We're makin' ALIYAH!!!!
Friday, May 25, 2007
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OK...I've decided to completely start my blog all over again, from scratch. And what better way to begin again than to proudly proclaim that I am going to make aliyah along with my family. I've been a fool to let fear and uncertainty affect to the point that I am just now going to act. I've know for so long that this is the right thing to do. And you know what it took to give me that final push? A letter to Yishai Fleisher of Israel National Radio. I don't know why it occurred to me to write to him of all people. I already knew what I had to do. But basically, I'm glad I did because his response via email and online just gave that final little push that I needed.
I am applying for our passports next week and as soon as I get them, we are going to apply with Nefesh b'Nefesh so that the process will be underway. By this time 2008, I expect for us to be olim chadashim, living and working in the land that is our inheritance from Hashem.
As for my views regarding aliyah, here is a snippet from the letter I sent to Yishai:
I want to make aliyah. I know that my place is in Israel. In fact, I think the place of every Jew is in Israel, unless you are a shaliach helping others to make aliyah. We as Jews have no right to forsake what Hashem has given us and I worry that by staying in the diaspora, it is akin to spitting on His blessing. And I wonder how long Hashem will put up with it before He decides to wash His hands of us for a time.
So now I say to you what I've had to answer for myself:
Israel is waiting for you ... What are you waiting for?
Good for you! , hopefully my family wont be too far behind.
Shalom Aaron
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