Impressions

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I arrived here in Nitzana, along the Israeli border with Egypt, Wednesday.  Thursday I joined a group of four volunteers to help a farmer to build a fence for his sheep and goats.  He is a veterinarian and treats goats and camels.  He was glad to receive our help as the chore needed more than one pair of hands.

Yesterday, Sunday, was a national holiday: Purim.  This is the day where the story of Esther and Mordechai is read in full.  We were invited to a Purim party in a village nearby.  We did not stay the full length due to rain.

As a result we went to the place where on October 7 many people were gathered at the Nova festival, which was an event with music and dancing for mainly young people.  There is a patch there where the Jewish National Fund planted hundreds of trees in memory of those who were killed.  There are also pictures of those missing.  A very sober place right in the middle of a field, partly woods.

I will leave it to this for now.  Keep following this blog!