Ora Herzog, the mother of President Yitzhak Herzog, is laid to rest today (Wednesday) in the plot of the nation’s greats on Mount Herzl. She will be buried next to her husband, the late Sixth President Haim Herzog. Her coffin was placed at 11:00 in the President’s House, and from that time until 12:30 the public was invited to pass by and pay her last respects. .
The funeral took place at 14:00 in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, when at the entrance to the cemetery a green sign was checked for those present. Many elements in the political and public system accompanied her to the funeral, when in addition to her children – President Yitzhak Herzog and Israeli Ambassador to the United States Mike Herzog (who arrived in Israel yesterday), Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Speaker of the Knesset Miki Levy, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife.
At the opening of the funeral ceremony, the President of the State Yitzhak Herzog Carried things in memory of his mother:
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“At the beginning of my remarks, I would like to thank everyone who came, everyone who sent condolences and all those who accompany us from afar and up close. My honor and friends, I stand here first and foremost as a son mourning the death of his mother. This situation, in which private pain mixes with the public aspect, is not simple, although it has actually been our lot for several generations. “I’m sure I represent my brothers and sisters here – Joel, Michael and Ronit, and all the family members, when I say that our mother, Ora, has known to withstand this complexity all her life and deal with it with no reason – and from it we draw our strength and inspiration.”
“Beloved and dear mother, now we accompany you to eternal rest, here in the plot of the great men of the nation on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, close to loving your life, our father Chaim Herzog remember the blessing – your Vivian. No matter what age you part, it is always hard and painful. Petitions in your life: First of all – love for father and family. You were the source of his strength and his partner in his extraordinary life journey. You and Dad started with love at first sight, at your parents ‘house in Cairo, when Dad returned from World War II, on his way to his parents’ house in Jerusalem and looked for a kosher home to eat in. The long-standing partnership between you was the secret of Dad’s mission. This model was drawn from the late grandmother Sarah, the wife of the Chief Rabbi. You have always described the partnership between you as a pair of rowers in a boat, rowing together, with a big paddle and a small paddle. For some reason you described yourself as the one holding the small paddle. But whoever really knew you, knew more than once, the one who held the big paddle, “the president added.
He added that “you were all of us a very loving mother, a source of power and a source of power, an engine with tremendous energies – not always simple and easy, but always full of love, power, inspiration and principles. You gave me the nickname Boji, as an expression of motherly love. “True. And in later years, you were satisfied with your grandchildren and gave them a grandmotherly love that does not depend on anything.”
President Herzog continued: “Your second love was given to the State of Israel – the one for whose rise an elite came from Egypt – where you were born, for whom she was severely wounded in 1918, and for her success and prosperity you have worked all your life in many and varied fields. You have always asked to be remembered as the thinker of the Bible Quiz as part of the celebrations of the decade for the country you convened – a quiz we enjoy so much every year. But it seems to me that today, in the age of global climate crisis, Volunteering was the Council for a Beautiful Israel and the Educational Center in the Yarkon Park. .
“You were, on your way, a pioneer, as were your parents and grandparents who came to Israel during the Second Aliyah, drained swamps and established Motza and Hadera and set up factories in Neve Tzedek – until they were expelled from Egypt by the Ottoman commanders in World War I, where you started again like Yaakov Avinu. “Everything, and hence your wonderful fit and that of your father in all your duties – because your mission, the common one, for the people and the state, was above all.”
“Your third love was for good taste, for aesthetics, for warm and quality hospitality, for a warm welcome, for understanding the big world. Decades before today’s reality and lifestyle shows, “Herzog said.
The funeral ceremony of the late Ora Herzog (Photo: Haim Tzach GPO)He then referred to his mother’s childhood in Cairo: “You were born on the banks of the Suez Canal, to your mother Leah and your father Simcha, a little sister to a brother and two sisters. Cosmopolitan across worlds and times, between world wars and enormous social and geopolitical changes.You came from a secular home but you were a traditional woman all your life, a great believer, and not in vain your last name Ambash, made up of the acronym “I believe in complete faith”. This diversity was deeply ingrained in your character and spirit, and your name, “Ora,” described you faithfully. “
“Dear mother, the last few years have not been easy. We, your descendants and your family members, thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who cared for and helped us maintain you: Leah, Shirley, Chaya, Leakey, the doctors and the medical staff. , Our children and our spouses, we thank you, mother, for everything you have given to father and us. Today, about half a century later, you are reunited with father, the knight of your life. “Your greatness, for the sake of the people of Israel and the State of Israel. May your great and blessed soul be bundled in the bundle of life. Amen,” President Herzog concluded.
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