Reply To: Making Aliyah

I posted the original thread……Someone who cares posted a great answer.

My family made aliyah 16 years ago with almost no money and it was the best decision we ever made. Our only regret is that we didn’t do it years earlier. Our older daughters came to Israel several years earlier, as students to attend a one year seminary program , fell in love with the country and made aliyah as students. BTW. They married Israelis……..

Was life difficult as new Olim? The answer is yes but we decided to go with the flow and just follow our hearts. We knew that Hashem was watching over us.

We came with a 12 year old boy who only wanted to live in Israel and have his Bar Mitzvah at the Kotel. The school that he was going to attend had an excellent suggestion for us and I am so happy that we took their advice.

They suggested that instead of him going into the grade he was supposed to..he repeat the grade he just finished so that he could be taken out of class several times a week to work on his Hebrew.

In 3 months my son was speaking and reading as a born Israeli. What a difference this made for him.

My husband and I both took the first job we were offered and kept looking for something better.

My advice to potential olim is to have a positive attitude and tons of patients.

Hashem gave us this land to populate. If we don’t populate it, we will loose it. COME HOME!