Salute to Israel Parade
Kumah will again be marching in the
Salute to Israel Parade on May 23rd in Manhattan. We'll be marching with signs that say, "I'm Making Aliyah," giving out our wildly popular pins, and having a great time. The theme of the parade this year is, "Let's Go To Israel Now!" What could be better?
Anyone in the New York area is encouraged to join us. Please get in touch with me (ben at kumah dot org) if you'd like to come. I'll be posting more details about the parade as it gets closer, but please reserve the date for now.
In case of traffic, beseech Creator
Having just finished an exam, the three of us were driving home to Jerusalem from Bar Ilan University when we hit serious traffic. We decided to pull over to pray Mincha (the afternoon prayer).
We began to pray when all of the sudden another car pulled over about fifty feet away from us. An old Yemenite man hopped out and told us, "what, you don't want to pray with a minyan (quorum of ten)?"
As we answered him two more cars pulled over - one with Breslov Chassidim and the other with a pair of Moroccan brothers, with kippot creased from being folded and pocketed.
More followed and we had the great privilege of praying to God along with a random sampling of our incredible people - gathered from all the world to thank the God of Israel at the side of a highway leading to Jerusalem.
Awesome.
