The mother of a hostage reached out with a particularly difficult and painful question, She asked what to do when her daughter, a hostage held by Hamas, will be released on Shabbos. She wants to know how to receive her daughter, can she go on Shabbos to the meeting point where the hostages meet their mothers before going on to the hospital for checkups and care.

Rav Zilbershtein told her not to go on Shabbos but to send a picture with a note saying I will see you in a few hours.

She pressed back saying I might not be able to hold back and I might feel I have to go. What should I do then?

Rav Zilbershtein said he told her that if God is so good to do an unnatural miracle to allow your daughter to survive more than a year in captivity, you should say thank you to Hakadosh Baruch Hu. While she said she would stay strong and not go, Rav Zilbershtein says he couldnt not prohibit her from going to greet her daughter but told her that it would be a tremendous blessing to not go on Shabbos. He also suggested on the Shabbos her daughter would be released she go nearby to the release point and stay there for Shabbos.

Rav Zilbershtein suggested in general people should take something obligating a shehecheyanu bracha and make the shecheyanu including keeping in mind the release of the hostages. He said he is going to make a shehecheyanu on a new tallis and have the hostages being released included.