The daughter began to cry. “She said the Shema?” she asked incredulously
The families were spending a few days during bein hazmanim in the north of Israel, where they’d rented a group of cottages in the small moshav of Safsufa.
It was Friday afternoon, and everyone was beginning their last-minute preparations for Shabbos, the children spending a few minutes in the pool before bathing and getting dressed.
Suddenly, the radios of three of the family members, two men and a woman, came to life. All three are among the 6,000 selfless volunteers who make up the wonderful organization known as Ichud Hatzalah (United Hatzalah), founded by Eli Beer.
Therefore, when the orange phone-like GPS devices crackled to life, the three volunteers interrupted their vacation, donned their distinctive orange vests, and ran to the closest car to respond to the emergency call.
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