Jehudah witnessed his grandfather being arrested, a common practice where groups of five were tied together, with one being shot into the river. His mother once bravely entered a Nazi house and later made a run for it, but despite an officer’s command to stop, they were inexplicably let go. During Nazi roundups, Jehudah’s mother would send him into the kitchen to pray "Avinu Malkeinu." He prayed twice, and both times, they were spared.