ChaiLites November 2013 | Page 4

Israel Reflections Hineini Scrolls The Wall--The Kotel--The Western Wall--The Wailing Wall How did you and your family use the action on your Hineini Scroll? All of the above point to one direction, ISRAEL! It is a centuries-old tradition to place a note with a prayer or request in the Western Wall. Except you don’t have to go all that way to Jerusalem to place a note in the Kotel. Your Temple Chai family will be taking your notes from our wall in the lobby with them in December, as they experience the beauty and history of the Jewish people in the land of Israel.  Of course this will all transpire before sunrise on a brisk fall Sunday morning, but if that’s what’s needed that is what will happen. Thank you Temple Chai, for making me look like a hero to my niece. We hope that you’ll be bringing them in 2015. Temple Chai Israel Committee 4 Drew Semmelman says: I randomly selected a card which read…”offer someone a ride who would otherwise have no way of reaching their destination.” A few days later it was revealed to me that my niece, who is doing her first marathon in a few weeks had no way of getting from her apartment to the event. So without hesitation I called her up and told her she wouldn’t have to worry about how she was going to get to the start line. I will make the drive into the city, pick her up at her apartment, and get her to where she needs to be. Hineini Scrolls may be obtained from the Hineini Box in the Heinrich Foyer or by sending an e-mail to [email protected].