Ruth Mutzafi had her front door lock replaced on the third day of the shiva for Dvir, Etti and Amram Badihi’s youngest. On the fifth day of the shiva, she received a letter from Ezra’s lawyer threatening her with a lawsuit for blocking his access to his property."
Dear readers,
“Holes” begins the second chapter of my October 7 war narrative. We're back in Jerusalem with Ruth Mutzafi and Etti Badihi ("Shelter," "The Bridge Between Yesterday and Tomorrow," but not for long.
photo: Herr Loeffler, Creative Commons public domain
[This work is] a violin in a void. The worldling will deem it a trick. Old men will hurriedly turn from it to regional romances and the lives of public figures … But I know a few readers who will jump up, ruffling their hair.
— Nabokov, Introduction to the English version of Invitation to a Beheading
With hopes for good tidings in the days to come,
Haim