Rejewvenation

Okay, so as you know, this blog started out as a place to document our journey toward aliyah. That has been put on hold temporarily due mainly to financial concerns.

So, I was corresponding with Yishai Fleisher recently, just updating him as to where we stand at the moment. He told me about a blog called "Praying for Aliyah". The gist of the blog is that people who desire to make aliyah, but are unable to for whatever reason, are paired up and commit to praying for each other.

Possible ways to pray for someone:

- In the middle of Shemoneh Esreh, during the prayer of Shema Koleinu, ask G-d to bring this person to live in Israel.

-Say Tehillim (Psalms) with the intention that this recitation should benefit your person spiritually so that he/she/they can make aliyah. (Ideally, Tehillim should be said in Hebrew, but a sincere Jew saying Psalms in English is also very powerful. If you don't know Hebrew well, E-mail me and I'll suggest some good English translations)

- Simply talking to G-d, anywhere*, at any time, in any language. Ask that G-d bring your person to live in Israel.

By praying for each other, rather than just for ourselves, we increase our chances of the fulfillment of our prayers.

We also create an amazing achdus - unity - by connecting to each other and sincerely caring about our fellow Jew. The Holy Temple was destroyed because of baseless hatred. Perhaps we can speed up its rebuilding through love, concern, and prayer for each other.

So, if you are also working toward aliyah and want to help others to get there as well, check out "Praying for Aliyah".

Posted by Gavrielah at 6/17/2008 Comments