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This is my opinion so please forgive me, but for me Israel is something I have longed for all my life, though I have never been "home". It is the only place on earth where not only being a Jew is normal but everyone you meet is Jewish. From the fireman, to the policeman, to the man who picks up your trash. Even prisoners are Jewish, how wonderful. Israel is beyond everything anyone who is not Jewish could comprehend. Where else but in Israel can you walk down a street knowing the King David walked here also. This is my home my ancestors bled for this land and are buried here. No where else can a Jew walk and know this is my home, my land. And if it would come to pass to die here even at the actions of a terrorist you know you died free as a Jew and Israel will still be here. There is no sweeter land anywhere. For a Jew to walk this land is to walk in the footsteps of a people who share everything love, language, passion, and a love for G-D. To love without knowing G-D's name, or what G-D looks like or anything else of G-D. We talk with G-D directly we do not need an emissary, a go between. We have G-D's ear when ever we want. And how good it is to be able to talk to G-D in Jerusalem, G-D's city, knowing that nowhere else on earth can you be any closer to G-D then here. Am Yisrael Chi. Shalom Dan

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Sam Hilt's avatar

Dear Forest Rain, I have read your posts for several years. I read along and then, unexpectedly, I find that I have tears in my eyes. You have a gift for sharing simple truths in a way that goes right to the heart. I'm really pleased to see your work on Substack. Kol hakavod!

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