To Whom it may Concern
I'll break the code of silence towards anonymous posters this one time. This is for you.
You're right. It makes no logical sense to move to Israel. If you ask me what the reasons are for not going, I could list fifty. That's the easiest thing in the world to do. But if you ask me why I AM going, I'll tell you the same thing I told my parents when I wanted to marry Air 11 1/2 years ago. When I'm away from Israel I'm empty.
And while I know that financially, educationally, and politically it's harder there than here, I also know that living there is the Emet. It's real life. It's the goal.
Just like falling in love with and marrying the right man at the wrong logical time, it's about what is in your heart.
You're right. It makes no logical sense to move to Israel. If you ask me what the reasons are for not going, I could list fifty. That's the easiest thing in the world to do. But if you ask me why I AM going, I'll tell you the same thing I told my parents when I wanted to marry Air 11 1/2 years ago. When I'm away from Israel I'm empty.
And while I know that financially, educationally, and politically it's harder there than here, I also know that living there is the Emet. It's real life. It's the goal.
Just like falling in love with and marrying the right man at the wrong logical time, it's about what is in your heart.
posted by Veev at 9:19 PM
12 Comments:
You told your parents you wanted to marry Air b/c when you're away from Israel your empty? Bizzarre, he didn't even want to live here then :)
Love 'ya babe...we know the real reason, you wanna chill with me :)
awww....
And...as you recall, even though I had never personally expressed such a thought (and couldn't possibly have understood what it meant to be empty), I immediately agreed that it was a really great reason.
You don't owe that anon person any explanations, but as far as one goes, you explained yourself beautifully and elegantly. Kol Ha'Kavod!
-OC
Aviva,
That is a beautiful explanation. I keep thinking that Israel is like the soulmate of the Jewish people. Just like being with your soulmate unlocks the door to a life full of potential, being in Israel allows a Jew to reach their spiritual heights.
I'm looking forward to seeing you in Detroit next week and wishing you luck on this new journey in person.
Mark
I thought all those anon posts telling you to abandon plans was a joke from someone you knew. ugh. guess not, and I agree, you owe them NOTHING. YOU know that you're doing the right thing! Will I still see you on the plane on the 5th? I forget.......
~susie
Maybe "anon" is G&G?
Awesome. Nesiot Tovot!! [Woah, getting close...!]
Veev: Even when you get here, it still doesn't always make sense.
But I could not imagine myself wanting to live anywhere else.
It's home. And it's ours.
i look at it this way. if it made any sense at all, my family would be supportive. :)
good luck!!!!!
i am so green with envy i
wish you guys all the luck
as me bubby used to say "chazak ve'amatz, uber zie nisht kain PUTZ"
Wow, Veev. That's just how I feel. When I was in Israel (living there for school), I felt almost complete - I was just missing my soulmate.
Now that I am with my soulmate, I feel almost complete - just missing my "soul land" if you want to call it that.
Well, you give me hope. Hopefully one day, we will join you....
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