By: Mia Rapp, Rosh Chinuch Israel HaTzeira B’Argentina During the history of the Jewish people, great tragedies, losses, disasters and significant injuries have occurred. It is interesting seeing how our people have, alongside many occasions of celebration and gratitude, moments of sadness accompanied by introspection and reflection. Tisha B’Av is one of the moments during […]
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Sergio Edelstein During their millenary journey through centuries of history, the Jewish people have been characterized by successfully facing a myriad of challenges which, on more than one occasion, threatened their existence and cast doubt on their continuity. Throughout this long journey, one of the symbols of the pain we have faced on several significant
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Moshe Glikson The renewal of Shavuot as the holiday of Bikkurim, the beautiful custom that began in the Land of Israel of bringing the first fruits of the Land of Israel to the Jewish National Fund, add grace to this holiday, which is one of the most lovely and endearing holidays of the Jewish festivals.
By: Yuval Nemirovsky, Mazkirut Olamit Hanoar Hatzioni On the 6th of Sivan, Shavuot is celebrated. The holiday’s name derives from the Hebrew word “Shavua” (week) since seven weeks are counted from Pesach to this holiday. However, Shavuot has other names, one of them being Chag HaBikkurim – the Festival of First Fruits – and another
By: Gabriel Cojuc, Rosh Chinuch Hanoar Hatzioni B’Mexico “In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.” David Ben Gurion The independence of Israel represents the culmination of a dream, as Naftali Herz Imber said: “the hope of two thousand years”. However, on the fifth of Iyar of 5708, instead of
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By: Sergio Edelstein, Mazkirut Olamit Hanoar Hatzioni “????? ???? ?????” This is what the State of Israel should be: rich, innovative, effervescent, spiritual, creative, encompassing, home! In seventy different ways, we can and must see the Israeli society, a mosaic and puzzle of the rich and millenary cultural Jewish spectrum, diagrammed after the expulsion of
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By: Martin Kohan, Rosh Chinuch of Hanoar Hatzioni B’Argentina Seventy years have passed since the incredible text that changed the course of the lives of the Jewish people, a text with which David Ben Gurion made history in only twenty minutes, ending so many years of exile. Previous days, however, were not simple. Arduous discussions
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By: Alex Bitterman The Zionist movement in its organized and political form, which began in 1987 with the First Zionist Congress in Basel, constantly aimed for the creation of a Jewish state to find, on the one hand, a solution to the national Jewish problem, and on the other hand, reach the redemption of the
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By: Sofia Elkin, Rosh Chinuch, Hanoar Hatzioni B’Argentina Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) induces a very small gap between two very strong emotions. It is a moment full of significance. It is a day in which in Israel and in the Jewish communities around the world, we remember the fallen soldiers in the battles for our
By: Aron Engelhard, Rosh Jinuj Hanoar Haztioni B’Perú This year Israel turns seventy. It may seem like a short time for a state; however, within this time frame, Israel made more history than any other nation in the world. How is it possible? We are proud that Israel is a world power at the level