The Murder of Ephraim Ayubi

Eliyahu Liebman: "We were on our way to the coastal area from Kiryat Arba, I was riding with Rabbi Shimon Bentzion. And when we were in this area we saw here...a vehicle situated awkwardly on the side of the road...And then I see a figure coming towards me and suddenly I see it's Rabbi Drukman, my Rosh Yeshiva... . And when I see and run towards him, I see that's he injured. He was lightly injured and completely shaken up. I know Rabbi Drukman, that he's full of light and happiness. And then I saw a scene that I can't get out of my head for almost 30 years, Ephraim Ayubi, may G-d avenge his blood, whom I knew well as the rabbi's right-hand man everywhere and at all times, shot in the car, and the car was shot up with bullet holes, and I yell out to Rabbi Shimon Bentzion to call for help... . Not by chance, the terror attack took place between the coastal area, the Light of Etzion and the Light of Hebron, the city of the Patriarchs. This eternal connection between the identity and roots of the Jewish people really spoke to Rabbi Drukman and he educated us in its light. And the fact that every week he would go and have a regular study session with his chevruta, Rabbi Eliezer Waldman of saintly memory, my Rosh Yeshiva in Kiryat Arba, an amazing connection and it happened in the middle because in effect it seems as if someone wanted to sever this connection that the rabbi was very, very connected to... ."