The Rebbe meets wounded soldiers (Photo: Yossi Melamed/Lubavitch Archives)
The Rebbe meets wounded soldiers (Photo: Yossi Melamed/Lubavitch Archives)

Upon seeing a wounded soldier,
one is immediately struck by the fact
that this is an individual who protected him
(the one observing the soldier),
his family, and his people
—while placing himself,
willingly, in mortal danger.

In fact, the “signature”
of this self-sacrifice
is now etched in the soldier’s body...


Adapted from a letter of the Rebbe, of righteous memory.1