We still thank you for bringing boys home, Rachelle Fraenkel says

Rachelle Fraenkel, the mother of slain 16-year-old yeshiva student Naftali Fraenkel, takes the microphone as she bids farewell to her son at his funeral in Shaalabim, near the family’s home in Nof Ayalon.

“Rest in peace, my son. We’ll learn to sing without you. We’ll always hear your voice inside,” she says.

She also thanks the Israeli security forces who found her son’s body after more than two weeks of painful uncertainty.

“Dear soldiers, intelligence personnel and police, we still thank you very, very much. You promised you would find and bring them back. And you brought them back. That is a great kindness, too,” she says.

“From the very first day, we said to ourselves that even if it ends badly, God gave us an abundance of blessings, wonderful young men, children with noble souls, a large and empowering community.”