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  • The Mission Continues

    As in the past so it remains today - we were and still are under the selfsame commitment to adhere to the directions of the Gedolei Yisrael, who stand guard against breaches of purity threatening our camp. When we were required to ask – we asked. When we were instructed to depart – we left. The moment we are summoned back to raise the flag, every other consideration is pushed to the side and we answer: We are ready!

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  • Harav Yisrael Friedman zy”a, the Rebbe of Husyatin

    מוטי, ויקיפדיה העברית

    The ancestral chain of Harav Yisrael Friedman, the founder of the Husyatin chassidic court, originates with the holy Baal Shem Tov. The Husyatin chassidus has its roots in Galicia and eventually came to Tel Aviv, during the turbulent years between the two World Wars.

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  • Maccabi'im Gravesite

    In honour of Chanukah, we will discuss a fascinating, ongoing investigation attempting to establish the place of burial of Mattisyahu Kohen Gadol and his family.

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Avreich Brought Hot Donuts, and the Autistic Child Smiled

It was the avreich, Rabbi Gorai, a messenger from the Refuah and Yeshuah organization; in one hand he had a tray of hot fresh donuts and in the other a precious gift for the autistic son.

Yochanan Weisberg 14/12/2009 22:00
We at Etrog would have never known this story if one of the parents didn’t turn to us on his own initiative and excitedly tell us the story, his eyes streaming with tears.
  
It’s not an easy life for parents of autistic children. They almost have no moment of rest. Moments of silence are a distant dream. But yesterday they had a few moments of relaxation; a few moments of mental rest. 

In the S. family they had just finished lighting the Chanukah candles. The children sat around the living room table, and a small family evening eating potato pancakes had begun. There’s no need to describe how an evening sitting around the table goes when there’s an autistic child in the family.

Suddenly there was a knock. And who’s at the door? It was the avreich, Rabbi Gorai, a messenger from the Refuah and Yeshuah organization; in one hand he had a tray of hot fresh donuts and in the other a precious gift for the autistic son.

At once their son became the happiest boy on earth. The boy turned aside to play with the avreich who’d left his home and his family to please another family with whom he has no connection.
 
"And this is in addition to Shabbatot, the camps, and the Fridays when they take these children out of their homes; and everything is to assist us," said the father excitedly.
 
“Blessed is the nation that such is their lot.”