Hi again! As you can see, I’ve moved on from the parsha blog for my aliyah adventures!
Here’s how it started: We’ve always wanted to make aliyah, but assumed it wouldn’t be for a while, maybe after I finished high school and my brother finished college. But last Pesach, after our seder, I went with my father to walk our dog (yes, around 2 am; I always jump at the chance to walk outside on Pesach!) and he suggested making aliyah after eighth grade, in two years.
That got me extremely excited and we looked up all kinds of things. We have narrowed down some high schools, I’ve found some interesting aliyah blogs, learned the process, and so many other things, but I’ll put those in future posts.
Yes, I know it’s a bit early to make a blog because I’m only in seventh grade now, but there’s a slight chance we’ll do it this summer. I really, really hope so. But better early than late, right?
I hope my blog will inspire people to think about making aliyah!
Next week: Why should I make aliyah?
Where will you be moving to????? Why are you looking at high school when youre only in 7th. Do you want to move??? Wont you miss your friends like crazy???
Hadassi – we’re thinking maybe Givat Mordechai, Yerushalayim. And actually, we started looking at high school when I was in 6th grade :). I really want to do it even sooner, but unfortunately that isn’t possible. I’ll really miss my friends, but we’ll keep in touch and I might even visit sometimes. I’m sure it will be quite a hard parting, because they’re the best friends I could ever have.
Are you excited to move? or are you going to miss your friends? Are you going to come back to the USA to visit your friends at all?
I made aliyah last year, when I was 12 and a half. I live in Gush Etzion. If you need any tips, I’m here!
Michal – mazal tov! And thanks for that! Gush Etzion and Givat Mordechai are very close, right? Maybe after we make aliyah we could meet each other!
leora-do u know chana korenblitt?
Mushkie – yes, in fact I do. I met her at JGR two summers ago and we are still in touch.
Are you learning hebrew? So your friends know you want to make aliyah? Why do you want to make aliyah? Why do your parents? Where are you looking for high schools?
what r all those new comments? ru they ads or st?
Hadassi – at my school, we learn have Hebrew classes, so I already know some of it, but to get better, I am reading a book in Hebrew. It’s “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” translated into Hebrew. I’m already on page 205 and I started around May. I’m getting most of it. I chose that book because I’ve read it in English so I know what it’s talking about. :)
I told my friends pretty recently after we thought of it, and they’re kind of sad, and I’ll miss them. I really want to make aliyah because for one thing, my family doesn’t like crowds and we don’t want to wait until moshiach. ;) More will be revealed in my next post on Tuesday. That reminds me – I still have to write it. :D
Mushkie – if you mean the comments saying what people like about Yaldah, it’s for the “Mega-Giveaway” thing. If you write a comment there, you could win a prize. See the post for details.
Wow I tried HP in hebrew, and it is HARD even with the english version right next to you!!!
..even Im not that good after making aliyah : P
They say you really know hebrew when you start dreaming in it ;)
Im more into conversational hebrew than reading….
Yeah, I’m just guessing for a lot of the words, but as my English teacher says, the best way to learn vocabulary is to read. It’s so true! I’ve learned a lot of words by just guessing and using context. Very helpful in Ivrit class! :)
Yes.. true but for me I’d never remember them……I have horrible memory….it works for english though!
Oh Leora, you are the best in our Ivrit class. Besides the girls who actually are fluent in the language. She says all of the answers while the rest of us are just like um, um, um.
No, I’m not! But thanks, though. It’s just that we learned it and I remembered what we learned. You’re very good, too!
Leora: no i dont. they were ads or s/t, but posted in the ‘comment’ section
That’s strange, Mushkie. I don’t see them on my computer.
Givat Mordechai is pretty close, we’ll have to keep in touch!
Yep! I hope to meet you then! A year and a half isn’t that long, is it?