One of the benefits of living in modern Israel is the physical connection with the Bible. When Shmuel Veffer moved to Yavne’el in the Lower Galilee, he personally witnessed Jacob’s blessing to Naftali come to fruition right in his own backyard. Israel is divided into regions based on the Biblical Read more…
I was returning home to Yavne’el in the Galilee from picking up some decanters at our supplier in Samaria. We decided to stop for a picnic lunch at the official rest stop on Highway 6 which is the main north/south toll road in the country. The rest stop is similar Read more…
The Hebrew word for butterfly is פרפר parpar. Spring comes early in this part of the Galilee. The flowers blooming in the garden are fighting for space with the wild thistles and mustard greens. The fresh burst of pinks, whites and yellows is accompanied by the buzzing of bees and the Read more…
Battle lines are being drawn now that the European Union requires labeling exports from the “terrritories.” Israel’s supporters around the world are jumping on the bandwagon to defy the EU and increase their own purchases from the “settlements.” Thank you all. Most of you already know that our Galilee Green Read more…
Although Yavne’el is mentioned as a border town in tribal area of Naphtali in the book of Joshua, the modern village of Yavne’el was founded in 1901. The struggling Jewish pioneers began with a large tract of land purchased by Baron Edmond de Rothschild from the Ottoman Emperor and managed Read more…
Galilee Green is much more than an Olive Oil company. We are here to help connect you the Land of Israel, its People, its Torah and the Land’s Bounty! That’s why we like sharing with you what it’s like to live here in the Galilee. Last week we told you Read more…
During Shmittah (Sabbatical) year we minimize the work we do in our garden. There’s a corner that we let go fallow and it has become overgrown with wild wheat, weeds and thistles. The other morning on my way to Synagogue I spotted this little feral kitten chilling on a rock. Read more…
During the Shmittah (Sabbatical) Year, it’s not only commercial farmers who are affected. People who have their own fruit trees and even decorative plants in their private gardens must let them go fallow this year. We can water them to ensure the plants don’t die, but we are not allowed Read more…
With the shocking tragedy of the Deadly Biker Brawl in Waco Texas still fresh in our minds, I was in Tiberias tonight shopping. At the stoplight in front of me was this local biker. The sign on his bike says, “Shma Yisrael, Ado-nai E-loheinu, Ado-nai Echad” “Hear, O Israel, Hashem Read more…
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