Back in Tzfat for a look and feel
Originally emailed: July 25, 2006 03:55:47 IDT
Hello all. This is a group note... thanks to everyone for messages and inquiries and contact. When you're displaced, homeless and wandering it's the best thing to know that folks "out there" are thinking of you. That's kind of the strong point of living in Israel is general, the sense of connection, with people, with land, with other realms. With this communal/national crisis that strength becomes even more evident and tangible and percolates beyond the borders. So thanks for being part of the grand connection.
Anyway just wanted to let you know I've returned to Tzfat this evening for a day or 2, To check out how things are going here, see and support the people and animals who remained, see my house (wow what a blessing to be able to sleep in my house again tonight!). To feel what Tzfat feels like in a war situation.
I have to say, it feels amazing. It is quiet. Last Sunday 8 days ago (wow is it that long?) when I left it was the quietest I ever experienced in Tzfat. Now I think it is even quieter (save for the occasional boom boom in the distance of our shelling of them and the drone of an aircraft overhead.) And something of Tzfat's essential character is seeping out of the land to the surface. The energy is unbelievable.
Some of the people who stayed here in this semi-ghost town over the past 12 days are really heroes. they have been watching over and taking care of things, watering plants, walking dogs, feeding fish, entertaining kids in the shelters, fixing broken toilets, running errands and helping out people that need help. It's an honor to be among them
I got in around 11:30 tonight, saw a couple of people and walked a little around the neighborhood. So far in the area right around my house everything looks fine. The plants are healthy, grapes are hanging and the rooftop garden is overflowing. I'll check things out around more of the Artists Quarter tomorrow. the scoop is that most of the rockets are coming (if they come) between 1 and 4 pm so that is the time to lay low. Most of them are falling in open or outlying areas now. Nights have been quiet. Speaking of which I need to turn in since I'm supposed to be up and over at Livnot by 8 am to help Aaron Botser fix toilets in the miklatim (shelters).
Will try to be in touch, personally as possible, over the next couple of days.
Blessings,
Moshe Tov
Hello all. This is a group note... thanks to everyone for messages and inquiries and contact. When you're displaced, homeless and wandering it's the best thing to know that folks "out there" are thinking of you. That's kind of the strong point of living in Israel is general, the sense of connection, with people, with land, with other realms. With this communal/national crisis that strength becomes even more evident and tangible and percolates beyond the borders. So thanks for being part of the grand connection.
Anyway just wanted to let you know I've returned to Tzfat this evening for a day or 2, To check out how things are going here, see and support the people and animals who remained, see my house (wow what a blessing to be able to sleep in my house again tonight!). To feel what Tzfat feels like in a war situation.
I have to say, it feels amazing. It is quiet. Last Sunday 8 days ago (wow is it that long?) when I left it was the quietest I ever experienced in Tzfat. Now I think it is even quieter (save for the occasional boom boom in the distance of our shelling of them and the drone of an aircraft overhead.) And something of Tzfat's essential character is seeping out of the land to the surface. The energy is unbelievable.
Some of the people who stayed here in this semi-ghost town over the past 12 days are really heroes. they have been watching over and taking care of things, watering plants, walking dogs, feeding fish, entertaining kids in the shelters, fixing broken toilets, running errands and helping out people that need help. It's an honor to be among them
I got in around 11:30 tonight, saw a couple of people and walked a little around the neighborhood. So far in the area right around my house everything looks fine. The plants are healthy, grapes are hanging and the rooftop garden is overflowing. I'll check things out around more of the Artists Quarter tomorrow. the scoop is that most of the rockets are coming (if they come) between 1 and 4 pm so that is the time to lay low. Most of them are falling in open or outlying areas now. Nights have been quiet. Speaking of which I need to turn in since I'm supposed to be up and over at Livnot by 8 am to help Aaron Botser fix toilets in the miklatim (shelters).
Will try to be in touch, personally as possible, over the next couple of days.
Blessings,
Moshe Tov
posted by Moshe Tov Kreps at Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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