Dear Friends, amv"sh
This is a followup letter to the one posted on http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2011/02/horaat-shaah-emergency-appeal-for.html. There you can find background information about Chavat Gilad. Here you can find out details on how to contribute. (paypal, money transfer, snail mail etc.)
Donations for this cause can be made online via paypal at this link
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TDLJEHPBMCU4L
Wire info for Shuva Israel in America, a 501(c)3 charity.
Shuva Israel - The Return Israel Fund Inc.
You can also send a check To:Shuva Israel PO Box : 27255 Austin TX 78755 USA
David Ha'ivri Executive Director The Shomron Liaison Office
Tel: +97239368146 Cell: +972526071690
Tel: +(972) 3936-8146 Fax: +(972) 153-393-68146 Cell: +(972) 507-480-718
From: David Ha'ivri <haivri@yeshuv.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Robin Shalom,
It is 9:50PM in Israel. I just received a text message from Ilana Shimon in Havat Gilad. Their fuel has run out again. The generator stopped working and the are in the dark.
Dear Friends, amv"sh
Please read HaRav Yitchok HaLevi, Rav of Karnei Shomron,letter (translated into English) pleading from the depths of his heart to help this community.
"Et Achai Anochi Mevakesh". They are counting on us. Please let us respond affirmatively with funds for this Outpost in the Shomron and to support Yeshuv in Yehuda and Shomron in general. (Women in Green, Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katzover are also working feverishly to stop the Arab Land grab in Yehuda but that is for a different email)
For additional references re: the Gilad Farm Outpost you can call the Afsi Office and ask to speak to Helen Freedman Executive Director 1212-828-2424 who visited Chavat Gilad on their Chizuk trip for Parashat Chayei Sara or you can call Melonie Marmer Esq. 718-338-3119 who visited there as well. They can testify to the harsh conditions this community is enduring as per the letter written by HaRav Yitzchok Halevi.
Letter
Local Rabbanut Karnei Shomron
HaRav Yitzchok Halevi
Rav Hamekomi (The Rav of the Community)
Yom Revii, (Wednesday) Parshath Ki Tisa (Where is written (Exodus 33:17) "Ki Matzatha Chein BeEynai" ( "Because You Found Favor in My Eyes")).
12 Adar Aleph 5771
Recommendation
To Whom It May Concern:
Re: Our Praiseworthy Heroes, the Residents of Chavat Gilad
I hereby request that you highly recommend pioneers in the Shomron , the residents of Chavat Gilad of the Shomron. These residents are building Eretz Yisroel with their 10 fingers, literally! To our great disappointment, they are not receiving any help or support from the establishment. And sometimes ----- the opposite. (and for the wise the rest is implicit)
The residents cope with difficult daily challenges. They are still not connected to electricity or to the national water supply. In this location, in the winter time they need heat. This is even more so when we are talking about young couples blessed with little babies. In spite of the obstacles piled along their path, these residents are holding on to this place with their fingernails.
There is agriculture, working and building of the Land. Young couples, already married are investing their wedding money, (at risk of being demolished by the gov't robin) to build their homes. In all honesty, we are talking about true pioneers without exaggeration.
And now, the water is up to their necks. There is not enough fuel to supply heat and lighting. There is real distress because of the weather conditions on the farm.
Therefore, I am calling for Hashem's help for these heroes. "Et Achai Anochi Mevakesh", my brothers I am seeking, to come to pioneer for our brethren in Israel who are fulfilling, with their physical beings, they, their wives and their children, the Mitzva of Yeshuv Haaretz with all 248 of their limbs. And, in this way, we will partner with them, to some extent, with the building of our beloved Land.
With Blessings,
HaRav Yitzchok Halevi
The Rav of Karnei Shomron
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Rabbanim Chashuvim shllita,
Isn't this a matter of Pekuach Nefesh not only for Judea and Samaria,but also for population centers within shooting range and by extension all of Israel, all of world Jewry and humanity?
Isn't this a battle between the forces of evil, which is the unity of Fatah and Hamas vs. Torah and Jewish Claim for Yehuda and Shomron and for all of Eretz Yisroel within the Torah designated delineated boundar? Surely this is what the first Rashi of Breishit is all about.
Now a few more words about the delegitimization going on in the UN.
This past Friday, February 18, 2011the UN Security Council voted 13 to 14 against Jewish Settlement in Judea and Samaria. The 14th vote, a United States veto, was by no means pro Jewish Settlement and even so a day of rage is scheduled in Judea and Samaria against this US Veto. We can not rely on the US as a solid friend.
As the courageous young mother Ilana Shimon resident of Gilad Farm Outpost stated with conviction "There is no freeze...We are building as usual. Continuing to expand... We believe in building and continuing to act. Not only to build homes but to build a community." Arabs tried to burn down the Gilad Farm successfully destroying one home. The community refrained from reprisal. As Ilana put it, "the answer, the revenge is construction. To build one home and another. That is the best and correct response". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHv8m-9c_Cg&feature=player_embedded
Thank you for caring and for reviewing this material. Building Gilad Farm Outpost and making sure they have electric power and water is the best response to Arab or US deligitimization. Please read the latest Arlene Kushner post which brings light on the "US/Obama's administration recent veto in the UN Security Council to condemn Israel." It is clear that only our unwavering faith in Hashem's Promise and Covenant with Am Yisroel regarding Israel's rightful settlement in Judea and Samaria and the entire Land of Israel, will protect and save us.
Any followup on this matter leading to funds is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Robin Ticker 718-338-3822
Shmuel Koenig 718-375-7056
New Post by Arlene Kushner--
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