Month: February 2009

How is it to live in Rocket City?

War Update Feb 5

At least 15 Kassam rockets and mortar shells struck Israel on Sunday. One rocket landed between two kindergartens in the Eshkol region, one struck Sderot, two others hit open areas nearby and a fourth hit the Sdot Negev region. On Saturday, a Grad rocket fired from northern Gaza hit an.
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Tu B’Shvat Update

We began delivering baskets of dried fruit and nuts and plants to those who have been injured by Kassam rockets. The one thing that every basket we delivered had in common was … the smile and the heart felt thanks for remembering them. We find over and over again, it.
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Meet Jonathan and Nana

Nana was a kindergarten teacher since 1962, and she loves the little children. Jonathan was a janitor at a college where he was injured by a Kassam on November 6, 2006. It only took one piece of shrapnel to enter into his chest and tear up his internal organs. He was.
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Tu B’Shvat

Tu B’Shvat is similar to Arbor Day and New Years for trees. It is used for calculating the age of trees for the religious purpose of tithing. (see Leviticus 19:23-25). This year it occurs on the ninth of February. Torah tells us that a Jew may not derive any benefit.
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