all the chespedim. But, it looks like you have to have a Twitter account to see videos on Twitter.

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  4. Devorah Chayah, you don't mean the one you suggested to me in the comments on your blog here, do you?

    And you're right, I don't have Twitter.

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  5. רבי מנשה אמון צדיק אמת משיח מופיעים פורים ופסח תשפ''ב

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4mLf9inZOU

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  6. תכינו בגדי שבת משיח עומד להתגלות!!!

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  7. לקראת פסח תשפ"ב העולם לא יהיה העולם שהכרנו - מסר מיוחד מהשכינה הקדושה לעם הקדוש משיח
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixcopprbdtM

    המסרים האלה לא עולים בקנה מידה עם המציאות עולם כמנהגו נוהג לא יקרה כלום עד פסח תשפ"ב את לא יודעת מי זה המשיח ואיפה הוא נימצא אף אחד לא יודע מתיי המשיח ייתגלה בורא עולם זה רוח אף אחד לא יכול לדבר עם הקדוש ברוך הוא

    משניכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה עם ישראל מעל המזל חודש אדר מזל דגים עוד מעט ניגאלים כולם לקרוא תהילים בכל עט בכל זמן נתון זה מקרב את הגאולה אמן תישמרו שבת אל תדליקו אש זה מרחיק את הגאולה זה מרחיק את המשיח בבקשה ממכם תישמרו שבת זאת המלכה של בורא עולם עם ישראל עם אחד לב אחד אל אחד אנחנו אוהבים אותך בורא עולם תציל אותנו מהממשלה הזדונית שתיפול במהרה בימינו אמן ומשיח יושיענו אמ

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