“The Israeli army’s tendency to ‘kochi v’otzem yadi’should not preclude us from expressing our hakaras hatov to those who serve”
Joining the discussion about the seminary girls in Eretz Yisrael who were unable to return home due to the outbreak of the war, I’d like to share my perspective as the mother of a girl in Seminar Yerushalayim. Baruch Hashem, my daughter had an unbelievable year. I constantly heard about the amazing classes, stunning programming and the staff’s efforts to make every girl shine.
If someone would have told me a month ago that my daughter would still be in Eretz Yisrael waiting for a safe passageway home a full week after seminary ended, I wouldn’t have believed them. But Hashem has a plan, and that’s what happened. What shocked me was how Seminar stayed open, serving food, taking care of the girls emotionally, offering daily programming with fun, and laying down the rules for a safe stay, without knowing when it would end. How these mothers managed to still run a seminary with their own personal change of schedule is mind-boggling. There was a constant presence of teachers, secretaries, and the principal. What a huge kiddush Hashem.
A while ago there was an article in one of our publications discussing if seminary is merely a business. This experience has shown me it isn’t! The daily warm emails assuring us our girls would have a place to be as long as necessary showed me what a mosad run al pi Torah looks like.
Yasher koach!
Tzivi Koff
I feel so grateful for the opportunity to have been involved in the effort to send Shabbos food to our brave soldiers as described in Rabbi Eisemann’s article. It was pure Hashgachah that I was on the phone with Tuvia as he arrived at his base.
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