Once, while guarding our local high school here on Itamar, I asked the Civil Science teacher why in Israel more extreme right wing parties have been banned as opposed to those on the left wing. I recalled the huge anti-Nazi demonstration in Skokie USA that I had participated in. Neo-Nazis had received a government permit to demonstrate in a neighborhood largely populated by Holocaust survivors. Thousands of policemen protected some 20-odd Nazis who had been “smuggled” into the demonstration site by a U.S postal truck. The government went to great lengths to protect even this disgusting group, as a true democracy must.

The answer to my question as to why more right wing extremist parties were banned was as follows: Israel, unlike America, is a defensive democracy, which cannot allow the existence of any antidemocratic party. The main defender of our democracy, our “watchdog” (outside the court system) is the Israeli news media.

Then I asked the teacher, “Why then is the news media so overwhelmingly composed of left wingers? If it is the watchdog of democracy, how can our democracy be guarded fairly if those that write the news are affiliated with only one side of the political spectrum?

He agreed that this was problematic, for if the “watchdog” presents a one-sided view of events, with the right constantly pictured as extremists (and as a threat to democracy) then ultimately the news media becomes nothing more than the official mouthpiece of a one-party country (like any other dictatorship).

A case in point may be drawn from my memories of the Lebanese War and the planned siege on Beirut. I was a foot soldier stationed on the outskirts of Beirut. We were preparing to capture the city and wipe out, once and for all, the P.L.O. At the height of our military training to capture the city, all the soldiers were suddenly called in for a meeting about the pros and cons of capturing Beirut. Each soldier was invited to say if he agreed with the order to capture the city or not.

I said that the situation was similar to a story in the Talmud Taanit about a swarm of locusts that were spotted in the trees of Israel. According to the law, the community must begin immediate fasting and prayers. The Talmud asks why so much panic? The locusts are just sitting in the trees “innocently”? The Talmud answers: “Do they have packs of food on their backs?” (In other words, they are not eating yet but very soon they will be devouring everything in sight.)

I was among those for capturing Beirut, while there were many others who were against it. Still, I was taken aback. Why did the army ask us, the simple soldiers, what we thought? How democratic this was of the army! I was not aware of the fact that there had been many Peace Now demonstrations against the Lebanese war which had been given very favorable media coverage. More important, General Ely Geva and his unit refused to obey the order to conquer Beirut.

Virtually no soldier was punished in any way for these actions! This too was supported by our “watchdog” of democracy, the Israeli media. Unfortunately, the terrorists who were left alive in Beirut subsequently wreaked havoc on Israel (just like the locusts in the Talmud story), beginning two Intafadas which resulted in thousands of dead or maimed Israelis, countless broken families, immeasurable human suffering, as well as a severely damaged economy.

Today the winds have changed, with Gush Katif, instead of Beirut, under the siege of the Israeli army. The “enemy” instead of Arab terrorists, are Jewish citizens who are fighting eviction from their homes and farms. The Arab terrorists are eagerly waiting to establish a “moderate” state on the rubble of the Jewish settlements.

Where is the “watchdog” of democracy? The Israeli government is quick to condemn anyone who opposes the "disengagment" plan, labeling, with the blessings of the Israeli media, all opponents, including soldiers who refuse "disengagment" orders, as right-wing fanatics and a threat to democracy. Indeed, any form of opposition, even wearing an orange shirt, is treated in a very harsh manner, often resulting in injury and imprisonment. Thus the “watchdog” is doing a great job to advance the government plan, but a very poor job of protecting democracy.

Sixty percent or more of Israelis are against the government’s "disengagement" plan. Seeing that the media is publicly funded, it should represent a cross section of public opinion. If the situation is allowed to remain as it is, any opinion not in line with the left wing and watchdog media will be outlawed, and the Israeli government will find that they have a lot more in common with Communist Russia then a democratic state!

Alon Zimmerman

I wonder if I had lived on a snug little shady street in sleepy-town USA, away from all the sacred wars that go on here, feeling protected and free, having democratic rights- would my life have been satisfying spiritually, would I today be connected to my soul as I am now?
Would I feel a complete person?

Definitely not. Despite the toll we pay on the gesher tzar meode ( the narrow bridge) to a life of and for Eretz Yisrael.

Why am I even asking you this question about myself? I guess it has to do with the fact that my 14-year-old daughter, Merav, a shy, terrific girl, ba’ alat middot, was thrown into prison last month for demonstrating against the intended disengagement. She stood quietly, holding up a sign that said- “Jews don’t throw Jews out of the homes in their homeland”. The next thing she knew she was being dragged by her long orange ponytail into a police van, from there to prison for the next 4 days. She spent that time with other youngsters, sometimes gazing into the cells of murderers and other serious criminals. They say crime has risen drastically in Israel these days. It’s no wonder, with police running after 14 year old honor students for quietly demonstrating about this government’s evil plan to uproot Jewish settlement of 30 plus years and let terrorists have a better aim at Ashkelon and Chadera.

We don’t live in Gush Katif, or North Shomron, where the lo aleynu pullout is pending, however, every Jew is a brother, every house- a home. For this we STRUGGLE today.

I think back 20 years ago, almost to this day, when we moved to Israel, to Itamar, a then wild, ungrown place. We were full of dreams and feeling a great opportunity. There were struggles then too, struggles with the Land- making it fruitful, struggles with being isolated, with harsh conditions. Chazal say that this is a hard place, this place we live. It was from here that Yosef was sold down to Mitzrayim, Dina taken… and a place where today- Arabs have rights to carry weapons and have used them against us. It is a place of war against the enemy, who sit upon the gravesites of kivrey avot desecrating and burning.

We live in a heartbreakingly beautiful landscape, surrounded by mountains all around- hugging you, facing the very place that Am Yisrael were gathered together for “Shechem echad al achecha”. It is the exact place that Yosef was later returned to for a final rest after he forgave and forgot that his brothers sold him out and threw him out of his home. He didn’t war against THEM, despite what they had done.

The people that live here have a sense of that, of what the inner essence of this place means. The ancient memories persist on your conscience, the forefathers are here in your psyche, holding you up. On a Kabbalistic level Yosef means Yesod- foundation. Yosef represents unity- so if there is no unity, there is no foundation. Without foundation there can be no Malchut (majestic dominion)- or Mashiach ben David. The Vilna Gaon wrote in his sacred book over 200 years ago that we must pray for Mashiach ben Yosef every day not to die in war. Only now, as the Jewish government in Eretz Yisrael arrests minors for demonstrating, as the Jewish army tears down Jewish ownership of property- when we have reached this point of the struggle do we begin to understand what this means. No unity- no foundation- it all falls apart.

Our right to demonstrate for what is right; not to uproot Jews from their homes remains a struggle. We are set before many painful challenges and have to remain strong, internalizing the Yesod concept of strength – the strength of Yosef Hatzadik. It is from him that we learn that strength doesn’t come after one “makes it”, after one climbs the mountain. Indeed, it is striving during the process, during the STRUGGLE (like, when thrown into the pit, thrown into nisayon of forbidden love, thrown into jail, and later striving to gather the brothers together (antithesis of the disengagement). If we can only understand a millionth of what Hashem wants, let it be Hashem echad.

We are far from saying “mission accomplished”. We have no choice but to be strong in this struggle. The children that are raised here are very intense. They are kind and generous to Am Yisrael, fierce for Eretz Yisrael. We stand together in the struggle.

My daughter has been to the Israeli courts 3 times. She is under yeshuv arrest and has been accused of trying to hurt a policeman. This is a total fabrication. They will not break her spirit or ratzon to continue in the struggle.

Hashem oz le’amo yitayn, Hashem yevarech et Amo Beshalom!

Leah Goldsmith

The major aspect of Tu B’shvat is obviously the connection of Am Yisrael to the mitzvot Hatluyot Laaretz. (the laws that are apply exclusively to the land of Israel) This includes neta ravay (the laws applying to the forth year plantation), peah(leaving over the corners of the field for the poor), shmita(the sabbatical year), yovel(the jubilee) , maasrot(tithes) of different kinds, and others.

There is a powerful Midrash that teaches us that the reason we are obliged to keep the commandments outside of Israel is only so that we remember them upon returning to our land. That time has come. The fact of the matter is that when Am Yisrael does not sit in her Land, there are no fruits at all. For thousands of years the Jewish people have been praying “our eyes shall behold the return to Zion”.

For two thousand years this Land slept in the dust of a dream, desolate, barren, dry. Within 50 years Eretz Yisrael has become one of the most agriculturally productive countries in the world. So, as we progress and come closer to the day when we can finally bring Bikurim to the Mountain of G-d, the goal to scrape Am Yisrael off their Land becomes more and more intensified. As the return home of the Jewish people takes momentum, the “klippa(husk)” – forces of evil, is trying to nullify everything concerning land reclamation. This has become its number one agenda today, in the attempt to destroy what was once built.

However, looking into the message of Tu B’shvat, during a time that the cold wind blows, the trees are bare of fruit, bare of leaves, - the very products of the seasons past are displayed on the table. Although the trees look almost dead, in actuality they are renewing their strength for the next season. When things seem their worst, we know that in reality, it is a preparation for new growth. This is the secret of Tu B’shvat.

Leah Goldsmith

A response to Esther Nelson

As Jews, it is customary for us to read in the synagogue every week on Saturday a portion of the Torah. This week we will read about the meeting between Jacob and Esav. Jacob is afraid that Esav will harm him and his family. He bends over backwards to try to appease the evil wrath of his brother Esav. Our Rabbis tell us that unfortunately, this hatred is a law. Just as there are laws of physics, there is a law of hatred - "Esav Soney Et Yaakov" (Esav hates Jacob).

This very week, I received a letter from a Jew in Oregon that asked me to respond to a letter of hate written by a Ms. Esther Nelson. Esther has no problem with defining our Settlement Itamar as militant. She claims that we are a threat to the village of Yanoun. If she has been living three months in the area, she knows very well that 95 percent of our community is located nowhere near the village of Yanoun. There is only one farm that is situated next to Yanoun, which is privately owned and has nothing to do with our settlement. If anyone is being threatened, the opposite is true. Itamar is under constant threat of the nearby Arab villages. Thirteen people of Itamar were murdered in the last two years by Arab terror. Ten were murdered on our settlement by Arab terrorists that infiltrated from nearby villages. As a matter of fact, the first person murdered on Itamar, Ariye Orlando, was murdered by terrorists that were hiding out in Yanoun. I don't have to mention the countless attempts by terrorists to enter Itamar that were prevented by the army.

burying the murdered members of the Shabo Family

Esther Nelson has a hard time with the swimming pools and other facilities that have been set up on settlements. Here is a quote from her masterpiece: "Settlements have as many as 40,000 residents and function as municipalities. Infrastructure, city services and low-interest loans are provided by the Israeli government. Many settlements incorporate shopping centers and swimming pools".

With her heart of stone,when it comes to the Jews, she can't live knowing that life goes on for the Jewish people. Maybe she can be consoled by the fact that our Itamar doesn't have a swimming pool. All the money we raise has to go towards security needs. Unfortunately, we don't have the money to provide recreation and care for the 25 orphans and 700 children that live on Itamar.

Esther is disturbed by our roads. She writes, "The settlements are connected to each other and Israel by excellent paved roads used only by Israelis." Anyone who knows the truth, knows that these roads were all built to avoid hostile Arab areas in order to save Jewish lives. Jews are forbidden to use Arab roads. On the hand, I still haven't driven on a road that that Arabs weren't allowed to use. The scores of Jews that were murdered and injured on Israeli roads by Arab drivers testify to the Arab presence and use of these routes.

Esther claims "Anyone who reads Israel's Outposts may understand a little better why Palestinians have been unwilling to accept a peace settlement that does not address the complete dismantling of settlements." Haven't you noticed, Esther, that ever since the beginning of the Jewish return to Zion, Jews have held out a hand of friendship to the Arabs? When has it been reciprocated? It's most of the Arabs who obviously want to drive the Jews from the land and refuse to tolerate a Jewish presence even "inside Israel."

(Why were there terrorist attacks against Jews when there was no Jewish presence in YESHA [YEHUDAH, SHOMRON, AND AZA]?)
When I first came to Itamar, there was peaceful coexistence between the "settlers" and Arabs. We personally purchased goods in Arab shops. There were no checkpoints. No one attempted to drive the Arabs out. When the Arabs began to believe they could drive the Jews out, that's when all the bloodshed exploded.

Wake up, Esther! Arab expectations of ethnically cleansing "Palestine" have grown to the point that over 70 percent of Palestinians believe that suicide bombing is a good idea and that Jews have no legitimate place in the land between the Jordan and the Mediterranean.

Unlike our Arab neighbors, Jews, as a people, have not made a career out of victimhood, nor do they wish to. They have not become invested in hatred, despite the wrongs perpetrated against them, nor used their suffering as an excuse to commit unspeakably inhuman crimes. The harm that has befallen Arab civilians as a result of the conflict has been a result of Israel's being in a state of war, created by the Arabs. Arab civilians are not deliberately targeted, despite what some Arabs say, while babies have been shot point blank by Arab terrorists because in their eyes it is no crime to kill a Jew of any age.

Esther, I'm sorry that this may offend you, but we are proud and content to live on Itamar. Our legitimate claim to the land is the Bible, which records that God gave the land of Israel to the Jewish people. However, we never attempted to drive anyone out, and have always lived in peace with our Arab neighbors when we were allowed to.

You claim that "These settlements are often called Jewish neighborhoods or communities, belying the fact that they are, according to the Geneva Conventions, the illegal taking of property." Yet not one settlement has ever been built on property that was taken from the Arabs illegally. Permits to establish settlements have only been granted for unowned land!

Despite unrelenting anti-Israel propaganda, Israel's claim to the lands of Yehudah, Shomron and Aza is stronger than that of anyone else according to respected experts in international law. In fact, the Balfour Declaration of 1917 was approved by President Woodrow Wilson prior to its publication, and his Inquiry Commission affirmed that "Palestine should become a Jewish State." This became the basis for the League of Nations Mandate which approves of all of Palestine (including Jordan) as a National Home for the Jewish People. In Article 6 of the Mandate, the temporary government (entrusted to Britain) was charged with facilitating and encouraging "close settlement by Jews on the land, including State lands and wastelands not required for public purposes." Thus international recognition of "settlements" and settlement activity is over 80 years old.

I'd better stop here for it would be quite time-consuming to respond to all the lies perpetrated against Israel in general and the settlers in particular by those who wish to defame them.

Rabbi Moshe Goldsmith a resident of Itamar

This year on the holiday of Sukkot, on the very night of the Ushpizin of Yoseph Hatzaddik, a small group of widows, orphans and Talmidey Chachamim were allowed entrance to Kever Yoseph. Inclusively, the site remained destroyed and unreachable since the pogrom of Tishrey 2001.

According to tradition, alef Tammuz is the Birthday of Yoseph.(bet is his yartzeit).Instead of going to him, which we couldn't do being that the site is off limits, we did the next best thing…Climbing the green and galloping Mount Gerizzim, we arrived at a place called “Tel Arrass”. This is the best lookout point you can get of the Tomb of Yoseph today. The view from the mountainside down 15 hundred feet below the summit infused us with a new energy.

Like watchmen, we observed the holy and beloved site to us all from afar. Pages were handed out and prayers began for Yoseph's special day. There, in the patch of forest we cried into the high air. It looked almost peaceful. Through the telescope, the tomb looked gray and desolate, the front gate yawning open. What we knew to be a little garden, and a tall Mulberry tree were replaced by yellow scrub. The place looked devoid of life. Yearning, we squinted on searching for a sign. A big Jewish star was graffitied on one outer wall. The tomb looked like a lost refugee.

It was hours later, in the dead of the night; word was received that a security permit had been issued to a very limited number of Jews.1 a.m., like robbers in the night, the transporter crunched over the broken way through Shechem. It was these type of times that a feeling of sheer anticipation washed over us all. A mild breeze blew into the hot summer night as we stopped abruptly, barely having time for elation. Tonight we were no trespassers. The soldiers awaited us, and in the dim light, the familiar impression of the dome.

Suddenly, we found ourselves ejected from the safety of our dreams into a scene that was so unfamiliar. It was disorienting. A profound melancholy permeated the sanctuary. A strong foul odor rose up from the floor. The menorah that was stationed and displayed at the entrance of the doorway was gone. What was formerly a hall echoing prayer and the study of Torah-stood a hollow and charred shell. Our souls shrunk with each glance.

How could Yoseph survive this assault on his home? How could we? Candles were placed gently on what was once a majestic tombstone, now broken into hundreds of fragments. Withstanding all, the pillars of Ephraim and Menashe stood with steadfast permanence. With mixed emotions, we stood in deep thankfulness at having reached our beloved. It was a privilege. Those that tried the hardest to reach Yoseph, who cried the hardest over the carnage, seemed to be there. Yoseph is the gatherer. He gathers us to him and comforts and reassures all of Am Yisrael, that out of this pit, too, he will climb soon.

As believing Jews we know that our daily situation is very temporary. We have to know that Divine Providence guides everything, every person we meet, every trial and tribulation, every simcha. May we be strengthened by this fact and serve Hashem always in happiness, regardless of the circumstance of the moment. May we pray for Yonatan Pollard and all the Jewish people sitting in prisons unjustly. May Hashem speedily rebuild the Land of Israel, and in its midst- the Jewish city of Shechem, amen.

Leah Goldsmith

Dear Readers,

If you happened to pick up on this Internet site by chance, good. If you are a pathfinder and are taking another step on the journey of spiritual growth, hopefully a lot of others that are on a similar quest will be joining you. The feeling among the soul searchers of the Diaspora is that there must be more to being Jewish than what is encountered in a typical Diaspora scene. At best you will be involved in fundraising dinners, or actively involved in the maintenance of the Jewish community, which is a tremendous step in the right direction, but still- there is an ache for something more…

Many of us are confused, disappointed, and not satisfied. Unfortunately, most of us are still hibernating. It has been a long winter of exile. There are plenty of us who have reached a high socio-economic lifestyle. America has been “good” to us. And there are those still working hard to climb the ladder of success. We drive fancy cars, yet are not driving to the place in which we feel good about ourselves or about our purpose here. We are looking for a bigger and nicer house, only to walk restlessly from one room to the next, never feeling totally satisfied.

Some of us have an awareness into this facade of self fulfillment and realize it is a world of “show and tell”. Some of us are vaguely conscious of it. There will be those who pick up on their Jewish awareness in a practical way because of an inner intuition that nags at them constantly. This inner intuition is the craving for a re-connection to our rightful ancestral homeland. This inner drive is based on the neshama response to the ongoing and ever quick process of the geula (redemption). To become a part of this process is very simple. One has to simply open his eyes and heart.

Chodesh Nissan is called the month of the geula, the month of redemption. It is the time of a national redemption for all of Am Yisrael- this being the very month we left the exile of Mitzrayim to become one people to live in one Land. Am Yisrael left Egypt in Nissan and 40 years later entered the Land of Israel in Nissan. It is the time of re-birth. At this time, we make the blessings on the trees that have newly sprouted blossoms. Nature comes alive again after a long winter of sleep. It is a time also of personal awakening and redemption. It is the time to free ourselves from the shackles of the many realms in which we are slaves. It is the time to make connections among the events happening in our lives, and crystallize our perception of being a free Jew in today’s world.

Our sages say that only one fifth of Am Yisrael came out of Egypt. Some elaborate on this and say one in fifty got out. The Jews were so used to the lifestyle of being a slave in Egypt that it became “heimesh” (to feel comfortable and at home) for them to remain in their ghettos. It was inconceivable for a slave nation to grasp the idea of a new identity- FREEDOM.

May we all be zocheh to say the words, “This year in Jerusalem”- Amen.

Leah Goldsmith

After a thirsty wandering of 40 years of sky and sand, the children of Israel stood across the Jordan, looking down into the Land. There, in that spot they considered the good earth, beheld the tall date trees lined up in rows, much like those in a vague memory they had once known, like those on the Nile. They encountered the sweet smell of the fig, dripping with the milk of mother earth. They observed the crimson pomegranate, a kingly ornament strange and beautiful. The vine, laden with fruit untold in size was the story of a legend, told and retold to this new generation. The grain fields, green with the winter rains behind them, were a new color for the desert travelers.

This scene quickly became a real experience that required a tangible act eating from the fruits and grains of the Land. The transition of a helpless, later spoon-fed remnant of a slave people into a mighty, free, hard working nation happened literally overnight; the night they entered the Land.

The physical acquisition of the Land flowing with milk and honey brought with it new and different ideals. Immediately upon eating of the bread of the Land does the passuk go on to say, "The place you are standing is Holy." (The book of Joshua)

Indeed, the need for redeeming the Land was not the only realization to come to. In a sudden insight, they were made aware of the need for sanctifying it, for taking out the holy sparks. Here, in the Land of Shechem, we encounter the recognition of this ideal especially. The spirit of Yoseph Hatzaddik is perceived especially here, on his turf.

Yoseph Hatzaddik chose to bring his brothers closer to him, and to cause them to regret persecuting him, and to repent for selling him, davka at a meal. There, at the table, eating the bread, did Yoseph reveal himself. " Ki yochlu haanashim batzaharayim" (Genesis 43). Davka, in the Bnei Yisrael's partaking of the seuda, was Yoseph able to bring down the sparks of holiness. He was able to not only reveal himself, but also, the honor and glory of Hashem in this material world. Yoseph Hatzaddik, who engaged all his time to a mundane, material world, in the lowest of places, was able to connect the most fallen neshamot to kedusha, and take out their sparks of holiness. Therefore, at the hour of eating, in the peak of a material act, one needs to serve Hashem too.

Today, here in Israel we are satiated, to say the least. The early pioneers were able to, if not on an unconscious level, merit the taking out the holy sparks of a new

Israel. Today, we consider, what are we doing here? We sit and rest a bit under the shade of the trees we have planted with our own two hands. We ask a lot of questions. The barley and wheat fields whisper a two thousand year old promise,

The promise of Eretz Yisrael.

Leah Goldsmith

One of the first settlers, Meyer Licksenberg, (may Hashem avenge his blood), together with his family moved to the neighborhood when it was first established. Meyer originally came from a religious Kibbutz called Lavi. From the very beginning of his move to Itamar he was involved in every aspect of settlement life. He saw himself on a divine mission of strengthening the very fabric of life on Itamar and the whole settlement region. Not long before his tragic death he was involved in bridging the gap between settlements and major cities like Haifa and Rananna. His project turned out to be very successful. Just last Shabbat we had the privilege of hosting a group of families from Haifa. Meyer was also an active member of the security forum for the Gav Hahar region. This security forum played an important role in strengthening the security needs of the region. Meyer was a member of the governing body of Itamar and succeeded in advancing the settlement's goals before his death.

On the ninth of the Hebrew month of Elul the year five thousand seven hundred and sixty-one, Meyer Licksenberg was shot to death by terrorists on the way home from Elon Moreh where he worked to his home on Itamar. The members of the community have decided on a project to memorialize Meyer by building a park and playground in blessed memory of his name.

Meyer's family will continue to live in the neighborhood and will carry on the job of settling the land.

The project will cost 30 thousand dollars. Those interested in donating funds please contact us.

I remember the first time I came to Itamar. I found the history of the area awesome. Mt. Grizim and Mt. Eval gazed down on me. Joseph's Tomb and its Yeshivah were just 20 minutes away. Every place you looked had a story to tell – of our past. I felt so connected; in mind and spirit. Somehow, all looked familiar to me. I could understand why my daughter Leah and son-in-law Moshe felt this was the place for them – to put down roots and raise a family.

I always look forward to my visits to Itamar. I come here at least once or twice a year and stay for two months at a time. Even though I don't live here most people know me by now as Leah's Ema and Savta Chana.

How proud I am of everyone here. It amazes me to see how much has been accomplished. What a great place for schools -Itamar is noted for its schools- the Gan, the talmud Torah, Chitzim, the school for higher learning for young adults. All this is a tribute to the kind, compassionate, dedicated and totally committed teachers on Itamar.

There are many hot houses. The finest organic vegetables and strawberries are grown here. There's a fishpond and the best chicken farm in all of Israel. Everybody manages to make a living and provide for their families.

When I come to Itamar, I see the thousands of trees that have been planted. The mountains are no longer barren. The very climate is changing.

The one sore point and never ending anguish is the problem of trying to live in peace with the hostile Arabs who won't let us live in peace. (Pray to Hashem that all evil be removed from the earth)

This visit has brought this frightful situation close to home. Arab murderers and terrorists are taking Jewish lives every day. Two dear people of Itamar have been murdered while I was here. (My heart cries out for them).

Gilad Zar, our beloved friend and neighbor, was gunned down while driving in his car and killed. It's unbearable. I know we must be strong. He would want us to carry on, to help fulfill his dream of building a beautiful and safe Israel for the Jewish people. To his wife, Hagar and his precious children, I offer my deepest condolences. May they never know from sorrow.

May Hashem bless all my friends on Itamar with good health, strength, prosperity, happiness, PEACE and may Mashiach come soon and in our lifetime.

A Letter from Savta Chana Krantz

for English speakers-
Moshe or Leah Goldsmith