The Arab brother read "Hear Israel" for the dying Israel today

The family members of the corona sick follower were delayed and could not reach him in his last moments • The brother who cared for the patient made an emotional gesture • "We have one God," he said

• Brother Maher Ibrahim

The following story describes how complex the Israeli reality is.

Living alongside a worldwide epidemic that raises more and more victims every day can also produce exciting moments of coexistence that will not leave one eye dry.

Shlomo Galster, a Chabad follower from the north, fell ill in Corona more than a month ago and was hospitalized at Haemek Hospital in Afula.

Recently his condition deteriorated and on Thursday morning his family was asked to come to the hospital to say goodbye to him and pray beside him while he was on his deathbed and in his last moments.

Unfortunately Galster's condition deteriorated rapidly and the family who barely managed to get organized and set off was further delayed due to heavy traffic loads.

The people at the Valley Hospital were informed that the family was delayed on the way and the corona ward internalized that the follower's family members would not even have time to recite an audio prayer with him.

The head brother in the Corona ward, Maher Ibrahim, who treated Galster as well as the other patients with devotion and knew that he was a religious man, took the initiative and read Galster's prayer to Shema without knowing the exact order of the words: , Maher told Israel Today;

"I do not know the whole prayer, but I knew how important it is to hear even the words Israel heard.

We knew his family was delayed on the way and unfortunately his condition deteriorated rapidly and there was nothing to do anymore.

We realized that his family would not be able to come, so we did the required thing.

We knew him and his family.

He was with us for a month.

We connected with him.

We prayed with him for him and his family.

It was important to me that he hear the sentence Israel heard before his death.

He is a religious man.

It was clear to me that he wanted an audio prayer to be read about him.

We have one God. "

Brother Maher said that by the time the family arrived at Valley Hospital they already knew the bitter news of their father's death, but also told them about the moving gesture:

It is important for us to know that we treat everyone with dedication. Here there is no politics and there is no difference.

We are all human and that is how we will always behave.

That is our role and vocation as brothers and sisters. '

Galister's family members wanted to thank brother Maher Ibrahim and the staff of Haemek Hospital in Afula for the dedicated care of their late father, daughter Meirav told Israel Today: "This is a difficult and very sad day for us.

My father was a Chabad follower and the promotion of peace was always important to him.

When he was initially hospitalized he did not stop talking about how dedicated and courteous his treatment was and how much he thanked Maher and the entire staff for his care and all those hospitalized in the ward.

The gesture of Maher and the whole team moved us greatly.

This is where the peace between the peoples begins. '

The story was first revealed on the website "At Midnight in Scoops".