a balloontwister’s aliya saga

Where to begin? The entire north is under siege. Nahariya, Shlomi, Tzfat…. soldiers taken, soldiers killed… A woman eating breakfast.. killed by a rocket. Last year it was Gush Katif… this year its war in the north and south. Its not the fasting… its the teshuva… (mishna Brurah). If the day goes by and all we have to show for it is being hungry.. then we missed the meaning behind the fast. All the sad things that happenned have to do with Jerusalem and the beit hamikdosh. Are we truly sad that the tamid was stopped? Do we know the halachos of it? Are we truly sad about the holy city being under siege? Despite being in the diaspora we have to feel the sadness that has happenned and is happenning today. Despite being an oleh for less than a year, I feel so much different when a fast day or when news comes out of it. Despite being in Baltimore I feel like I am there. I feel bad that I’m actually NOT there. Not sure what I can do but just to be there and show my support to the people. From Baltimore or NY we can say tehillim and remember that….these soldiers and people living under siege are modern karbonos. (rabbi lehrfield’s speech from tisha b’av a few years ago).

Well, I’m going to continue and listen to the news and try to do some work today.

Please say tehillim for the jews that are up north and for the soldiers that are putting their lives in danger to protect our brothers and sisters and OUR homeland.

J