Every day that we say Modeh Ani, we need to internalise it. As is well known, I have a life-long bond with the tragedy of the Bombay murders of my friends, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his Rebbetzin Rivki, Hashem Yinkom Domom. That the new tragedy below could occur as a segue, shocks me further in a way that I am not able to comprehend. When I go home tonight, I will try to find an appropriate essay from the Rav, which may help me cope with the incomprehensible.
The story is from the algameiner journal, and is reproduced below.
Names Revealed: Kiryat Malachi Victim Was Chabad Emissary From India Visiting Israel for Mumbai Victims’ Memorial Service
A victim of a Gaza rocket attack on Kiryat Malachi lies in a body bag.
Israeli political consultant Jonny Daniels citing an Israeli source and a Chabad leader in Israel told The Algemeiner that among the victims of this morning’s Gaza rocket attack on the Israeli city of Kiryat Malachi was a 25 year old Chabad “shlucha (female emissary)” to New Dehli, India named Mirah (nee Cohen) Scharf, who was visiting Israel for the memorial service of Chabad Mumbai terror victims Gabi and Rivka Holtzberg. The Hebrew anniversary of their brutal murder is today.
According to Chabad website Lubavitch.com, Scharf was pregnant. Sources told The Algemeiner that she had come to Israel to give birth, but arrived early in order to be able to attend the Holtzberg memorial. Chabad members on Facebook say she was the mother of 3 young children.
A second victim named Ahron Smadga said to be in his late forties was the father of the 8 month old baby girl who was injured.
“He was married for 20 years and couldn’t have children then he had twin boys nine years ago, and 8 months ago his daughter was born and he was walking around with a smile on his face that he had a daughter after all this years,” Daniels told The Algemeiner.
“He was one of the first Chabad soldiers to join the Israeli Army,” he said.
The third victim was 22 year old Yitzchak Amselam. The funeral is planned for later today.
Israeli Chabad websites Shturem and COL, reported that the rocket attack hit the neighborhood of Nachlas Har Chabad and that “the entire community is devastated from the tragedy.”
“The shelters in Kiryat Malachi were not readied for the onslaught, and the residents of the building that was hit were running to relative safety under the stairwell of the building, when a missile hit, taking precious lives and injuring the others,” writes Shrurem.org.
Kiryat Malachi is about 11 miles from Ashkelon, and has a population of approximately 21,000.
pitputim 
Your previous post had the only appropriate answer we can think of. Moshe Rabbeinu asked “zu torah, vezu schorah”?! We can only await Eliyahus arrival for the answer to this question
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This is an extremely sad story indeed.
I just wanted to clarify some issues for the file.
Rabbi and Rebbetzin sharf are holy Yidden indeed, and Rebbetzin Sharf is indeed a Kodosh since she was killed for being a Jew.
There were doing Jewish Outreach “Kiruv” if you may, in India.
As far as i know they were in Israel for an extended period of time, unrelated to the Yartzait of the Bombay Shluchim.
I must note however that they were in no way, shape or form recognized by Chabad as Shluchim in India.
They went to India on there own, seeking to be Mekarev Yidden, which is an amazing Mesirus Nefesh, but they were not Chabad representatives or Shluchim.
For this reason the Chabad websites did not call them Shluchim or Chabad representatives in India, but rather a Chabad family doing Jewish outreach.
I fell the need to make this point clear because in many of the videos and interveiws Rabbi Sharf says things that are not in according with Chabad teachings and the criteria set forth by Chabad to being a Shliach.
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