Q&A: Strengthening of Faith Among Hostages and Survivors of October Seventh
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Strengthening of Faith Among Hostages and Survivors of October Seventh
Question
There are hundreds of stories—media attention is focused on the hostages who were freed—about people drawing closer in faith to God following the difficult experiences since October Seventh. This is repentance / returning to religion coming from an emotional and experiential place.
Is it specifically because of the depth of these people’s experience and emotion that this drawing closer can be defined as something positive?
Answer
Drawing closer to tradition is positive. How genuine is it? That depends on whether the trauma led them to understand that there is something real in it, or whether it moved them in that direction for psychological reasons (the need to lean on something, to find meaning, and the like).