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Funeral held for 7 siblings killed in fire

(23 Mar 2015) An ultra-Orthodox Jewish community shattered by the deaths of seven siblings in a house fire carried out their funerals on Sunday, a day after a hot plate left on for the Sabbath is believed to have sparked the fire that killed them. The tragedy had some neighbourhood Jews reconsidering the practice of keeping hot plates on for the Sabbath, a common modern method of obeying tradition prohibiting use of fire on the holy day. The bodies of the children from the Sassoon family, aged five to 16, were being sent to Israel after the funeral for a prompt burial. Flames engulfed their two-story, brick-and-wood home in Brooklyn's Midwood neighbourhood early on Saturday, likely after a hot plate left on a kitchen counter set off the fire that trapped the children and badly injured their mother and another sibling, investigators said. The service at the Shomrei Hadas funeral home began with prayers in Hebrew, accompanied by the wailing voices of mourners. They could be heard through speakers that broadcast the rite to hundreds of people gathered outside on the streets in traditional black robes and flat-brimmed hats. Authorities identified the victims as girls Eliane, 16; Rivkah, 11; and Sara, 6; and boys David, 12; Yeshua, 10; Moshe, 8; and Yaakob, 5. After the funeral, mourners hugged the sides of the SUVs with flashing lights that took the children's bodies - accompanied by their father - to John F. Kennedy International Airport for the flight to Israel. The family had moved about a year and a half ago from East Jerusalem, a contested part of the city where both Arabs and Jews live. "There is only one way to survive this, it's complete and total utter surrender," said Gabriel Sassoon, the children's father, at the funeral service on Sunday. "Our wishes are tiny compared to what Hashem (Hebrew word that translates as 'The Name', a common way to refer to God) has planned. Without surrender we can't get anywhere," he added. Both his surviving wife and a daughter - Gayle Sassoon and 14-year-old Siporah Sassoon - remained in critical condition on respirators. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...