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Looking down onto Efrat from PLOIKAVCTEIASSOTIVTIUIOLURNLSE
the lookout, I am reminded 55
of the pasuk from Chumash,
“Eretz chitah, seorah, gefen,
teanah, rimon, Eretz zais
shemen u’dvash.” The narrow
strip of land on which Efrat is
situated comprises seven
hilltops, each one a separate
neighborhood named
after one of the seven
“special fruits of Eretz Yisrael.
by Shira Bracha Shugarman
each one a separate neighborhood named after one of the
seven special fruits of Eretz Yisrael.
The Jaffees welcome me to their lovely apartment on a
quiet, leafy street of their neighborhood, Hagefen. Over tea
and cookies, they share their aliyah experience. Their 2013
move to Eretz Yisrael was not sudden. Mr. Jaffee had
dreamed of aliyah for 30 years, but it was only recently that
he and his wife were able to actually pull it off. It was simply
the right time.
”The Jaffees’ daughter Tova had stayed in Eretz Yisrael after
seminary and made aliyah herself a year before the Jaffees
moved. Their younger son Avi finished high school and
would be continuing his learning in Eretz Yisrael. Only their
older son Dovid was still in Baltimore, together with his wife
and children. Mr. Jaffee retired from his job at the Social
Security Administration and his massage therapy practice.
Some things happened in Mrs. Jaffee’s work as well that gave
her the signal that “it was time to move on.”
◆◆◆
The Jaffees did not agonize over which community to
choose. They immediately gravitated toward Efrat. Over the
years, they had visited their friends from Baltimore who now
lived in Efrat, and Mrs. Jaffee started to feel quite comfortable
and pleased with the community. Knowing that she would be
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the lookout, I am reminded 55
of the pasuk from Chumash,
“Eretz chitah, seorah, gefen,
teanah, rimon, Eretz zais
shemen u’dvash.” The narrow
strip of land on which Efrat is
situated comprises seven
hilltops, each one a separate
neighborhood named
after one of the seven
“special fruits of Eretz Yisrael.
by Shira Bracha Shugarman
each one a separate neighborhood named after one of the
seven special fruits of Eretz Yisrael.
The Jaffees welcome me to their lovely apartment on a
quiet, leafy street of their neighborhood, Hagefen. Over tea
and cookies, they share their aliyah experience. Their 2013
move to Eretz Yisrael was not sudden. Mr. Jaffee had
dreamed of aliyah for 30 years, but it was only recently that
he and his wife were able to actually pull it off. It was simply
the right time.
”The Jaffees’ daughter Tova had stayed in Eretz Yisrael after
seminary and made aliyah herself a year before the Jaffees
moved. Their younger son Avi finished high school and
would be continuing his learning in Eretz Yisrael. Only their
older son Dovid was still in Baltimore, together with his wife
and children. Mr. Jaffee retired from his job at the Social
Security Administration and his massage therapy practice.
Some things happened in Mrs. Jaffee’s work as well that gave
her the signal that “it was time to move on.”
◆◆◆
The Jaffees did not agonize over which community to
choose. They immediately gravitated toward Efrat. Over the
years, they had visited their friends from Baltimore who now
lived in Efrat, and Mrs. Jaffee started to feel quite comfortable
and pleased with the community. Knowing that she would be
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