Friends of Itamar

Yitro –   February 2024 When our dear friend Mike Clayton came this week we thought we’d take him on the less travelled road east of our cliffs tipping down into the Jordan Valley. Surprised that in so remote a place to see the Electric Company putting in infrastructure, we waited patiently on the side of…

Beshalach – Tu Bshvat It has been a very hard week here in Israel but before anything – “I am G-d who heals you.” Take that with you, now – especially on this day that has us planting trees- the sign of entering Eretz Yisrael and determining prophecies coming true. The dust settles, the rain…

Parshat BO Not too far from our house here in Itamar, torches were lit in the Jordan Valley on the Sartaba (Alexandrion) every Rosh Chodesh to usher in the New moon. The first sightings set the striking of signal fires that lit up from the Mount of Olives to Mount Scopus all the way up…

Leah’s Blog – Vaerah – January 2024 Chodesh Tov. Winter intensifies now as the life force in the dead looking trees pump cold breaths of soon renewal. The foliage has fallen, decaying leaves cover the cold ground. At this peak in time nature hides what lies underneath. It seems impossible, of what is about to…