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Let’s Roll!

Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Wheel of Love

Wheel of Love

I am writing on Friday right before Shabbat. Tomorrow night I leave for Tiberia to join the Alyn Charity Bike ride. About 500 men and women will be riding bikes from the North of Israel to Jerusalem. One week with nothing to do but ride. Talk about the ultimate vacation.

As much fun as these rides are, I have to remind myself why we are doing it. After all, the fact that 500 people get a break from work, family, and e-mail is nice, but it is only really significant for those of us who are riding. Of far greater significance are the kids at the Alyn hospital who are the beneficiaries of about $3,000,000 that we will raise from this ride.

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Courage

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Courage. What does the word mean? Some might say that to take on the Alyn Hospital Bike Ride is an act of courage, riding a bicycle from Jerusalem to Eilat. But that would not be correct. By the time you are reading this, I will hopefully be finishing the ride (and will write about the experience next week), and will have many positive things to say, but I doubt the word “courage” will be in there.

Some have told us that making Aliyah, or living in the “West Bank” is an act of courage. But no, while there are many positive ways to describe life here, I am reserving the word “courage.”

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