Thursday, January 11, 2007

"Are you going to make Aliyah?"

B"H
It's the BIG Jewish question these days...

Loaded question.

If any of you have been to eretz Yisrael and were changed forever by the experience, then you felt the hollowness of leaving--that emptiness that nothing else could possibly fill. Then, you know what "Aliyah" really means.

Forget politics! The word "Aliyah" existed waaaaay before the current State of Israel was a gleam in Hitler, imach shemo, 's eye. In my experience, I made Aliyah the moment that I kissed the ground for the first time after I got off the plane. When I re-established my relationship with my people and with the Land...

... that's when I made Aliyah.

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