Cats and Bags

So I discovered, to my chagrin, that this blog was not as anonymous as I had hoped. Hello, coworkers reading this :)

The news of our move has traveled like lightning in the last two weeks. I suppose it helps that we started telling a few people...but WAY more know than we have spoken to.

The reactions are fantastic, and they are horrible.
Including from Israelis. Israel may be one of the few places where half the people there want to leave, and half the people not there want to come.

It seems the dictum of Chazal is proven yet again, כל הפוסל במום, בעצמו הוא פוסל. Those who share a dream of Yisrael the people, living in harmony in its land, are owe who encourage, who help, who inspire. And those who are afraid, who seek security over realization, seek comfort over that which helps you become yourself....they disparage, rebuke, intimidate.

I am sure both sides are true, and both have a perspective worth hearing and learning from. But ultimately, the life you have is the one you make for yourself, and this is what we are setting out to do...