tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23803544929835478402024-03-13T04:21:56.209+02:00Hats for Israeli SoldiersCHANNAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359872399023865908noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380354492983547840.post-5874042108554023262023-10-15T19:58:00.005+03:002023-10-25T16:18:32.884+03:00Hats Now!<p></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">(</span><span dir="RTL" face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara;">עברית
למטה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Hi
everyone, </span><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Due
to the terrible situation in which we find ourselves, I'm getting lots of
messages from people who want to make and send hats to soldiers. I'm not doing
that anymore, but I have found 2 places who have agreed to receive and
distribute hats to soldiers, places that I know personally and feel very
comfortable recommending. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Thank
you for your desire to help in this difficult time, may our army succeed, and
may Israel flourish! </span><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><u><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">1. The
Michael Levin Base for Lone Soldiers</span></u></b><b><u><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">A wonderful Jerusalem center that
helps lone soldiers, as well as young women from abroad doing national service,
in myriad ways. You can mail your hats (knit according to pattern please!
see sidebar) to:</span><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The
Michael Levin Base </span></b><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">4 Eliyahu Mani St.</span></b><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Jerusalem 9432526</span></b><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">ISRAEL</span></b><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">(tel. </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">+972-50-257-0035)</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">If
you have any questions, you can WhatsApp Bonnie Rosenbaum at +972-50-257-0035</span><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">More contact info and details about
the center can be found here: https://themichaellevinbase.org</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><u><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">2.</span></u></b><u><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> <b>The Gourmet Yarn Shop</b></span></u><u><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Orly of The Gourmet Yarn Shop has
always been an enthusiastic supporter of this project, telling people about it
and giving them the pattern, as well as serving as a collection point for
finished hats and periodically mailing me what she'd collected. She's super
professional, can sell you the yarn you might need for this project, and can answer
all your knitting-related questions. She will be distributing hats to regular
army combat units. The address is:</span><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The
Gourmet Yarn Shop</span></b><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">POB 102</span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">111 Ahuza St. </span></b><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Ra'anana 4337302</span></b><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">ISRAEL</span></b><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">(tel. +972-9-742-7020)</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">For
more info <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">email:
thegourmetyarnshop@yahoo.com <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">whatsapp:
+972-9-742-7020</span><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Website: https://www.gourmetyarnshop.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Candara, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;">best wishes,</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Candara, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Channah</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Candara","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">שלום לכולם!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">בגלל המצב הקשה אליו נקלענו, אני מקבלת הרבה פניות מנשים שרוצות לסרוג כובעים לחיילנו. אני כבר לא עוסקת בזה, אבל מצאתי לכן שני מקומות שמוכנים
לקבל ולהפיץ כובעים, מקומות שאני מכירה אישית ויכולה להמליץ עליהם בחום. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תודה רבה על רצונכן לעזור ולתרום בזמנים קשים אלו. </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">מאחלת מכל הלב שכל חיילנו יחזרו לשלום!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">1<b><u>. בסיס מיכאל לוין לחיילים בודדים<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">מרכז נפלא בירושלים שעוזר לחיילים בודדים, וגם לבנות שירות
מחו"ל, בדרכים רבות. ניתן לשלוח את הכובעים (סרוגים לפי ההוראות שמופיעות בשולי
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צמר גורמה, תומכת בפרוייקט הזה -- היא פרסמה את הפרוייקט, הפיצה הוראות סריגה,
התנדבה להיות נקודת איסוף לכובעים, ושלחה לי אותם בנאמנות. אורלי סופר-מקצועית:
היא יכולה למכור לכם את הצמר הנכון, לענות על שאלות הסריגה שלכם וכו'. היא תפיץ את
הכובעים שהיא מקבלת ליחידות קרביות מכל הסוגים. נא לשלוח את הכובעים שלכם לכתובת:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">צמר גורמה<br /></span></span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">ת.ד. 102<br /></span></span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">רחוב אחוזה 111<br /></span></span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">רעננה 4337302</span></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"> (טלפון 09-742-7020)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: large;">לשאלות נוספות: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">מייל </span><span dir="LTR" face="Arial, "sans-serif"">thegourmetyarnshop@yahoo.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: large;">וואטסאפ 972-9-742-7020+<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: large;">אתר החנות:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you, kind knitters -- I hope these images give you a sense of all the amazing good you're doing out of there, and a feeling of pride and satisfaction. You deserve it!</span>CHANNAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359872399023865908noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380354492983547840.post-68555277479038426502019-10-27T12:16:00.003+02:002019-10-27T12:16:51.496+02:00And the New Year begins...<div style="text-align: justify;">
Happy 5780 to all! Here in Israel, the rains have begun to fall and the winds to blow, and winter is most definitely on its way. In parallel, hats have been pouring in from around the world to help keep our soldiers warm. Here's a photo of Lois B. and her amazing group of New Jersey knitters:</div>
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CHANNAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359872399023865908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380354492983547840.post-36194082265780332752019-02-03T16:59:00.002+02:002019-02-03T16:59:34.858+02:00just had to shareLook at this great note and photo I just got! What a bunch of sweethearts!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thanks for the hats! It gets pretty darn cold over here and these hats are awesome! You can really feel the warmth and love that went into making them </span><img alt="😊" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f60a" data-image-whitelisted="" goomoji="1f60a" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f60a" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My group loves them and wears them often. Thanks! </span><br />
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Last night we had a big, blustery storm with rain, slush, snow -- you name it. Buses stopped, schools closed, people got stuck far from home etc.<br />
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Yesterday, knowing there was really bad weather coming, I gave out over 300 hats to soldiers all over the Gush Etzion and Hebron Hills areas. They were so, so grateful and I hope you'll all keep knitting for them. Check out the video and photos below!<br />
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Many of these soldiers spent the night rescuing stranded drivers, and patrolling unfriendly neighborhoods in sub-zero temperatures. Thank you to all the chayalim who work so hard on our behalf! Thanks also to "Just One Chesed" and "Cafe Hachi Achi" for their help in getting the hats out to soldiers in remote outposts.<br />
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Here's my hat mail for the week, I hope you'll all keep up the amazing work:<br />
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<br />CHANNAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359872399023865908noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380354492983547840.post-52621243874356598672019-01-13T18:44:00.001+02:002019-01-13T18:44:48.619+02:00From this past weekGot a couple more thank you photos to share with you.<br />
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I loved meeting Eleanor Minuk of Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda synagogue in Toronto (that's her on the left, in the photo below). The dedicated knitting group in this synagogue has sent hundreds of hats to soldiers over the years, and Eleanor orchestrates the whole production, she's fantastic. Being very modest, she wants you to know that, in her words, "I can't take credit for it all. We have someone who purchases the yarn, lots of knitters, someone who puts on the tags and bags the hats." My thanks and appreciation to all of you!</div>
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There was an article in the Canadian Jewish News recently about this group, as well as dedicated Toronto knitter Ruth Belick, and you can see it here:</div>
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It's been a great, amazing winter with hats coming from all around the world -- everywhere from New Zealand to Hong Kong. I'm just going to share a few photos so you can see for yourself how happy those hats make the soldiers. Enjoy, and knit on....<br />
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These are from the Lone Soldier Center called "Chayal el Chayal". It's a place where off-duty soldiers who don't have family in Israel can come to relax, get a warm meal, do their laundry etc. I gave them your handknit hats to distribute and one of the woman who works there says<span style="font-family: inherit;">, "<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have been handing out the hats and the soldiers are LOVING them!!! "</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Thank you as always to all you fantastic knitters, you are making some lucky soldiers very, very happy!</span><br />
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Just wanted to share this adorable photo sent to me by a lone soldier center in Jerusalem (check out Chayal el Chayal <a href="http://chayalelchayal.org/" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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I gave the center some hats to distribute right before Yom haAtzma'ut (Israel Independence Day) because I think it's an appropriate time to show our appreciation to the folks in green who help keep us safe all year round. They were hamming it up a bit because the weather's been quite warm lately, but they assured me that they will indeed wear those hats this year, and with pleasure. And it's really nice for lone soldiers to know that there are people all over the world who care about them.<br />
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Thanks again, all you hat knitters, for making this happen!CHANNAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359872399023865908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380354492983547840.post-78518276636759393012016-03-15T12:08:00.000+02:002016-03-15T12:08:03.517+02:00Catch Up Time!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hi everyone, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I know it's been forever. The hats keep coming in, and going out, and I'm deeply grateful to all of you for sticking with it. I want to share with you some of the inspiring notes and photos I've received this winter. Enjoy!! The soldiers certainly are, you can all be proud of what you've done. </span><br />
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Hi, my name is Meir C. I am in training now in the Tzanchanim brigade and I got the hat that you made in a package for Lone Soldiers. I just wanted to thank you for the personal touch that the hat adds. It really means a lot to me.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Ronnie, my son, has no email at the moment, but he has asked me to say a very big thank you on behalf of Gdud 603 in Handasa Kravit [Engineering Corps] for the great hats they received. Seeing as they are presently up North somewhere the hats have been very important additions to their fighting capability and chances of survival in the wild! I attach a couple of pictures showing the troops suitably adorned.</span></div>
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Here is my son, after I showed him his huge bag of warm hats to give out. He was pretty happy, as you can see!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The group sent me the following photo too, with fewer guys in hats but signs saying "we want to say thank you". The ones facing away from the camera are doing so for security reasons (they are not allowed to appear "in print").</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So the hats are greatly appreciated. It's been a cold winter here, I've gotten lots of requests, and I receive and send out at least a hundred hats a week. Seeing as I've been doing this for seven years now, at a rate of over 5000 hats per year, I believe that together we've passed the 30,000 hats mark. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">YES! I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">OVER 30,000 HANDMADE HATS HAVE GONE TO IDF SOLDIERS SINCE THIS PROJECT BEGAN. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My boundless gratitude and love to you all,</span><br />
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Last night I gave my last batch, 45 hats, to a group serving in Hebron, where it's even snowier than here. Knit on! I can promise you that the hats will be worn and deeply appreciated. </div>
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These were taken in Gush Etzion, somewhere on the Syrian border, and on the Hermon. All of them came with notes from very grateful (and cold) soldiers. So thank you folks, and keep 'em coming!<br />
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By the way, for those of you in the U.S., a lovely Los Angeles yarn shop called <a href="http://www.knitculture.com/" target="_blank">Knit Culture</a> is currently running a campaign to knit hats for soldiers and raise funds for LIBI -- check it out <a href="http://www.knitculture.com/our-blog/hats-israeli-soldiers/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Knit on!CHANNAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359872399023865908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380354492983547840.post-48815799870329549022014-11-16T20:46:00.000+02:002014-11-16T20:46:05.325+02:00Gracias Damas!I met a wonderful group of women this past week.<br />
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This week, a minibus filled with women of all ages from Mexico City pulled up at the Pina Chama, a local spot where volunteer Gush Etzion residents serve free coffee and homemade cake to soldiers. The women all piled out of the bus, and started unloading little plastic bags from the back of the bus. Each bag held 6 hats and in the bus were almost 300 hats, knit by the senior citizens of Kol Hanisayon, a Jewish association in Mexico City that provides activities for the elderly.<br />
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The hats were beautiful, and accompanied by lovely, sweet notes to the soldiers.<br />
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The enthusiastic women of Mexico City gave hats to the soldiers who had stopped at the Pina Chama, took lots of photos with them, and I took them on a quick tour of the modest but meaningful little facility.<br />
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I'm sorry I'm such a terrible blogger but I am popping in to say -- yes, I'm still here and your hats are always welcome! Hats that come in over the month of August will be saved up to go out in Rosh Hashana packages in September.<br />
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Thank you so much to all of you who wrote in to check up on me & mine. We are thank God well, and the people of Israel are strong. Special thanks to those of you who are lay spokespeople for Israel and helping to make our case to the world in the face of so much hostile media and even blatant anti-Semitism.<br />
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ברצוני להודות לך על כובעי הצמר החמים. יותר ממה שהם מגנים עלינו מהקור הם מחממים את ליבותינו, אנו רואים שיש כאלה המעריכים את פעולותינו שמכירים בכך שבמשימות הצבאיות לפעמים אנחנו נקלעים למצבים פיזיים קשים של קור ועייפות.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">We got the hats you made us and we wanted</span><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">to say thanks a lot, I'm sure these will keep us warm. We really appreciate it, it's nice to know someone cares.</span></blockquote>
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We've had record storms in Israel this past week -- torrential rains and more snow than there's been in over 60 years! People in many locations were left without electricity and water, sometimes for days. Roads were closed, cars were buried in snow, women had to give birth...and guess who was called in to save the day? Yes, our friends in the khaki uniforms and the black hats. They worked outdoors, in freezing cold weather, for days on end, with little sleep.You have no idea how helpful and appreciated those hats have been lately, and I'm getting requests for more all the time. </div>
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Here are three e-mails I received from soldiers' mothers this week. Even though they thanked me, you knitters are the ones who deserve the real thanks!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Just wanted to tell you that I spoke to my chayal last night who is freezing and he said to me, "Remember that knitted hat I got when I went into the army? (It was spring when he went in, so he was a bit skeptical that he would actually ever need a wool hat!) Well, it's saving me. It's so warm. Please tell the person who made it thank you."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So Channah, I want to thank you for an amazing service. Keep up the great work, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Our oldest still has his hat 4 years into his army service.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My son asked you for hats for his entire machlaka [division] a year or two ago...and you gave them cheerfully! The chayalim loved them then and they still love them now...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The mother of one of the soldiers, who was the liasion with this group, wrote, "<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">They all very much appreciated receiving the gift of the hats. A couple of them, who had other responsibilities at the time the hats were handed out, let my son know that they, too, wanted to be sure to get their hat. The timing was especially meaningful as it was a way to acknowledge their hard work and add to the celebration of their accomplishments. They posed wearing their hats so I could send you their picture as a way of sending their thanks....</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I am sending you and your group of knitters, my thanks and the thanks of Kapatz 24 for taking the time to knit the hats. Your time and effort really has made a difference for these young soldiers."</span></span><br />
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Today is the last day of Chanukah and the beginning of the wintery Hebrew month of Tevet. Happily, it's raining buckets in Israel today -- we've been waiting for a good rain like this for months. The people who really get the brunt of it, though, are of course our soldiers doing guard duty out in the cold & wet. It is most definitely hat season and dear knitters, your hats have been going out to the Golan, the Negev and everywhere in between. On the first day of Chanukah (which happened to be a lot sunnier) I had the privilege of presenting 300 hats to the Gush Etzion army base, responsible for securing the area I live in. They were very pleased and touched by your gift, and loved the letters and notes you included as well.<br />
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Below, a photo of myself (in the pink sweater) with two soldiers from the local army base, someone from the local security force who accompanied them, and my mother and daughter, both of whom have been collecting, unpacking and labeling hats with me from the start (and by the way, it's been six years now!)<br />
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Keep those hats coming, folks! They are being put to good use!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">That's the recently deceased Charlotte Sasto on the left, who was due to turn 100 in a few weeks' time. Among the many other things she accomplished in her lifetime, one of her last projects was coordinating a group of women, mainly Holocaust survivors over the age of eighty, to knit more than 200 hats for the soldiers of the IDF. May her memory be a blessing. </span>CHANNAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359872399023865908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380354492983547840.post-54588439716720411932013-08-27T21:34:00.001+03:002013-08-27T21:34:57.795+03:0093 and going strong<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yet another amazing knitter. Thank you Daisy, for all you do! May the coming year bring good health, happiness and lots of hats!CHANNAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359872399023865908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380354492983547840.post-89442803891657430122013-04-16T09:14:00.002+03:002013-04-16T09:14:41.778+03:00Yom HaAtzma'ut Sameach!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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CHANNAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359872399023865908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380354492983547840.post-84446402833490131932013-04-14T20:04:00.000+03:002013-04-14T20:09:18.561+03:00A Time to RememberToday, the 20th day of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_of_the_Omer">Omer</a>, is also <a href="http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Modern_Holidays/Yom_Hazikaron.shtml">Yom haZikaron</a> -- Israel Remembrance Day.<br />
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Usually I use this blog to thank the soldiers who defend us, and the knitters who support them. Today I want to use this space to send love and tears to the family of the fallen, and to pray that one day that kind of terrible sacrifice will be unnecessary. May their memories be blessed.<br />
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CHANNAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359872399023865908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380354492983547840.post-36902580039251457852013-03-10T19:49:00.000+02:002013-03-10T19:49:53.513+02:00Thank you from the Engineering Corps. These young men, situated in the north of Israel, really appreciated your hats:<br />
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The hats continue to come in at the rate of about 100 a week, from all over the world. Thanks everyone!<br />
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