Haaretz Hatovah

        Stepping Stones  By Bracha Toporowitch CHT, Zichron Yaakov In my professional practice of Mind-Body Healing, I often tell people that difficulties can be looked at as stones. It is up to them to decide if they view these stones as stumbling blocks or stepping stones. Aside from the “sunny side” of living in Eretz Yisroel, my [...]

    Land of Opportunity Dr. Gabriel Joel, Rechovot We moved to Eretz Yisroel in 2014. It wasn't because of the finances; we were b”H doing fine in Cleveland.  It wasn't because of the chinuch; our kids were learning in Mosdos Ohr HaTorah, a very Chareidi place with about 75% of the student body coming from kollel homes or whose [...]

A Welcome Challenge Hershy Shmedra, Romema, Yerushalayim It was during Pesach, right in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak, that we finalized our plan to move from Brooklyn to Eretz Yisroel. I asked a shailah if we were allowed to pack up for moving to Eretz Yisroel during Chol HaMoed; yes! was the encouraging p'sak, so we packed and prepared. [...]

Moving On & Up R’ Chaim Leib Belsky Ramat Eshkol, Yerushalayim When we first came to Eretz Yisroel as a young couple, we did not give much thought to whether we “moved” here and to the possibility of “moving back.” We just saw ourselves as “living here.” This didn't preclude us from moving back, but it did take our focus [...]

Shortly after I became a chosson, my mother asked my kallah if she had completed a Bridal Registry form for receiving gifts. My kallah nodded, saying that she would probably store the gifts by her mother until we came back from Eretz Yisroel – we planned to move there after our chasunah. My mother wisely advised her to double check [...]

Haaretz Hatovah Real Life Stories and Experiences of Yidden Settling in Eretz Yisroel. Our Aliyah story is a bit different than others. I guess I can say that we clearly saw Hashem leading us here, as it was not something that was on our radar screen at all. I grew up in Pittsburgh and after marriage moved to Lakewood where [...]

Haaretz Hatovah Real Life Stories and Experiences of Yidden Settling in Eretz Yisroel. Mendel Schulman's story I grew up in a frum home in West Hempstead New York. When I was in tenth grade I came to Eretz Yisroel for the first time on a Young Israel sponsored trip. We had one off-Shabbos which I decided to go to Tel [...]

Haaretz Hatovah Real Life Stories and Experiences of Yidden Settling in Eretz Yisroel. My life keeps on surprising me! Unpredictable turns are what led to my successful Aliyah, starting all the way back from my childhood. My earliest memories of Eretz Yisroel had the opposite effect of what might have been predicted. Unfortunately, the first time I came was a [...]