It’s Time For A Change: Service Year In Merhavim |
Returning to Merhavim on Sunday after the Shavuot holiday, we all felt that the year was drawing to a close. For me, it will end a month earlier, since the school year finishes at the end of June, while the rest of the group will remain in the south for another month.
Shavuot has always been a holiday associated with change for me. It was on the eve of Shavuot in 1994 that my husband, Tzvi, came home early from work. At the time, we lived in Grapevine, Texas, and he worked for IBM. He looked pale and somewhat shocked and told me that the IBM lab in Southlake was closing and that we would need to look for........