Reason 184 Show some love for the Chalav!!

 
You have heard of boil in the bag rice, or even the golf idiom "in the bag". Only in Israel do they have Milk in a bag! Just think of all that saved refrigerator space and its Eco friendly too!!

this one is in the bag!

Chalav Tenuva

Reason 185 Are you a smartphone user? Making Aliyah does not mean escaping the smartphone obsession!

 



Just in case you are thinking that you are the only one obsessed with your smart phone, you are very mistaken. A 2013 survey proved that 57% of Israelis have a smart phone, follow link to read article.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israelis-love-their-touch-screens/

Reason 186: Gorgeous Sandy Beaches

We are all craving the beach.  The best we can do without traveling 3 hours is a dirty sand box-by that I mean little pond or polluted river bank that people call a beach.  Yuck! 

VS

I remember the first time I went to the separate beach in Ashdod, how the sand was so white and the water was a sparkling turquoise.  I can't wait till we can take them to a real beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reason 188: If Waze Can Pass Up A BILLION Dollars ......

Our favorite 'made in Israel' app stops billion dollar deal with Facebook b/c they refuse to relocate to USA.  That flies in the face of the regular capitalistic/corporate greed mentality. http://www.timesofisrael.com/location-services-apparently-kibosh-waze-facebook-talks/. 

Well, what are we still doing here?

Reason 189: Israeli music is best!

Reason 189: Incredible music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npKilwHfl-s&list=RD023qGGlqOra6M

Incredibly moving music and singer from Israel, Ben Snof. Oh how we long to be in Yerushalayim.

Reason 190: There really is no choice.

Had a really though day/week.  Struggling with how we are going to find our place.  Emailed S. Leibtag who writes for BJL about her aliyah experience and paraphrasing her:  It is the place Hashem gave us to live in, and we are going there to find our place and feel at home.

Reason 191: Yerushalayim Shel Zahav

Went to a wedding on Sunday and under the chuppa, uncle of kallah, played a guitar and sang Yerushalayim Shel Zahav.  I can't hear that song w/o crying, so I was bawling. 
Such a beautiful song written when the Old City was occupied and Jews could not enter.  How lucky we are that we can now!