Women and girls from New York City will gather at the Ohel, the resting place of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—on Monday, Oct. 30, to pray and to honor the memory of Raz Mizrachi, a volunteer for Belev Echad, an organization that provides aid and support to wounded Israeli soldiers. She was murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7.

The event is being held on Mizrachi’s 22nd birthday and ahead of her shloshim, which marks 30 days since a Jewish person’s passing. Belev Echad helped Mizrachi when she got wounded in May 2021 during a terrorist car-ramming amid Israel’s “Operation Guardian of the Walls.” Following her recovery, she started working for Belev Echad in Israel.

The organization announced Mizrachi’s passing on Oct. 10, saying that “our hearts are shattered. Our friend. Our Belev Echad soldier and Belev Echad team member. May her memory be a blessing. May those who knew her forever be touched by her.”

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Mizrachi, they wrote, “was an inspiration and source of strength to so many of the soldiers that visit the Belev Echad house. Raz was always smiling and positive, despite all the hardships she had been through as a wounded combat soldier. She wanted to share her experiences to help others.”

Just last month, Mizrachi traveled to New York for the Belev Echad challah bake for women and girls. There, she spoke about her “journey in healing as a soldier wounded in the IDF.”

Rabbi Uriel Vigler, along with his wife, Shevy, founded and direct Belev Echad, in addition to the Chabad Israel Center on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people—Jewish and non-Jews—come to the Ohel to pray and seek blessing, guidance and inspiration from above.

The rabbi noted that the Ohel was the last place Mizrachi visited while she was in New York.

The invitation to the event at the Ohel.
The invitation to the event at the Ohel.