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Mrs. Malkah Sultan, Hy'd
by Betzalel Kahn

The Sultan Family was struck with tragedy after the mother of the family, a woman of chesed and midos tovos, was murdered two weeks ago in the bombing attack on bus line 14 in Jerusalem at the age of 67.

Born in Algeria to an assimilating family, the deceased, Hy'd, brought herself back to Judaism. Living in France she worked as a teacher and, after making aliyah with her husband and three children, she drew closer to Judaism and began to keep Torah and mitzvos meticulously.

Mrs. Sultan gave her children an education in chesed and yiras Shomayim. Several years ago she joined the staff of the French-language monthly Kountrass, where she was dedicated to the task of producing Torah-based material in clear French and taking part in the publication of a high-quality newspaper for the francophone community in Israel and France. "On numerous occasions she was known to seek out gedolei Torah to ask them various questions," recounts HaRav Nosson Kahn, editor and publisher of Kountrass.

The deceased was known in the Baka'a neighborhood as a woman of strong faith who organized shiurim and Torah activities for local women. ZAKA volunteers who removed her body from the site of the explosion on Jaffa Street say they found her with a sefer Tehillim in her hands.

Before the attack she had called all of her children asking them to strengthen themselves in emunoh and bitochon. None of them was able to explain what impelled her to make the calls.

 

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