Some 150 Ayelet Hashachar volunteer families are spent the
Yomim Noraim at kibbutzim and small communities where shofar
blasts have never been heard and minyanim never
held.
The sound of the shofar was heard this year at kibbutzim such
as Degania Alef, Ein Charod, Ein Dor, Hasolelim, Gesher
Haziv, Sedot Yam, Yifat; Golan Heights communities Geshur and
Eliad; and moshavim such as Karkum and Kfar Chittim.
For the first time in history organized minyanim will
be held along with glatt kosher holiday meals to which all
residents will be invited.
The holiday events will be led by 150 families sent to 25
different locations across the country, equipped with
sifrei Torah, machzorim, shofaros, tallisos, yarmulkes
and food.
Rabbi Mordechai Reich, who is coordinating the operation,
says similar activities that Ayelet Hashachar sponsored last
year at Machanayim and Beit Keshet succeeded beyond all
expectations. At Machanayim a beis knesses was
subsequently started and shiurim are held there, while
Beit Keshet is preparing to set up a place to hold
tefillos.
The Yomim Noraim program is a continuation of Ayelet
Hashachar's activities at these communities in recent months,
such as organizing visits to yeshivas in Bnei Brak and
Jerusalem and to the Kosel Hama'arovi.
The organization also has plans to bring Simchas Beis
Hashoevoh and Simchas Torah to these and other communities
around the country.
