I don’t understand. I guess I am a little naïve, and I like it that way. Before my family and I committed to making aliya, only Missy Oldest and I had ever visited The Land. Missy Oldest and I toured with a religious group and with friends. We stopped at places such as the Kotel and Jerusalem’s Old Jewish Quarter. We ascended Masada. In the North, we visited significant keverim (gravesites), Tsfat, and Tiberias. Our bus rides were punctuated by stops for mincha and by searches for eateries with “good” hecsherim.

Missy Oldest and I spent our Shabbatot with friends in Jerusalem and with friends in Petach Tiqwa. One Shabbot meal, we were given places at a women’s table, in an crucial Chassidishe rabbi’s home. At another meal, we barely ate, our

Original post by Dr. Hannah Joy

Hanukkah Jewish Directory Government Antisemitism Kosher Shabbat Torah Mantles Mezuza Kippah Talmud Yarmulke Enlightenment Benchers Prayer Shawl Shofar Ketubot Bat Mitzvah Talit Jewish Information Beth Din Mezzuzah Kosher Food Jewish Youth Mezzuza Talitot Rabbi Kosher Travel Kipoth Jerusalem Chanukia Orthodox Jews Hebrew Jewish Gifts Kosher Camps Kosher Recipes Reform Jew Artscroll Chanuka Reform Jews Jewish Camps Kosher Wedding Travel Communities And Synagogues Ask a Rabbi Jewish Women Menorah Torah Talis Bag Passover Purim