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herald the community’s development, self for an embarrassing scene in which Shoshana sums up her aliyah expe-
she began to come around. It was after her son would ask out loud, “Why does rience with a comment from someone
the grandkids started getting married that man have slanty eyes? Why isn’t he in the absorption center. The woman
that she finally came to terms with the wearing a yarmulke?” Instead, Yossi said, had said that the decision to make
Weinberg’s life in Israel. “Ima, that man didn’t wash before sitting aliyah is the easy part. It was finding the
down to eat!” Shoshana relishes that right community to fit your family’s
◆◆◆ incident. “In Israel, you can display mitz- needs after aliyah that was difficult.
va observance openly and feel like you
By now, most of the Weinberg chil- are the norm,” she says, “in contrast to “It’s important to sometimes break
dren are married, having met their my own feelings during college in out of the mainstream to do what’s right
spouses through amazing hashgacha. America, when things like saying asher for your family, even if you get flack for
The married couples are living in Beitar, yatzer and other brachos made me feel it,” says Shoshana. She also warns, “If
Beit Meir, Ramat Eshkol, and Telz Stone self-conscious, even though I knew I was you come to Israel with high expecta-
and raising beautiful families. One doing the right thing.” tions, you will be disappointed,” pointing
daughter returned to Baltimore after out that her own family encountered
seminary and completed her degree Another time, Yossi came home from lots of surprises over the years even after
through Ma’alot while boarding with a preschool and Shoshana found him all their planning.
local family, until she married and set- searching the yard for fruits to bring as
tled in Baltimore. bikurim to the Bais Hamikdash. “The Aryeh is clear about their aliyah. He
learning was so real for him. It wasn’t hones in on pesukim from the Torah
Was it worth it? Aryeh and Shoshana some fantasy.” She reflects, “This is what that highlight Hashem’s constant guid-
remain positive and appreciative of their we wanted for the children: to make the ance over each person and the extra
life in Eretz Yisrael. Shoshana shares Torah come alive for them, to have a special hashgacha (providence) that is
some anecdotes that highlight the beau- less materialistic life. On the whole, we even more manifest in Eretz Yisrael. He
ty of their aliyah: Once, when they were accomplished that. The goals here are believes that living in Eretz Yisrael takes
eating in a restaurant, their son Yossi, to become an eved Hashem.” emuna (faith). And with emuna, any-
who was two at the time, was staring at thing is possible.◆
a foreign worker. Shoshana braced her-
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herald the community’s development, self for an embarrassing scene in which Shoshana sums up her aliyah expe-
she began to come around. It was after her son would ask out loud, “Why does rience with a comment from someone
the grandkids started getting married that man have slanty eyes? Why isn’t he in the absorption center. The woman
that she finally came to terms with the wearing a yarmulke?” Instead, Yossi said, had said that the decision to make
Weinberg’s life in Israel. “Ima, that man didn’t wash before sitting aliyah is the easy part. It was finding the
down to eat!” Shoshana relishes that right community to fit your family’s
◆◆◆ incident. “In Israel, you can display mitz- needs after aliyah that was difficult.
va observance openly and feel like you
By now, most of the Weinberg chil- are the norm,” she says, “in contrast to “It’s important to sometimes break
dren are married, having met their my own feelings during college in out of the mainstream to do what’s right
spouses through amazing hashgacha. America, when things like saying asher for your family, even if you get flack for
The married couples are living in Beitar, yatzer and other brachos made me feel it,” says Shoshana. She also warns, “If
Beit Meir, Ramat Eshkol, and Telz Stone self-conscious, even though I knew I was you come to Israel with high expecta-
and raising beautiful families. One doing the right thing.” tions, you will be disappointed,” pointing
daughter returned to Baltimore after out that her own family encountered
seminary and completed her degree Another time, Yossi came home from lots of surprises over the years even after
through Ma’alot while boarding with a preschool and Shoshana found him all their planning.
local family, until she married and set- searching the yard for fruits to bring as
tled in Baltimore. bikurim to the Bais Hamikdash. “The Aryeh is clear about their aliyah. He
learning was so real for him. It wasn’t hones in on pesukim from the Torah
Was it worth it? Aryeh and Shoshana some fantasy.” She reflects, “This is what that highlight Hashem’s constant guid-
remain positive and appreciative of their we wanted for the children: to make the ance over each person and the extra
life in Eretz Yisrael. Shoshana shares Torah come alive for them, to have a special hashgacha (providence) that is
some anecdotes that highlight the beau- less materialistic life. On the whole, we even more manifest in Eretz Yisrael. He
ty of their aliyah: Once, when they were accomplished that. The goals here are believes that living in Eretz Yisrael takes
eating in a restaurant, their son Yossi, to become an eved Hashem.” emuna (faith). And with emuna, any-
who was two at the time, was staring at thing is possible.◆
a foreign worker. Shoshana braced her-
Security and Integrity LLC info@securityandintegrity.com
443-742-3106
Would you benefit from a clear explanation of Medicare and its gaps and your
options to fill them? Visit MedigapPlansInMaryland.com to:
• Understand your share of costs under Medicare
• Learn about the Medigap market
• Download free rate comparisons
• And much more
Medicare Supplement insurance is our expertise and focus. ©WWW
Visit MedigapPlansInMaryland.com today to see how we can help you
make an educated choice.
Moshe Nelkin Mordechai Rothschild
64 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
