Divine Providence
IT'S AFTER 3AM AND I JUST RETURNED FROM DEVORAH HANEVIA'S A'H KEVER. SHE'S RESTING IN THE GALIL AT RAMOT NAFTALI. IT IS A SMALL MOSHAV WITH THE MOST WONDERFUL PEOPLE BUT NO ONE SEEMED TO KNOW THAT HER KEVER IS IN THE MOSHAV. I WENT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, KNOCKING ON DOORS TILL SOMEONE TELLS ME 'YES, I KNOW WHERE SHE'S BURIED'.
I WENT TO THE MOSHAV'S GROCERY STORE AND MAYBE THEY'LL KNOW. I SAW A YOUNG GUY WITH KIPA AND TZIZIT AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF - BULLSEYE. FOR SURE, HE'LL KNOW. HE DIDN'T. I STARTED PANICKING BECUZ I TRAVELLED OVER 5 HOURS TO GET HERE AND IT WAS DARK ALREADY AND I'M WITHOUT A CAR AND AFTER 8 PM, THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONS IN THE AREA TO GET HOME.
THE YOUNG MAN'S NAME IS DANDAN, 2 DANS. HE PROBABLY SAW THE DESPERATION IN MY EYES AND MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS. AFTER 10 MINUTES, WALKS IN ANOTHER YOUNG GUY AND SLAPS DANDAN ON THE SHOULDER AND SAYS TO ALL 'THIS HERE IS BEN HAMELECH' SON OF THE KING.
WOW. WHAT A NICE AND AFFECTIONATE THING TO SAY TO ANOTHER JEW, I THOUGHT IN MY MIND. HE ASKED DANDAN WHAT HE IS LOOKING FOR AND TOGETHER, THEY MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS.
FINALLY, THEY FOUND SOMEONE WHO THINKS DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER IS ABOUT 1000 METERS TO THE LEFT, CLOSE TO THE LEBANON BORDER. IT WAS STRONGLY ADVISED THAT I DO NOT ATTEMPT TO GO, ESPECIALLY IN THE DARK BECUZ THERE ARE NO LIGHTS IN THE AREA.
NOTHING, BUT NOTHING, STAND INFRONT OF THE WILL.
I ASKED DANDAN TO DIRECT ME TO THEKEVER. HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW DRIVEN I WAS TO GO TO KEVER HANEVIA, DESPITE THE DANGERS.
MY ATTITUDE WAS IF I WAS GOING TO GET KILLED, IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE WITH ME THAT IT'S DONE WHILE I'M SEARCHING DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER.
DANDAN'S FRIEND, AMI, OFFERED ME A RIDE AND I GRABBED HIS OFFER. WE GET TO THE VICINITY BUT HE'S NOT SURE WHERE DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER IS. HE CALLED BACK DANDAN TO GET THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE PERSON WHO MIGHT KNOW WHERE THE KEVER IS AND THE GUY KNOWS THAT 'THERE'S A LADY FROM AMERICA DESPERATE TO GET TO DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER -- AND TELL HER TO FORGET IT. IT'S SAKANAT NEFASHOT - MATTER OF RISKING LIFE. TELL HER, I'LL PERSONALLY TAKE HER IN THE MORNING, WHEN THERE'S SUNLIGHT.
NO DEAL.
I TELL AMI THAT IF HE FEELS IT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR HIM, HE SHOULD NOT FEEL ANY OBLIGATION TO JOIN ME. BUT MY DETERMINATION RUBBED ON HIM AND HE DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND THE DANGER. WE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THE HILLS, EVEN CLOSER TO THE LEBANON BORDER. BUSHES AND ROCKS DIDN'T STOP US. ANIMALS OF THE NIGHT DIDN'T SCARE US. THE ONLY LIGHT WE HAD WAS FROM HIS CELLULAR. THERE'S NO TRAIL AND THE THORN BUSH ARE HIGH AND I THANKED HASHEM FOR WEARING BOOTS ...
WE TRAILED IN THE DARK FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND FOUND 2 LARGE STONES WITH NO NAMES. WE FIGURED THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE KEVER, NEXT TO BARAK BEN AVINOAM, ZS'L.
AMI WALKED AWAY TO GIVE ME PRIVACY AND I WAS LEFT IN THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT. I TOOK OUT HER SONG FROM MY BACKPACK AND TRIED LIGHTING A CANDLE TO HAVE SOME LIGHT TO READ IT. THE CANDLE WOULD NOT STAY LIT FOR MORE THAN 1MIN. I DIDN'T WANT TO CALL OUT TO AMI TO GIVE ME HIS CELL PHONE BECUZ HE WAS SO CONSIDERATE TO GIVE ME PRIVACY...
I WAS NEVER ABLE TO LIT THE CANDLE TO SAY SHIR DEVORAH HANEVIAH. BUT AT LEAST I WAS BY THE KEVER AND SAID 2 TEHILLIM CHAPTERS I KNOW BY HEART AND MADE A BRACHA ON A CANDY...
AMI RETURNED AND TELLS ME THAT HE THINKS THIS IS NOT DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE EXPLORING.
ALTHOUGH I AM SO TIRED, I FELT THE SAME WAY. WE CONTINUE EXPLORING ON FOOT AND CLIMBING FURTHER UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, TOWARDS LEBANON...
SUDDENLY, WE BOTH SEE A TRAIL. WE FOLLOWED THE TRAIL AND ABOUT 100 METERS, WE SEE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL KEVER. AMI QUICKLY SEARCHED TO SEE IF IT SAYS DEVORAH HANEVIA - YES, YES, YES - THE KEVER OF DEVORAH HANEVIA, A'H!!!!
AMI KEPT HOLDING HIS HEAD AND SAID THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT DEVORAH HANEVIA IS BURIED HERE. HE LIVES IN THE MOSHAV SINCE BIRTH AND IS 29 YEARS OLD. WHEN HE SAW MY DESPERATION AND WAS WORRIED FOR MY SAFETY, HE OFFERED ME A RIDE OUT OF PITY, NOT REALLY BELIEVING THAT 1500 METERS AWAY FROM HIS HOME, DEVORAH HANEVIA IS BURIED. HE HAD TEARS IN HIS EYES AND OF COURSE, I ALSO WAS CRYING WITH GREAT EMOTION.
HE ASKED ME WHAT PULLED ME TO COME FROM NY TO RAMOT NAFTALI TO DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER. I TOLD HIM THE TRUTH, WHAT WAS REVEALED TO ME... THE SAME NITE FRIDAY I WAS TOLD THRU A DREAM, HE HAD THE 2ND PART OF THE DREAM BUT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S A TRUE AND IGNORED IT.
WE STOOD BY DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER FOR OVER 2 HOURS AND EXCHANGED DREAM INFORMATION OF THE 'PUZZLE'. WHILE SPEAKING, WE BOTH SAW 4 SHOOTING STARS IN THE SKY. AMI TOLD ME THAT IT'S CONNECTED TO THE MALACHIM ...
I SAID SHIRAT DEVORAH HANEVIA AND WHEN I GOT TO THE PART, 'WAKE UP WAKE UP DEVORAH, WAKE UP AND SING DEVORAH', WE BOTH HEARD A TUNE BEING WHISTLED FROM SHAMAYIM. WE BOTH LOOKED UP IN SILENCE AND LISTENED INTENSLY. WHEN THE WHISTLING ENDED, WE LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER AND KNEW THAT WE BOTH HEARD THE TUNE...
IT WAS AMI'S MERIT THAT WE FOUND KEVER DEVORAH HANEVIA, A'H. HE SAID THAT HE'LL TELL THE MOSHAV THAT DEVORAH HANEVIA, A'H, IS BURIED HERE AND WILL FIX UP THE PLACE AND PUT SIGNS FOR ALL TO KNOW... HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WILL SAY HER SHIRA DAILY...
MANY PEOPLE IN THE MOSHAV INVITED ME TO SLEEP IN THEIR HOME BUT I INSISTED I WANTED TO GO HOME BECUZ I NEED TO BE IN MOUNT OLIVES EARLY MORNING FOR THE HILLULA OF RAV KADURI, ZS'L.
WHEN AMI DROPPED ME OFF AT KOACH JUNCTION TO CATCH A BUS HOME (ACTUALLY, TO HITCHIKE A RIDE), HE TOLD ME HE'LL RETURN IN THE MORNING WITH A MARKER AND WRITE ON THE KEVER
'WAKE UP WAKE UP DEVORAH, WAKE UP AND SING, DEVORAH',
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I WENT TO THE MOSHAV'S GROCERY STORE AND MAYBE THEY'LL KNOW. I SAW A YOUNG GUY WITH KIPA AND TZIZIT AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF - BULLSEYE. FOR SURE, HE'LL KNOW. HE DIDN'T. I STARTED PANICKING BECUZ I TRAVELLED OVER 5 HOURS TO GET HERE AND IT WAS DARK ALREADY AND I'M WITHOUT A CAR AND AFTER 8 PM, THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONS IN THE AREA TO GET HOME.
THE YOUNG MAN'S NAME IS DANDAN, 2 DANS. HE PROBABLY SAW THE DESPERATION IN MY EYES AND MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS. AFTER 10 MINUTES, WALKS IN ANOTHER YOUNG GUY AND SLAPS DANDAN ON THE SHOULDER AND SAYS TO ALL 'THIS HERE IS BEN HAMELECH' SON OF THE KING.
WOW. WHAT A NICE AND AFFECTIONATE THING TO SAY TO ANOTHER JEW, I THOUGHT IN MY MIND. HE ASKED DANDAN WHAT HE IS LOOKING FOR AND TOGETHER, THEY MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS.
FINALLY, THEY FOUND SOMEONE WHO THINKS DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER IS ABOUT 1000 METERS TO THE LEFT, CLOSE TO THE LEBANON BORDER. IT WAS STRONGLY ADVISED THAT I DO NOT ATTEMPT TO GO, ESPECIALLY IN THE DARK BECUZ THERE ARE NO LIGHTS IN THE AREA.
NOTHING, BUT NOTHING, STAND INFRONT OF THE WILL.
I ASKED DANDAN TO DIRECT ME TO THEKEVER. HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW DRIVEN I WAS TO GO TO KEVER HANEVIA, DESPITE THE DANGERS.
MY ATTITUDE WAS IF I WAS GOING TO GET KILLED, IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE WITH ME THAT IT'S DONE WHILE I'M SEARCHING DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER.
DANDAN'S FRIEND, AMI, OFFERED ME A RIDE AND I GRABBED HIS OFFER. WE GET TO THE VICINITY BUT HE'S NOT SURE WHERE DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER IS. HE CALLED BACK DANDAN TO GET THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE PERSON WHO MIGHT KNOW WHERE THE KEVER IS AND THE GUY KNOWS THAT 'THERE'S A LADY FROM AMERICA DESPERATE TO GET TO DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER -- AND TELL HER TO FORGET IT. IT'S SAKANAT NEFASHOT - MATTER OF RISKING LIFE. TELL HER, I'LL PERSONALLY TAKE HER IN THE MORNING, WHEN THERE'S SUNLIGHT.
NO DEAL.
I TELL AMI THAT IF HE FEELS IT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR HIM, HE SHOULD NOT FEEL ANY OBLIGATION TO JOIN ME. BUT MY DETERMINATION RUBBED ON HIM AND HE DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND THE DANGER. WE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THE HILLS, EVEN CLOSER TO THE LEBANON BORDER. BUSHES AND ROCKS DIDN'T STOP US. ANIMALS OF THE NIGHT DIDN'T SCARE US. THE ONLY LIGHT WE HAD WAS FROM HIS CELLULAR. THERE'S NO TRAIL AND THE THORN BUSH ARE HIGH AND I THANKED HASHEM FOR WEARING BOOTS ...
WE TRAILED IN THE DARK FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND FOUND 2 LARGE STONES WITH NO NAMES. WE FIGURED THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE KEVER, NEXT TO BARAK BEN AVINOAM, ZS'L.
AMI WALKED AWAY TO GIVE ME PRIVACY AND I WAS LEFT IN THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT. I TOOK OUT HER SONG FROM MY BACKPACK AND TRIED LIGHTING A CANDLE TO HAVE SOME LIGHT TO READ IT. THE CANDLE WOULD NOT STAY LIT FOR MORE THAN 1MIN. I DIDN'T WANT TO CALL OUT TO AMI TO GIVE ME HIS CELL PHONE BECUZ HE WAS SO CONSIDERATE TO GIVE ME PRIVACY...
I WAS NEVER ABLE TO LIT THE CANDLE TO SAY SHIR DEVORAH HANEVIAH. BUT AT LEAST I WAS BY THE KEVER AND SAID 2 TEHILLIM CHAPTERS I KNOW BY HEART AND MADE A BRACHA ON A CANDY...
AMI RETURNED AND TELLS ME THAT HE THINKS THIS IS NOT DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE EXPLORING.
ALTHOUGH I AM SO TIRED, I FELT THE SAME WAY. WE CONTINUE EXPLORING ON FOOT AND CLIMBING FURTHER UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, TOWARDS LEBANON...
SUDDENLY, WE BOTH SEE A TRAIL. WE FOLLOWED THE TRAIL AND ABOUT 100 METERS, WE SEE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL KEVER. AMI QUICKLY SEARCHED TO SEE IF IT SAYS DEVORAH HANEVIA - YES, YES, YES - THE KEVER OF DEVORAH HANEVIA, A'H!!!!
AMI KEPT HOLDING HIS HEAD AND SAID THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT DEVORAH HANEVIA IS BURIED HERE. HE LIVES IN THE MOSHAV SINCE BIRTH AND IS 29 YEARS OLD. WHEN HE SAW MY DESPERATION AND WAS WORRIED FOR MY SAFETY, HE OFFERED ME A RIDE OUT OF PITY, NOT REALLY BELIEVING THAT 1500 METERS AWAY FROM HIS HOME, DEVORAH HANEVIA IS BURIED. HE HAD TEARS IN HIS EYES AND OF COURSE, I ALSO WAS CRYING WITH GREAT EMOTION.
HE ASKED ME WHAT PULLED ME TO COME FROM NY TO RAMOT NAFTALI TO DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER. I TOLD HIM THE TRUTH, WHAT WAS REVEALED TO ME... THE SAME NITE FRIDAY I WAS TOLD THRU A DREAM, HE HAD THE 2ND PART OF THE DREAM BUT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S A TRUE AND IGNORED IT.
WE STOOD BY DEVORAH HANEVIA'S KEVER FOR OVER 2 HOURS AND EXCHANGED DREAM INFORMATION OF THE 'PUZZLE'. WHILE SPEAKING, WE BOTH SAW 4 SHOOTING STARS IN THE SKY. AMI TOLD ME THAT IT'S CONNECTED TO THE MALACHIM ...
I SAID SHIRAT DEVORAH HANEVIA AND WHEN I GOT TO THE PART, 'WAKE UP WAKE UP DEVORAH, WAKE UP AND SING DEVORAH', WE BOTH HEARD A TUNE BEING WHISTLED FROM SHAMAYIM. WE BOTH LOOKED UP IN SILENCE AND LISTENED INTENSLY. WHEN THE WHISTLING ENDED, WE LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER AND KNEW THAT WE BOTH HEARD THE TUNE...
IT WAS AMI'S MERIT THAT WE FOUND KEVER DEVORAH HANEVIA, A'H. HE SAID THAT HE'LL TELL THE MOSHAV THAT DEVORAH HANEVIA, A'H, IS BURIED HERE AND WILL FIX UP THE PLACE AND PUT SIGNS FOR ALL TO KNOW... HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WILL SAY HER SHIRA DAILY...
MANY PEOPLE IN THE MOSHAV INVITED ME TO SLEEP IN THEIR HOME BUT I INSISTED I WANTED TO GO HOME BECUZ I NEED TO BE IN MOUNT OLIVES EARLY MORNING FOR THE HILLULA OF RAV KADURI, ZS'L.
WHEN AMI DROPPED ME OFF AT KOACH JUNCTION TO CATCH A BUS HOME (ACTUALLY, TO HITCHIKE A RIDE), HE TOLD ME HE'LL RETURN IN THE MORNING WITH A MARKER AND WRITE ON THE KEVER
'WAKE UP WAKE UP DEVORAH, WAKE UP AND SING, DEVORAH',
עוּרִי עוּרִי דְּבֹורָה עוּרִי עוּרִי דַּבְּרִי־שִׁיר
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