Aliyah Party

Aliyah Party!

Wow, sorry I have not written for a while, but a lot has been happening. Last Wednesday my brother joined me and made Aliyah as well and he got an awesome welcome! Hundreds of people came out to the airport to greet the new Nefesh b Nefesh olim with singing and dancing. I was shocked that they invited Tzipi Livni to speak, but apparently she did a lot to help NBN, hey everyone’s got a plus I guess. In any event I got a bank account last Thursday and a cell phone yesterday and I need to go to the Misrad Klita to set up my sal klita (financial absorption package).

Shabbat was very nice, I went up to visit my cousins in Ginot Shomron. Since I have two aunts, from my father’s side and my mother’s side who live in Ginot I never lack a place to eat or stay. I also saw a lot of my other cousins who started their post high school year of study in Israel.
On the other front the madrich job is a little more challenging than I thought . These guys simply do not want to get out of bed! Ok you always have your few tzadikim, but some of these guys are just here to chill out and they are using the spiritual nature of this particular Yeshiva as a sort of shield to hide their true intentions.

The “Rova” (Jewish quarter) of the old city is always noisy this time of year. It never gets quite, the streets are packed 24 hours a day, six day of week, with Jews coming from all over Israel to visit before Rosh Hashana. Even the restaurants stay open until like 2 or 3 to accommodate for the masses.As we get into the Aseret Yemei Teshuva, the sound of repentance will only grow louder, may Hashem hear it.