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Both my feet got scraped, and we got lost on our way to the bus. But it all ended well."
He is glad that the first sugar factory in the country was established in Afula. For a few
whole days the children didn't budge from there, "because it was so interesting to see what
was happening."
His favorite subjects are history and arithmetic. "They're interesting, and I do well in
them." In general, Hanokh is a sociable boy who doesn't like to stand out and is willing to
share everything with his friends. "I really want one thing, mainly: to live in a neighborhood
that isn't falling apart… and that TV should come to this country, so that we can sit at
home and still watch the Adloyada [traditional carnival parade held on the festival of
Purim] and the tenth anniversary parades."
The main thing is that there should be peace!
“ Dirty Jew!" Thus the neighbors in Izmir, Turkey, would curse the Jews living in their
midst. If one child struck another, it was always the Jewish child who was at fault. Whatever
happened – an earthquake, drought, or floods – it was the fault of the Jews. "Thank God, my
children are growing up in this country and don't experience all of that. Here everything is
permitted – to strike another, to go wherever one chooses, and to say whatever one thinks.
Thank God, we're all Jews, here," smiles the mother of Shlomo Yisrael Esigman, who was
born at the Agrobank hospital in Izmir at the same time that the blue-and-white flag was
being raised atop the roof of the synagogue on the other side of the street, in honor of the
proclamation of the state. "The child should be named 'Yisrael'," said the Rabbi, and the
parents did as he said.
A t the age of eight months, Shlomo Yisrael moved to Israel, along with his parents,
brother and sister. His earliest memories of the country are of a hospital. He jumped off
the milkman's wagon and broke his leg. It was quite unpleasant. Since then he has learned:
"If you're going to jump, do it slowly."
At home (an Amidar hut) in Azur, Yisrael tries to keep the peace and always gives
in to his mischievous brother, so as to avoid conflict. He helps his mother with cooking
and shopping and he works in the garden. When he undertakes any sort of endeavor, he
always tries to complete it. He wants very much to be a doctor or a lawyer, "or something
else that's academic," in which one uses his mind and is not required to either deliver or
receive blows….
Davar for children, Israel's Tenth Anniversary edition, April 17, 1958
234 The Friday That Changed Destiny
He is glad that the first sugar factory in the country was established in Afula. For a few
whole days the children didn't budge from there, "because it was so interesting to see what
was happening."
His favorite subjects are history and arithmetic. "They're interesting, and I do well in
them." In general, Hanokh is a sociable boy who doesn't like to stand out and is willing to
share everything with his friends. "I really want one thing, mainly: to live in a neighborhood
that isn't falling apart… and that TV should come to this country, so that we can sit at
home and still watch the Adloyada [traditional carnival parade held on the festival of
Purim] and the tenth anniversary parades."
The main thing is that there should be peace!
“ Dirty Jew!" Thus the neighbors in Izmir, Turkey, would curse the Jews living in their
midst. If one child struck another, it was always the Jewish child who was at fault. Whatever
happened – an earthquake, drought, or floods – it was the fault of the Jews. "Thank God, my
children are growing up in this country and don't experience all of that. Here everything is
permitted – to strike another, to go wherever one chooses, and to say whatever one thinks.
Thank God, we're all Jews, here," smiles the mother of Shlomo Yisrael Esigman, who was
born at the Agrobank hospital in Izmir at the same time that the blue-and-white flag was
being raised atop the roof of the synagogue on the other side of the street, in honor of the
proclamation of the state. "The child should be named 'Yisrael'," said the Rabbi, and the
parents did as he said.
A t the age of eight months, Shlomo Yisrael moved to Israel, along with his parents,
brother and sister. His earliest memories of the country are of a hospital. He jumped off
the milkman's wagon and broke his leg. It was quite unpleasant. Since then he has learned:
"If you're going to jump, do it slowly."
At home (an Amidar hut) in Azur, Yisrael tries to keep the peace and always gives
in to his mischievous brother, so as to avoid conflict. He helps his mother with cooking
and shopping and he works in the garden. When he undertakes any sort of endeavor, he
always tries to complete it. He wants very much to be a doctor or a lawyer, "or something
else that's academic," in which one uses his mind and is not required to either deliver or
receive blows….
Davar for children, Israel's Tenth Anniversary edition, April 17, 1958
234 The Friday That Changed Destiny
