Category: Itamar News

November 16, 2007

1) Itamar welcomes our dear friends Jack and Lynda SmithSchick from Oklahoma City. We are really enjoying their company.

2) Mazal Tov to the Bar Nitzan, Kinarti, and Ben Pinchas families on the birth of their sons.

3) Yaashar Koach to the Itamar youth on the wonderful performance on their plays Saturday night. Much love and effort went into working with the children. We are very proud of our older youth who did

a fantastic time in activating the younger groups.

4) A picture of an ancient oak tree on Har Kabir(near Elon More and Itamar) native to the Shomron. Pay attention to the width of the trunk.

November 1, 2007

 

1.Mazal Tov to the Tene family on the marriage of their daughter, Achinoam, who married Netanel this past Monday. The new young couple will be living on one of our hilltops here on Itamar!

2.We welcomed a group of tourists that came to express their solidarity with Itamar from the communities of Vancouver, Canada and San Francisco, California. Leah Goldsmith addressed the group and was warmly received.

3.A memorial service was held on Thursday for Matan Zagron who sacrificed his life at a bus stop in Ariel a few years ago. A terrorist threatened to blow up explosives on a crowd of people, and Matan, a brave soldier and officer prevented this from happening by becoming a human shield. He gave up his life so that others can live. He was 21 years old. Seen here, is a picture of Benny and Varda Zagron, the parents of Matan, together with his military brigade commander.

4.Mazal Tov to Ava Zimmerman on her 95th birthday, making her the oldest resident in Itamar. We wish her many more years of happiness and good health.

October 26, 2007

1. Mazal tov to Tal and Menasha Kushner on the birth of their baby daughter who was named Eliyah Chen Miriam. A special Mazal Tov to the grandparents Eliezer and Ornah Hershberg who also live on Itamar and had a baby themselves recently.

2. Mazal Tov to Rachel and Menachem Gordon on the birth of a baby boy this week on the Yartzeit of Rachel Emeynu. Rachel had a difficult birth and is still in intensive care, our prayers are with her.

3. Mazal Tov to Elchanan Shushan and Yosef Goldsmith who completed another crucial phase in their combat training in the Golani Bragade. They received their brown beret. Both of them are members of elite forces!

4. Itamar kindergarten children trying on their new hats they received from special friends of Itamar living in Australia, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Dellaca who hand made them.

5. The people of Itamar want to wish a speedy recovery to the soldier that was seriously injured this week by terrorist gunfire near Ariel. The soldier was shot while waiting at a bus stop. He was on his way to Itamar where he is presently stationed.

October 19, 2007

1. Picture of early fall of the mountains of Grizim and Aval which rise above the city of Shechem the opening of this weeks portion Lech Licha– the first place where Abraham comes to when he enters the land of Israel.

2. Itamar children coming back from school on Erev Shabbat.

3. Picture of our almost completed youth center a special thank you to the Israel lottery organization (Mifal Hapayis)!

4. The olive season begins! Barak Melet at his olive press.

5. Lemon season on Itamar as well.

October 12, 2007

1) This past Shabbat Berayshit our community celebrated the completion of the first stage of our Bet Knesset at a communal sit down Siudat Shileesheet dinner which was held on the floor of the building. We would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Irving and Cherna Moskowitz for their generous help in this very important mission. Our goal is to be able to pray our New Year services of next year in the shul. In order for us to achieve this we need to raise around 850 thousand more dollars.

2) The Itamar youth were very helpful in setting up for this event we want to thank them as well!

3) Ofer Head at a workshop with students from our high school Yeshivat Chitzim teaches them how to work with stained glass. Ofer has been given workshops for the last few years as he is specializing in the field. He has made some impressive pieces of art.

4) Aaron and Ayalah Giaan former residents of Kfar Darom in Gush Katif, made a special Siudat Hodayah(thanksgiving meal) at their new home on Itamar. Their Daughter Chanah who was born after the expulsion with a serious heart defect finally this week after open heart surgery and a lot of prayers is now functioning normally.

September 20, 2007

1. The people of Itamar wish all our friends a Chatimah Tovah and Chag Sameach!

2. Mazal Tov to Moshe and Naamah Cohen on the celebration of the Brit Milah of their son this week.

3. Zev Chever, Zambish the head of Amanah visited with Itamar this week to discuss important issues relating to building.

4. The Friends of Itamar site added a new addition called holiday tips; it pays to check it out!

September 7, 2007

1. Itamar would like to wish a happy and healthy New Year to all our wonderful friends.

2. Itamar is getting ready for the Shimitah(sabatical) year. It very special to watch everybody doing their last minute gardening preparations before the New Year sets in. The gardens of Itamar never looked as nicely kept before.

3. Itamar hosted a small group from Holland that came to see our town. We really enjoyed their company!

4. Three residents of Itamar that were supposed to be home for Shabbat and Rosh Hashana were called back to the army because of the tension in the North. Hopefully, by Rosh Hashana things will calm down and the army will let them come home.

5. Mazal Tov to the Edri family upon the birth of their son.

6. Itamar’s children began school this week. Mazal Tov to the happy Parents!

August 16th 2007

1. Harav Tzvi Tau at the memorial service of Shlomo Miller, Itamar’s former security chief who was murdered by terrorists on the hills of Itamar three years ago. The memorial service was held last Friday on Mount Olives in Jerusalem just a few days before the wedding of Shlomo’s son Eliyahu. (see pictures of wedding below)

2. Harav Yaakov Ariel, chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan gives a Torah class in memory of Shlomo Miller on Sunday night in Itamar. Rabbi Ariel spoke about the laws pertaining to the Shimita (sabbatical year).

3. Israel’s Knesset member, Uri Ariel, meets with Itamar’s Mayor Rabbi Moshe Goldsmith and Secretary Riphael Meron. (Ariel on the left, Meron center, and Goldsmith to the right)

4. Mazal Tov to Esther Miller and Hagar Zar on the marriage of their children Eliyahu and Rinana. Esther and Hagar both lost their husbands in terror attacks. (Esther standing on the Left next and to the right of her Hagar)

5. Unfortunately, Eliyahu’s father Shlomo and Rinana’s father Gilad didn’t merit in walking their children on Thursday night to bridal canopy. Instead the two grandfathers Moshe Zar on right and Ariyeh Miller on left that both lost their sons had to do it instead.

6. The groom Eliyahu being thrown up in the air at his wedding celebration.

August 30, 2007

1. This week’s Parasha Ki TAvo takes place in the backyard of Itamar. The famous blessing and the curse were given on the mountains of Grizim and Avel right across from us!

2. This week I had the Zechut of visiting the city of David in Jerusalem. We were shown some of the newest archeological discoveries. One of them has not yet been open to the public. It is an ancient street leading from the Shiloach spring to the Temple Mount dating back to the second temple period. What is amazing is the fact that it is so preserved and looks like it was built recently! Interestingly, along the street there are parts that have been smashed open.(pay attention why looking at the picture) Archeologists explain according the famous historian, Josephus Flavius, that this was done by the Romans who received information that the Jews were hiding out in catacombs under the street. The Romans broke open the street in order to get to them. The remnants of pottery, food, and coins that said on them freedom to Israel that were found underneath testify to this claim. We can console ourselves that today, 2000 years later, Israel has returned to Jerusalem! (Moshe Goldsmith)

3. Mazal Tov to Hila and Mordechai Sadeh, and Rachel and Liyor Nachshon upon the birth of their sons.

4. Mazal Tov to the Teneh family on the engagement of their daughter Achinoam.

5. The Itamar Yeshivah high school, Chitzim, has begun studies after a long summer vacation. We want to wish the students a successful year of learning!