Sara from Elon Moreh

I wanted to wish you all a good fast. Even those who are not fasting must surely feel the weight of this Holy day. Just think that this time last year Hashem decided everything single little thing that happened to you up till now. Your income, your expenses, your broken wisdom tooth, chicken pox, the argument with your neighbours - everything. Of course, Hashem also gave us the possibility of deciding how we react and how we accept His will. The main thing is to realise that Hashem only does things for our own good, even if we may not understand that at the time. Therefore, if we can really, really accept the “bad” along with the good as being only “good” for us, and if we can really, really say to Hashem that we comprehend and internalise that His will is actually what we want too, then we’ll reach a much higher level of connection with our Creator, as well as overcoming seeming setbacks.

 May we all merit true repentance this Yom Kippur, and may we also merit building our country on Torah based values!

Sara

It’s hard to believe that soon it will be Winter. I’m still feeling the heat here, although there have been some cooler days and nights. The cycle of the Year never ceases to amaze me. Hashem makes sure that nature takes its course, with no mess-ups. Totally wonderful. Of course, we do see natural disasters such as earthquakes, Tsunamis, drought etc. but that’s normally as a warning to change our ways.

I hope that we’ll merit recognising when we need to change our ways, BEFORE Hashem needs to painfully remind us!!

Sara

Shalom to all of you!!

I’m a little but nervous, as this is the first time I’ve written a blog. But here goes…

I hope that this blog will be a springboard for some lively discussion about the situation in Israel. Who knows, maybe we’ll even get to solve some pressing world problems!

I’ll sign in later - just wanted to touch base now.

Sara