Rabbi Hattab lights torch for his son

Netanyahu and Rivlin warmly hug Rabbi Beto Hattab, who lights a torch for his son Yoav.

“I accept the judgment of Heaven with love,” the rabbi says simply, in a brief, heart-rending few words at the microphone.

Rabbi Benjamin Hattab, the father of Yoav Hattab, who was killed in the Pairs kosher supermarket atack, rips his shirt in a Jewish sign of mourning during the funeral for his son and three other men killed in the attack, Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2)
Rabbi Benjamin Hattab, the father of Yoav Hattab, who was killed in the Pairs kosher supermarket atack, rips his shirt in a Jewish sign of mourning during the funeral for his son and three other men killed in the attack, Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Megane Cohen lights a torch for her brother Yohan. She is accompanied by the chief rabbi of France and by her uncle.

“Yohan was 20, full of life and joy… his family and friends have a dear place in our hearts,” his uncle eulogizes.

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