Lag B'Omer Right After Shabbat

The kids in the area have been very busy collecting wood and preparing their bonfire. Lag B'Omer is coming right after Shabbos. Great excitement .... However, with all excitement comes the need to exercise a little control. Please make sure you wait for Shabbos to finish completely before lighting your bon fire.

Shabbos comes out in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) at 19h57. For Shabbat times elsewhere in the world, you can take a look at chabad.org

If you have children, please take good care of them. Keep them a safe distance from the fire. Make sure not to throw any plastic or other items in that can blow out of the fire in the direction of anyone passing by. I hope your bonfire is a safe distance from any grass, trees or other foliage.

 Enjoy Lag B'Omer, if you can, send us a pic of your bon fire and we can all enjoy together.

Remember, Lag B'Omer is about the great light that Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai revealed, so take a few moments or half hour or more to study some Torah. If you can manage to learn a story of teaching from either the Zohar or Chassidus, so much the better.

 Shabbat Shalom

Recommend a Good Service Provider

We have an amazing competion on the go, and the clock is ticking. Just a few days left.

 All you have to do is send in a recommendation of a service provider who offers a quality, affordable service to Anglos in Israel. Any Olim are welcome to send in info, and we will post the recommendations on the blog, bli neder.

For those Olim from South Africa, come and join our ning and you could win money in cash for submitting a good recommendation. Visit the previous blogpost about this, or the ning itself for further details. If you have any questions, you are welcome to send us an email or post a comment to this blog post.

Starting a Database of Potential Jobs for Olim

Being an Oleh Chadash or Olah Chadashah, there are often times that finding working is not so easy.  As an Occupational Therapist and assisting Olim, I often have Olim ask if I know of any work available in their field. Although there is a trend in Israel to encourage Olim to just clean houses, we are putting together a database of jobs that will help Olim to use their actual skills. In this way we can assist them to have self-esteem, confidence, fulfillment and enjoy their transition to living in Israel, feeling like a mentch by working in their own profession.

If you know of any jobs currently available, whether freelance writing, data capturing, graphic design or any other job that are appropriate for Olim. Some Olim need to have part time work from home while they complete their ulpan, others want more fultime work, all are welcome.

Any information you send in about a job available or coming available must be current from a reliable source with a clear job-description. 

Please email your info to Shoshanah 

Thank you for your part in helping Olim to become successful in Israel.

If you are South African in Israel, please join our Ning and our YahooGroup. On both of these you will find networking options to assist you become successful with finding work, or employers or service providers.

Shoshanah Shear
Occupational Therapist