Real people, real issues, real accounts: This month, Mishpacha finds out how three families financially managed to fulfill their aliyah dreams
“Ultimately we feel blessed to live in this land filled with Yidden” Sandy Stockman admits. “It’s a pleasure to not spend my free time doing shopping for the sake of buying stuff. The lack of competition is such a relief”
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eturning to our homeland has been the dream of Jews for millennia. Indeed we pray for it daily multiple times. Baruch Hashem today it’s easier than ever to live in Israel but that doesn’t mean aliyah doesn’t come without challenges. From culture to income to language families and individuals alike can struggle with acclimation in the Holy Land something we found out when we spoke to recent olim.
Ages: 40s
Children: 6
Year of aliyah: 2000
Employment: Aron is an accountant, Sandy is an occupational therapist
Our life started out as your typical boy meets girl in college. Boy and girl decided to become religious get married and settle in a nice out-of-town community. College life was behind us and our new journey was exciting and scary at the same time.
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