By the time of his death at age 31, Rabbi Eitam Henkin Hyโd had authored over fifty articles and four books. The scion of an illustrious rabbinic dynasty, he was acclaimed for both his halakhic writings and his mastery of the byways of the rabbinic world of the 19th and 20th centuries. Those who grasped his gifts forecast for him a future as a rabbinic luminary. Rabbi Eitam Henkin and his wife, Naama Hyโd, were murdered by terrorists who attacked their car on Hฬฃol HaMoed Sukkot 5776 (2015).