The blue wave falls short

Overall, the blue wave fell short well short of expectations on Tuesday.

Democrats took the House, but only gained about the 34 seats to be expected from the party opposing a president in his first midterm election. They gained governorships, but a fell short in swing states Ohio, New Hampshire and Florida.

And they lost ground in the Senate, as Dem incumbents who voted against confirming Brett Kavanaugh lost in North Dakota, Florida, Indiana and Missouri.

In the Empire State, Democrats did take down Reps. Dan Donovan, John Faso and Claudia Tenney. These are good people, as are various Democrats who fell short across the nation. Partisan politics are tough — as the apparent victories of scandal-tarred Sen. Bob Menendez in New Jersey and Rep. Chris Collins in New York attest.

The big picture? American politics are still in transition, with both parties and the voters still digesting the issues exposed by the shocking Trump win in 2016, and grappling with challenges that don’t fit the old ideological boxes.

A Democratic House is sure to keep biting the president’s feet, with endless investigations. A more-Republican Senate will confirm his appointees, especially his judicial ones.

Tuesday brought no clear message because the nation is still figuring out what it thinks. In these challenging times, that’s probably about the right call.

Rashida Tlaib Muslim Wins Michigan Congressional Seat ..... 'Will Cut Off All US Funding For Israel"

Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib has become the first Muslim woman elected to US Congress.
Tlaib took Michigan's 13th congressional district in a race in which she was the sole major party candidate.

Tlaib, 42, was born in Detroit to Palestinian immigrant parents.

She made history in 2008 by winning a seat on the Michigan Legislature, becoming the first Muslim woman to do so.

Her campaign platform included pledges to secure a $15 minimum wage, cutting off all funds to Israel. 

Six Black Savages Now Attack Chasidishe Boy

As reported by DIN, the NYPD is searching for a gang of six black teens who threw a metal pipe through the window of a Shul in Williamsburg on Shabbos afternoon.

New footage shows the same group of teens attacking a Hasidic boy moments before the attack on Franklin Ave, knocking his hat off his head as he innocently walked down the street.

Shockingly, the NYPD had not deemed the vandalism attack on the Volkan Shul a “hate crime”. This footage clearly shows the gang’s intention.

The NYPD has announced a $2500 award for information regarding the suspects.

Black Guy Attacks Jew on Avenue J in Broad Daylight

Police and Shomrim are looking for a man who assaulted a Jewish pedestrian on Tuesday afternoon.

 Around 3:30PM, a man walking down Avenue J between East 13 and East 14 was randomly punched in the face by an unidentified black man. He then kicked the victim as well, before calmly walking away

The victim has never seen the attacker before, nor were any words exchanged prior to the assault. Nothing anti-Jewish was said before this attack.

The NYPD and Flatbush Shomrim canvassed the area for close to two hours. He was last seen on Ocean Avenue and Avenue J.

The suspect is approximately 5 foot 8, 250 pounds, was wearing a black tee shirt with the words “STAGE CREW” in white lettering on the back, and had grey pants.

Police ay that they are taking this isolated incident very seriously, but stress that there has not been an assault of this kind in quite some time. Police advise the community to remain calm, but to be aware of their surroundings at all time, and to report anything suspicious immediately.

If you see this man, or have any information that can help police, please call 911 and then Flatbush Shomrim’s 24 hour emergency hotline at 718-338-9797.

Rabbi Shmuel Knopfler In Memorian

Rabbi Shmuel Knopfler, frequent Torah Contributor to this blog and others.

Rabbi Shmuel Knopfler, president of shul, lover of Zion and Jewish people, passes away at 68 On Shabbat morning 27th of Tishrei 5779 (October 6, 2018) Shmuel Zev Knopfler suddenly passed away in the manner of a Tzadik, while asleep in his bed. 

Shmuel was fondly known to many as “Sam Kay.” He was a proud Jew, with a unique love for Eretz Yisrael. He was born to Holocaust survivors in Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia in 1950, in a time of darkness and despair. His father served as the town rabbi and shochet. For a short while, they resided in Prague. Living in the Soviet Bloc was especially challenging for people that were shomer Shabbat. Children had no choice but to attend school on Shabbat. However, his parents were moser nefesh and made arrangements with teachers so that their children would not have to write on Shabbat. 

Shmuel recalled a story of a young communist teacher that ridiculed him and his sister for refraining from writing on those days. His teacher told them that Yuri Gagarin had recently returned from space and did not see God, and that keeping Shabbat was therefore ridiculous. Young Shmuel did not relent and remained steadfast in his belief and tradition. 

Moment of truth for the USA

The U.S. political system is at a ‎dramatic crossroads, with American ‎voters in the midterm elections about to decide the fate of 35 out of 100 Senate seats ‎and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives.‎

Since the last midterm elections, in 2014, Congress has had a Republican majority, with the ‎party controlling both houses.

Almost all the predictions are that this is about to change, and predict that  ‎the Democrats will win the majority of the House and say that ‎the chances of Democrats winning a majority in the Senate ‎cannot be completely discounted. ‎

If this happens, the political upset would be in ‎line with the familiar pattern of American politics, ‎which reflects the voters' desire to create balance between the various branches of government and ‎prevent one party from having too much power for too long.‎

However, in the current political and social ‎climate, which is fraught with tension and ‎ideological hostility, any shift in the balance of ‎power on Capitol Hill will have far more significant ‎implications than ever before. ‎

Day Yoimie Snippets ... Menachois Pages 79,80, 81,82, 83, 84 & 85

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דף ע''ט ..הנסכים והדם 

Page 79 Mesectas Menachois  

"The Nesachim & The Blood" 

There was a requirement to bring Nesachim ( wine, Oil, Flour), with each sacrifice offered onto the Alter.

The Talmud on this daf discusses a dispute amongst the rabbis to when is the time when the Nisachem become sanctified?

There are those who say that the Nesachim become sanctified when the sacrifice is slaughtered. 

There are others whose opinion is  that the Nesachim become sanctified only after the blood of the sacrifice is sprinkled on the Alter.

Press "read more" below to continue to the rest of the dafim!

Farrakhan Visits Iran, Calls America “Great Satan”; Leads ‘Death to Israel, Death to America’ Chants

‘Nation of Islam’ leader Louis Farrakhan, a notorious anti-Semite who recently compared Jewish people to termites, led a “Death to America” chant Sunday during a solidarity trip to Iran.

Farrakhan’s trip came ahead of the Trump administration’s re-implementation of U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic on Monday.

Herzliya Police arrest man who posed as doctor to give breast exams

Police on Monday arrested a 53-year-old man from central Israel who is suspected of posing as a doctor in order to perform breast exams on women.

The alleged decade-long sexual assault scheme was uncovered by the Yedioth Ahronoth daily, which also reported on the arrest Monday.

An investigative report by Yedioth revealed that the writer and publishing executive from Herzliya had sexually assaulted dozens of women over the last 10 years under the guise of medical consultations, pretending to be a visiting doctor from Canada.

Satmar Chasid Crosses Street In Williamsburg During Marathon !

Black Anti-Semite Teens Throw Iron Pole Thru Williamsburg Shteeble Window On Shabbos While Jews Were Davening!

A group of Black teens launched a metal pole through a glass window of a Brooklyn synagogue as members of the congregation observed the Sabbath on Saturday evening, authorities said.

“People were praying inside at the time,” a man who was at the temple on Franklin Avenue near Myrtle Avenue in Williamsburg said on Sunday. “Everyone is upset already. So, this we don’t need this now.”

The man, who did not give his name, lives in the largely Hasidic apartment complex above the first-floor synagogue, where one of the lower-floor windows was shattered by the pole.

Police are looking for four black boys around the age of 16 after a witness reported the attack at about 5:45 p.m. Saturday.

The Black youths ran south on Franklin Avenue after smashing the window, police said. Officials estimated that the property damage exceeded $250.

Congregants on Sunday covered up the gaping hole in the synagogue window with a piece of black plastic.

It’s the latest in a spate of anti-Semitic attacks in New York City. Police on Saturday also released footage of a vandal who scrawled swastikas on a Brooklyn Heights wall.

James Polite, 26, was also busted Friday for allegedly writing “Kill All Jews” in the stairwell of historic Union Temple in Prospect Heights.

No one was injured in any of the attacks.

Rabbi Weinberger of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, describes Rabbi Aderet's "Pittsburgh" Speech “obscene” and “vile.”

Rabbi Weinberger

Rabbi Aderet’s speech drew a strong response from Rabbi Moshe Weinberger of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, who described the speech as “obscene” and “vile.”

IDF Soldiers Finish Shas

Watch our beautiful soldiers celebrate the completion of Shas! 

What a KIDDUSH HASHEM!!!

I'm asking .... what kind of lo-life can you possibly be to abuse or harm one of these tzadikim who are there to protect our brothers and sisters in Israel .... ?

How much chutzpeh does it take for a Chareidie parasite who probably cannot learn one pasuk Chumash with Rashi by himself, to humiliate a frum IDF Soldier in uniform ...?

Why are the "gedoilim" quiet about this? 

They were all running around like poisoned mice to tell us how to vote .... but say not a word when our children are being harmed.

I am certain that there isn't a hell hot enough for someone who dares lay a finger on one these IDF true Gedoilim! 

Disney Airs First Gay Kiss in Cartoon Series For Little Children

US CITIZEN HELD HOSTAGE BY ISRAELI RABBINICAL COURT

by Allen Dershowitz 

An elderly, sick US citizen has been held hostage for three years by a rabbinical court in Israel. He is being threatened with imprisonment if he tries to leave Israel and return to his home in the US, where he needs medical treatment from his long-term doctors. Not only is this elderly man a US citizen, he has absolutely no connection to Israel: He is neither a citizen nor a resident of Israel. His crime? Having a son, from whom he is estranged and who lives in the US, who has refused to give a religious divorce (get) to his ex-wife who lives in Israel.  

BEN & JERRY'S ISRAEL It's Independent It's Not Selling "Resist"

Ben & Jerry’s Israel released a statement Wednesday distancing itself from a new flavor of ice cream in the United States that has stirred up controversy. 

On Tuesday, the global company announced it was launching a new flavor titled “Pecan Resist.” The limited edition ice cream – chocolate with fudge, pecans, walnuts and almonds – “supports groups creating a more just and equitable nation for us all, and who are fighting President Trump’s regressive agenda,” the company said. 

The message, of course, was not received well by many ice cream-loving Trump supporters. But others were also not pleased that the ice cream is donating the proceeds to four groups, including the controversial Women’s March. Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour has been associated with Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh while fellow leader Tamika Mallory has voiced support for outspoken antisemite Louis Farrakhan. 

On Wednesday, Ben & Jerry’s Israel branch made it clear it has no links to the flavor. 

“Ben & Jerry’s Israel is an independent and Israeli company,” it wrote on Facebook. “All of the products sold in Israel are made in a factory located in Beer Tuviya.... We buy our milk and cream only from Israeli producers. We have no connection to the decisions made by the global brand, and we don’t get involved in local or world politics.”  

The company added that it had no intention to sell the new controversial flavor in Israel and will “continue to work and act for the community and for Israeli society.” The Israeli factory does often produce some of the global brand’s limited edition flavors, it chooses which products to offer in Israel. 

Anyone Have A Shidduch For These Yeshivah Boys????

Jews attacked in Monsey

A Jewish man was assaulted in an unprovoked attack in Spring Valley on Shabbos, in what Police are investigating as a hate crime.

An Hispanic man driving a taxi stopped his car on South Madison Avenue near Singer Street, got out and approached the Jewish man and his brother walking together.

He started screaming “this is not Jewland and you have no royalties here!”.

The Jewish men ignored the man and continued walking.

The man then exited the American Latina taxi, and walked towards the victim and his brother. He shaped his fingers like a gun and poked it into one of their faces. He then punched him in his stomach and fled after they began screaming.

The Spring Valley Police Department is looking for the suspect and being assisted by Rockland County Sheriff Department.

Chaveirim of Rockland ate adding additional patrols in the area.

40,000 Jews flood Chevron For Shabbos Parshas Chaya Sarah

Over 40,000 Israelis, lawmakers, and public figures flooded Chevron for the annual weekend dedicated to highlighting the Jewish people's ties to the ancient city.

The event occurs annually on the week where the Torah portion of 'Chayei Sarah' is read, in which the Biblical patriarch Abraham buys the Cave of the Patriarchs in Chevron.

Revelers ate in large communal meals and stayed in large tents specially set up for the occasion, as well as at the homes of residents.

This year's event celebrated two recent developments: The official opening of the archeological site at Tel Heron as an official site of Nature and Parks Authority and the government's recent decision to approve a new apartment building to be built in Chevron.

Shocking video shows driver and passenger fight on a Chinese bus before it spins out of control and plunges off a bridge into the Yangtze River, killing at least 13

Police say a brawl between a passenger and a bus driver was the cause of the bus plunging off a bridge in south-west China. 

An eight-second surveillance video posted by Chongqing police on its social media account today shows a woman fighting with the driver before the bus veered into the wrong lane and fell into the Yangtze River on Sunday. 

The female passenger started quarreling with the driver after she missed her stop, according to Wanzhou district police.

Snake wriggles out of Kotel sparking claims Messiah prophecy is coming true

A snake seen crawling between the stones of Israel's Western Wall has sparked claims that a prophecy about the Messiah's coming is about to be fulfilled.

The claims were made after video of the snake scaring away a pigeon was posted on YouTube before being picked up by Hebrew bloggers.

The bloggers claim the symbol of a pigeon fleeing a snake shows we are living in 'dangerous times' directly pre-dating the coming of the Messiah.

'The evil inclination, personified by the snake in Eden, will make a resurgence in the days before Messiah,' the bloggers were quoted as saying by Breaking Israel News

Truth behind Netflix drama of Adolf Eichmann's capture and the fate of his four sons - as one is pictured living in Buenos Aries, just a few streets from where his Nazi father was snatched

The fates of Nazi monster Adolf Eichmann's four sons can be revealed for the first time today by MailOnline.

Eichmann was the mastermind behind the Holocaust and gatekeeper of the Third Reich who sent six million Jews to their deaths.

The incredible story of how he was found living in a modest house in Argentina and snatched off the street by Mossad before being executed in Israel has been turned into a gripping film 'Operation Finale' by Netflix. 

Eichmann had four sons - the three eldest Klaus, Horst and Dieter, who remained loyal to him even after his death and the youngest,  Ricardo, who rejected him.

Now MailOnline can reveal that Klaus and Horst are dead, while Ricardo, who was five when his father was taken, is living in Germany. 

Tefilln Response to Pittsburgh Massacre

First Death of Un-Vaccinated Child in Jerusalem ...Evil Non-Vaxxers Want More Casualties!

Frum Non-Vaxxers are not giving up their fight...... 

How many deaths of innocent children do they want to see? ....

Tragedy has struck the Chareidi community as an 18-month-old baby died in Jerusalem on Thursday evening. It is suspected that the infant died due to being exposed to Measles, and was unvaccinated.

A ZAKA spokesperson said they were dealing with the infant, who lived on Chayei Adam Street in the Meah Shearim neighborhood.

The child was taken by ambulance to Shaare Tzedek Hospital where she died.

This is Israel’s first death from measles since 2003. The country is grappling with one of its worst measles outbreaks in decades, with over 1,200 cases reported since the beginning of 2018.

Crazy Lubav "Anti-Vaxxer" Parents Sue Lubavitcher Yeshivah For Refusing To Admit Their Child....

Apparently the crazed Lunatics, The Laines, believe it's a mitzvah to infect other children with their diseases.....  The craziness of these nuts runs much deeper ... they believe that not vaccinating their children is "a religious belief." 

Though "not vaccinating" doesn't appear anywhere in the entire Torah ....

But Vaccinating, actually does appear in the Torah as a Mitzvas Asaia of Ushmartem!

A Crown Heights yeshiva is headed to court after being sued by a couple whose son was denied admission because he had not met state immunization requirements.
Sholom and Esther Laine filed an emergency injunction in Kings County State Supreme Court on October 17th, saying that while they understood that state law required their four year old son to be immunized in order to attend Yeshiva Oholei Torah, they believed that they were legally entitled to an exemption based on their religious beliefs. 

Election Over !! Peleg Sickies Back To Protesting .. Shutting Down Bnei Brak Instead of Being In Yeshivah or Kollel... Gedoilim Silent!

Little "Baldy" Just Got Haircut Lekoveid the Protest!

Ben & Jerry’s embraces Anti-Semite Linda Sarsour in launch of new “Resist” ice cream

Money goes to support pro-Farrakhan Women’s March and other anti-Trump groups.

Only days after a Trump hater massacred dozens of Jews, leftist company Ben & Jerry’s has decided to announce they teamed up with the Women’s March to promote a resistance themed ice cream flavor.

 The group led by notorious anti-Semitic Linda Sarsour and others continue to praise and adore anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan

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Ben & Jerry’s told the Independent Journal Review they’re “comfortable” partnering with the Women’s March despite their ties to Louis Farrakhan.

Anti-Semitic Women’s March Leaders are Pro-Farrakhan

On Sunday, a man who hates President Donald Trump and the Jewish people, murdered 11 Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA.

So it totally makes sense to release a new ice cream flavor a few days later to show your resistance to Trump while partnering with a group that has leaders who have ties with Farrakhan

The Washington Free Beacon has other examples. Sarsour once tweeted that “nothing is creepier than Zionism.” 

She spoke at a Nation of Islam rally in 2015 and attacked Israel. She also downplayed anti-Semitism because while it is “something that impacts Jewish Americans, it’s different than anti-black racism or Islamophobia because it’s not systemic.”

But she’s TOTALLY down with eliminating anti-Semitism, y’all!

It’s not just Sarsour. Tamika Mallory doesn’t hide her love for Farrakhan. In February, she attended a Nation of Islam rally that included Farrakhan giving another speech that demeaned Jews. He praised Mallory during this speech and she applauded him. She once called the anti-Semitic preacher one of the greatest of all time.

Israel silent as Iran hit by computer virus more violent than Stuxnet

Iranian infrastructure and strategic networks have come under attack in the last few days by a computer virus similar to Stuxnet but “more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated,” and Israeli officials are refusing to discuss what role, if any, they may have had in the operation, an Israeli TV report said Wednesday.

The report came hours after Israel said its Mossad intelligence agency had thwarted an Iranian murder plot in Denmark, and two days after Iran acknowledged that President Hassan Rouhani’s mobile phone had been bugged. It also follows a string of Israeli intelligence coups against Iran, including the extraction from Tehran in January by the Mossad of the contents of a vast archive documenting Iran’s nuclear weapons program, and the detailing by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN in September of other alleged Iranian nuclear and missile assets inside Iran, in Syria and in Lebanon.

“Remember Stuxnet, the virus that penetrated the computers of the Iranian nuclear industry?” the report on Israel’s Hadashot news asked. Iran “has admitted in the past few days that it is again facing a similar attack, from a more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated virus than before, that has hit infrastructure and strategic networks.”

The Iranians, the TV report went on, are “not admitting, of course, how much damage has been caused.”

BEIT SHEMESH ELECTIONS SHOW LIMIT OF HAREDI RABBINIC POWER

It seems there is a limit to rabbinical influence and perhaps even an erosion of their authority, if what has happened in the Beit Shemesh municipal election can be used as a barometer of such things.

The mayoral election in the city is, at press time, very delicately balanced between incumbent Charedi mayor Moshe Abutbul (Shas) and his religious-Zionist challenger Aliza Bloch.

It appears that there have been significant numbers of Charedi residents who voted for Bloch despite the instructions of the leading Charedi rabbis to vote for Abutbul.

And it appears that there are many more who, despite the instructions of the rabbis to go out and vote for Abutbul, either stayed at home or voted only for the municipal council and not for mayor.

This phenomenon is somewhat surprising and almost unprecedented given that the incumbent mayor was endorsed by the entire spectrum of Charedi rabbinic leaders – Sephardi, non-hassidic and Chassidic alike.

See the Love for Trump As He Visits Victims of Synagogue Shootings in Hospital ...

Chareidim Secretly Voted Against the Chareidie Candidates in Yerushalayim .....

The Chareidie candidate for Mayor of Yerushalyim Yossi Deutsch who was endorsed by the Chassidishe Gedoilim lost his shirt, and it wasn't because Chassidim didn't vote .... they did ....

This year for the first time, the Chareidi Gedolim fought amongst themselves and put up their own candidates ....
Chassidim put up Yossi Deutsch and Shas backed both Moshe Leon and Elkin.

 Statistics show that Chareidim  voted in mass against their own  Gedoilim endorsed candidates 

Most Arabs did not vote in this election holding the Satmar Shit'a not to vote in Zionist Elections. 

33 % of Yerusalmites voted for the Litvishe Backed Candidate Moshe Leon and 29% voted for the Secular Ofer Berkovitch 
Deutsch had only 17% of the vote ... 

There will be a run off election on November 13 since no candidate won 40% of the vote 

At the moment both the Agudah and Shas are talking to the secular Berkovitch ...... to make some sort of deal ...
Let's see what happens!

Bet Shemesh "Frum Soldiers" Put Dr. Aliza Bloch In As Mayor .....

The Bet Shemesh race for Mayor was a virtual tie until they counted the ballots of the Frum IDF soldiers.... 

This is a "potch" in the face to those who abuse frum soldiers in uniform in Bet Shemesh and in Yerushalyim ......

All the "gedoilim" ordered their sheep to vote for the "do nothing" Mayor Abutbul who had a Bracha from the Viznitzer Rebbe of Bet Shemesh ....

The "puppet" of the Chareidim will now have to work for a living..

His own supposed "backers" the chareidim from Bet Shemesh Gimmel ignored the brachois and kallalois of their respective "gedoilim" and voted for Aliza!
Even the entire Likkud slate of Bet Shemesh got voted in for City Council!

Abutbul may have gotten a bracha from the Viznitzer, but it seems that Hashem also gives brachas and  Dr. Aliza Bloch, a staunch supporter of the draft, got one from her CREATOR!

Yesterday,  things started looking bleak for the Chareidie Mayor Abutbul .... So Satmar activists (who "officially" ordered the sheep not to vote) from the Abutbul headquarters in Beit Shemesh contacted the Satmar Rebbe's residence in Kiryat Yoel-Monroe in the early hours of the morning and briefed him on the interim results and the  battle being conducted in the city. Rebbe blessed them that their activity will bear fruit ..... 

It did "bear fruit" .... but he didn't need "fruit," he needed votes ......  

Kol Hakovod to the Frum IDF Boys of Bet Shemesh and the Chareidim of Bet Shemesh Gimmel... you guys came thru ....

The "Shabbos Shabbos" screamers will have to find another city to pull off their disgusting shenanigans! 

Listen to Moshe Abutbul Former Mayor of Beit Shemesh getting a bracha from the Admor of Vizhnitz Bet Shemesh, last night ..........

It didn't work ......

Young Israel refutes post-Pittsburgh Trump criticism

Those who criticize President were doing so prior; it is unseemly that they would use this massacre to denounce President at this time.'

The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI), representing 25,000 member families in 135 branch synagogues throughout the United States, Canada, and Israel, today addressed criticism directed at President Trump in the wake of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“We were horrified to hear the news about the anti-Semitic murderous rampage against Jews praying at Congregation Etz Chaim in Pittsburgh," NCYI said. "Like our fellow Jewish organizations, we released a statement expressing unity with the victims, and we reached out to our Young Israel Synagogue several blocks away to offer assistance in the aftermath of this tragedy. Our hearts ache and our souls cry out for the shattered families in Pittsburgh.

CHILLING FOOTAGE: Phone Video Shows Passengers Boarding Fatal Flight

Like untold numbers of spontaneously shot smartphone videos, Paul Ferdinand Ayorbaba’s most recent was not a work of art, full of the backs of heads and the constant bobbing and disorientating pans and zooms that are a signature of mass digital culture.

But its mundane details have been transformed by tragedy into something deeply chilling — the last images of some of the 189 people who perished in terrifying circumstances little more than an hour after the video was shot.

Just minutes after takeoff, their Lion Air flight plunged into the Java Sea, tearing apart the plane and the people in it.

Ayorbaba traveled frequently within Indonesia on business and the boarding video was perhaps meant to comfort his wife, Inchy Ayorbaba, who felt a little anxious about the trip to an outlying island he’d never visited

“It was his last contact with me, his last message to me,” she said in an interview with Indonesian TV at a police hospital where she’d taken their three children for DNA tests to help with victim identification.