“He will swallow up death forever,
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces.”
Students and graduates of Bnei David who fell defending Israel
They came to Eli young — with questions, searching, with a desire to grow.
They sat in our beit midrash, learned Gemara and Jewish thought, listened and debated, laughed and lived together.
And from here — from this hilltop sanctuary of study — they went out to defend the people of Israel.
At Bnei David, they absorbed the spirit. A spirit of Torah learned with dedication and depth. A faith that doesn’t stay within walls, but goes out into the world and leads. Of national responsibility and readiness to carry a burden. This beit midrash taught them to see military service as a calling — a natural continuation of learning, of love of Torah, of love of the Jewish people.
They went into battle with a weapon in their hands — and Torah in their hearts.
With unwavering conviction in the righteousness of their path, with a profound sense of responsibility to the Jewish people and the Land of Israel, and with the understanding that standing on the front line was part of the life they had been raised to live here.
The Bnei David family remembers them. The benches, the pages and open books, the conversations deep into the night, the shared journey — all bear their mark. Their image lives on in the beit midrash of Bnei David, and continues to guide its students along the way.
We carry their names in our hearts, and we continue their path.
We do not forget — and we commit to continue building Torah, faith, and responsibility, in the spirit with which they went forth.
May their memory be a blessing.
