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And it was Yom Kippur the holiest day of the year.
那天是贖罪日，一年當中最神圣的一天
And I remember being at home and suddenly the phone rings.
我記得我當時在家，突然電話響了
Now the phone my parents orthodox. I was raised orthodox. The phone never rings on Shabbat, on a Saturday; let alone Yom Kippur.
我的父母是非常正統的教徒，我從小成長在正統的家庭里。我們的電話在安息日，周六都不會響的，更不要說贖罪日了
But the phone rings. Both of my parents. I remember them jump up and run to the phone.
但是這天電話響了，我記得他們當時跳了起來，向電話奔去
My dad picks it up. And I'm standing between my parents.
我爸爸拿起了電話，我當時站在父母中間
He looks at my mom and said something whispering.
我爸爸看著我媽媽，小聲說著什么
Couldn't hear what it was. But my mom's face changes.
我聽不清，但是我看到我媽媽的臉色變了
And there's terror, fear in her eyes. And I begin to tear.
我從她眼里看到了恐懼，我哭了起來
And my dad picks me up and says I'm going for a few days but I'll be back.
我爸爸把我抱起來，他對我說我要離開幾天，不過我會回來的
Now I know what happens. So what happened was that my parents got a call from my uncle who at that time was doing his reserves in the military. He's in,
現在我知道當時發生了什么事。當時，我父母接到我叔叔打來的電話，他當時在軍隊服役
he is in intelligence. And war had just broke out.
在情報部門，他說戰爭爆發了
Young people at the holiest day of the year in Israel.
年輕人在以色列一年當中最神圣的一天
The Israel military is most of the people are not the boarders, are not protecting. It is a complete surprise,
以色列軍隊當時都不在邊防線上。完全出乎大家的意料，
5 Arab armies, launch a war against Israel.
5個阿拉伯國家同時向以色列宣戰
My dad puts me down, goes to his room from the top of the... I still see him taking out his army uniform putting it on,
我爸爸把我放下來，走進他的房間……一切仍歷歷在目，我看到他拿出自己的軍裝穿好
taking his M16 sub machine gun, putting it on, putting on his shoes tieing them.
拿出他的M16自動步槍，背好，穿上鞋，系好鞋帶
And my mom all the while with him making him things.
我媽媽一直在他身邊幫他整理
They are talking once in a while smiling at me. But I sense a tension there. I don't know why.
他們交談當中偶爾會向我微笑一下，但是我感到一種緊張不安，我不明白為什么
