Sefi's mother always thought that this poem caught the distinctiveness of Israeli mourning.

January 14, 1985. Sefi Marmelstein

It was on my first visit to Sefi's parents, on my first leave, a bit less than a week after Miki and Sefi were killed, that his mother mentioned this poem, but said she didn't have it at home. On my next visit I brought her a copy.


The Third Mother - Natan Alterman