The Healing Power of Love

Major Or Maatuk, a commander in the IDF’s Givati Brigade, was mortally wounded in Gaza by an anti-tank missile, and he proceeded to be sedated and ventilated. Over four days, the doctors tried to wake him up, but to no avail. His wife recorded their little daughter, Yael, saying that she loves him and is waiting for him to wake up, and played it next to his ear. The doctors were amazed to see how he woke up when he heard his daughter’s voice. Later, his arms and legs started to move and he explained that the doctors had to grab hold of him so that he would not tear the tubes that he was connected to. It displays the inner connection between a father and his daughter, and how the father heard his daughter’s voice from within. It is beyond nature. He absorbed it throughout his entire body and the forces of love and connection between him and his daughter vitalized him. There is no greater force than love. It is the power that enlivens the world. In and of itself, love is the