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 from the produce of a […]
Fresh Produce
The L-RD never ceases to amaze us. One of our volunteers just happens to have a friend that owns a farm ten miles from Sderot. She asked if it would be ok to see what kind of price her friend would give us for fresh vegetables; we said “sure”. Later on that day, we learned that […]
Feeding People
In the calm of this last week, Hope for Sderot prepared for the first distribution of food. Our main focus is to those injured by Kassam rockets, but how do you turn your head away from the kids that go to school hungry or those who are the poorest of the poor… we can’t. Needles […]
Feeding Kids
Marko was a truck driver. He picked up shipping containers from the port in Ashdod and delivered them. In June of 2007, he picked up, what was supposed to be an empty container to deliver. Unknown to him or the port authorities was that this twenty foot container had a false front wall built in it […]
HIS Hanukah Party
G-D be praised and His name be blessed; for He has done great things! We did not know what to expect on Thursday night. The guests were invited, the decorations made, the Hanukah boxes prepared and the food purchased. On the seventeenth, a Kassam fell in the center of town (Read More) and we were […]
The Makhsan
Part of our Hope for Sderot was and is to supply basic food needs not only to those who have been injured by Kassam rocket but also to those who also suffer from the effects of eight years of Kassam rocket attacks on the local economy and job market here in Sderot. Unemployment is high […]
Hanukah Update.
The date has been set, the hall rented, toys bought, candy ordered, Yoyo the clown hired and the guests are being called! This December the 18th we pray it will all come together and we hope our guests will have a wonderful and blessed time at our first public activity. Some of the remarkable things […]
Hanukah Boxes
Here in Sderot unemployment runs rampant and most live in poverty and many have been injured both physically and mentally due to the past seven years of Kassam rockets fired by terrorists in the Gaza strip. Some 8000 have been fired in the past 8 years. Fifty just in the past week. The Festival of […]