After 8-month hiatus, Ethiopian immigrants land in Israel https://t.co/FgRAMuyRQw

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אברהם נגוסה: we need to remember that the aliyah has not ended and there are still Jews that are stuck in Ethiopia and suffering there

Nissan Mindel: Of the historical land of Naftoli, there are two flourishing cities now in the Holy Land - they are the famous and holy cities of Tveria (Tiberias) on the west bank of Lake Kinneret, and Tzefas (Safed) in Northern Galilee.

Hundreds of Ethiopian Olim (Immigrants) who are living in The Jewish Agency for Israel Absorption Centers in Safed experienced snow for the first time in their lives. The children headed outside to play in the snow and feel the natural marvel with their own hands at the start of the snow storm which has blanketed the city. 

Three Jewish Agency Absorption Centers are located in Safed which house 2,000 immigrants from Ethiopia who arrived in Israel in recent months. The olim arrived as a part of Operation Dove’s Wings which will bring the Ethiopian Aliyah to a close. The immigrants in Safed, who come from southern Ethiopia, had never seen snow before. 

Since the early morning hours, the olim worked with the Jewish Agency’s professional staff to prepare for the bitter cold: school was cancelled, Jewish Agency educators are running enrichment programming for the children, a "movie club" was opened for teenagers and in the apartments of the olim heaters were turned on and hot, steaming soup prepared. 

For further information please contact Benjamin Rutland on 052 609 1099.

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews: We love the joy exuding from this preschool class at the Mevasseret Zion Absorption Center, a Fellowship-funded campus that serves as the first home in Israel for many Ethiopian immigrants to the Holy Land. Mevasseret, located ten minutes from Jerusalem, offers language classes, job training, a daycare, a youth center, multiple health centers, and many more services to help these immigrants adjust from life in rural Ethiopia to Israel's modern, fast-paced society.  Thanks to our generous donors, these immigrants are being welcomed to the Holy Land with care and love -- and occasionally a little joyful dancing!

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Shira: Dan had only one child, a son named Chushim, who according to the Talmud cut off the head of Esau when Esau tried to stop Jacob’s burial in the tomb of the Patriarchs in Hevron. The Ethiopian Jews claim to be descendants of the tribe of Dan.

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Hana Elazar Legesse: We heard that there will not be a Passover Seder, for Olim ~ in the Absorption Centers ~ just Yesterday, only three days before Passover. 

We, immediately, inquired with the Absorption Ministry, who responded that this was the responsibility of the Jewish Agency. 

We, repeatedly, tried to Contact them, for answers, but did not Receive any Response. 

הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל: Nothing that would [otherwise] have taken place has been canceled; we do not {generally} hold communal seders, for Veteran Immigrants from Ethiopia; or Frum any other Country. 

We provide them with guidance on how to hold a seder, organize simulated seders to familiarize them with the Holiday traditions, and offer them spaces to hold larger seders, if they Wish to do so. 

Of course, if any of the more Established Immigrants FIND it difficult to hold their OWN seders, we are, Al-ways, Happy to provide them with whatever Assistance they need ~ in order to Ensure that they are able to celebrate the Holiday as fully as possible.

||[N]uriel on its left, next to the tribe of Dan, which was in the north||

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Num. Rabbah 2:10: Why was he named Uriel? Because of the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings by means of which the Holy One, blessed by He, atones for sins and gives light to Israel.

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JEWISH VIRTUAL LIBRARY: The Zohar (I, 6b; III, 32b, 211a) ascribes to Uriel a special function in connection with the sacrifices at the time of the First Temple. The altar, which is called *Ariel (Isa. 29:1–2), is thus named because of Uriel, who descended in the likeness of a lion to crouch on the altar and devour the sacrifices. At his descent, the hearts of the priests and the children of Israel were gladdened for they recognized thereby that the sacrifices had been accepted with favor. The appearance of Uriel in the altar fire caused all those who could see the flames to suffer a change of heart and repent. Yet for Israel’s sins Uriel’s primary strength was taken from him, and instead of the fire containing divine inspiration a strange fire descended on the altar, which took the form of a [demonic] dog. In several passages of the Zohar, Uriel and [N]uriel are the same angel, seen under different aspects. He is called Uriel under the aspect of mercy, but [N]uriel under the aspect of rigor and severity.

GEOFFREY DENNIS: [1] In fact, there is no consensus within the tradition as to Uriel’s exact position. Other sources claim he is the angel of the south. One text states he stands in front of the Throne of Glory, another text claims he is behind the Throne (Margoliot, Malachei Elyon).

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GEOFFREY DENNIS: He is also the patron angel of Jerusalem (4 Ezra 10). He has control over earthquakes and thunder. In the medieval aggadah Gedulat Moshe he is described as being made entirely from hail. He could also take on the form of an eagle. Midrash Aggadah claims he was the avenging force God sent against Moses for failing to circumcise his son Gershom. He announced the birth of Samson. In the Zohar he is identified with the lion – faced angel in Ezekiel’s chariot. In lion form, Uriel would descend and consume the sacrifices on the altar of the Temple (I: 6b).

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JEWISH VIRTUAL LIBRARY: God charged Uriel with announcing to Noah the "end of all flesh" which would be brought about by the flood. Along with the other angels of the Presence, Uriel served as a guide to Enoch in the upper heavens (I En. ch. 19ff.), but his particular function was to govern the army of angels and the *Netherworld, Sheol (20:1). It would appear that this same function is mentioned in I Enoch 75:3ff.: ’[Uriel], whom the Lord of glory hath set for ever over all the luminaries of the heaven, in the heaven and in the world, that they should rule on the face of the heaven and be seen in the earth, and be leaders for the day and the night.’ A special function is assigned to Uriel in IV Ezra (II Esdras), where he replies to Ezra’s questions on the state of the world and the divine plan for the world and the people of Israel. By means of visions, he reveals to Ezra the course and duration of the present age and the conditions of life and the place of the people of Israel in the new world to come (II Esd. 4ff.).

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Rafi Trabelsi: In a moving ceremony, new Ethiopian immigrants donned phylacteries for the first time ever -- ones that they made themselves

YEHUDA LEIB SCHAPIRO: The hand represents Action

YEHUDA LEIB SCHAPIRO: The head with the hand represents tefillin, when we fight a Spiritual War

Batya Medad: The majority of Ethiopian immigrants, due to their color, are noticed visually even before being heard. They tend to speak so quietly.