Today I celebrated the one year anniversary of my aliyah. Here are some pictures from my aliyah flight one year ago.Shabbat shalom.
Jerusalem is a merry-go-round
Jerusalem is a merry-go-round spinning and spinning from the Old City to all the neighbourhoods and back to the Old. And you can't get off it. Whoever jumps off takes his life in his hands. And whoever gets off after one turn has to pay again to get back on for turns without end. And instead of elephants and prancing horses there are religions that go up and down and also spin on their axis to the sound of well-oiled melodies from the prayer-houses. Jerusalem is a see-saw; sometimes I dip down into past generations and sometimes I rise skywards and then yell like a child yelling, his legs swinging way up I want to get off, Dad, I want to get off, Dad, help me off. And that's how all the holy men ascend to heaven like children shouting, Father I want to stay up here, Father, don't get me down, our Father our King, Leave us up here, our Father our King!
Yehuda Amichai
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5 responses so far ↓
Colleen // 7 September, 2007 at 4:30 am
Congratulations!
israluv // 9 September, 2007 at 11:55 am
mazal tov!!! to many many more years here in Israel….shannah tovah!
Village Vegan // 11 September, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Mazal tov! I hope you have many, many more happy years in Israel.
Hope you have good holidays…
aliyahdiary // 23 October, 2007 at 10:50 pm
thanks, guys!!
Alisa Levy // 21 August, 2008 at 9:01 am
Mazal Tov! The Hebrew date of your Aliyah is the 13th of Elul the day on which Rabbi Yosef Hayim from Bagdad – the Ben-Ish-Hay passed away. He was the spiritual inspiration for the Aliyah of Iraqi Jews in the first years after the founding of the State of Israel. May his merrit bring you blessing in your life here. I made Aliyah on the date of the passing of Rashi, 29 of Tammuz. His merrit brought me home to our dear and beloved land, more than 2 decades ago.