[Video below.] Rabbi Liraz Zeira, a Chabad shliach working with college students in Yerushalayim, celebrated the birth of his sixth child on Monday, less than a year after he was critically injured by a landmine explosion during reserve duty in southern Syria.

As a result of those injuries, Rabbi Zeira lost both of his legs. On Monday morning, however, he stood upright on prosthetic limbs and held his newborn son, his arms trembling with emotion as he embraced the child.

In a video he shared on Instagram, Rabbi Zeira is seen cradling the baby while reciting a brachah of thanks.

“In good time, we had a son, a little brother for our five sweet sons,” he wrote.

“There is no better rehabilitation and no better healing than this. May we merit to raise him to Torah, chupah, and maasim tovim with happiness and good-heartedness. May he bring healing to all people of Israel and our heroic soldiers.”

Shaare Zedek Medical Center also marked the occasion with a message posted on Facebook: “Great excitement in our delivery room: Mazel tov to Rabbi Liraz and Anat Zeira on the birth of their sixth son at Shaare Zedek. Rabbi Maj. Liraz Zeira, a reservist fighter and military rabbi, was seriously wounded and lost both his legs in a grenade explosion in October 2025. Rabbi Liraz underwent a long rehabilitation process and continues to encourage students and spread joy. Yesterday, Rabbi Liraz had the privilege of embracing a wonderful baby boy born weighing 3.600 kilograms. The sweet baby joins four other children whom Rabbi Liraz and his wife, Anat, chose to deliver with us.”

{Matzav.com}