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ourselves with water, though our
throats were parched from thirst, and
just before sundown we had the satis-
faction of seeing our work completed.
But as we climbed down from the
By J. H. HIERI
roof the gendarmes rode in.
The chief turned purple with rage
episode
which
I
am
about
to
of
sorrow
in
which
it
had
lain
en
The
when he saw that he was too late.
relate took place on the first Erev shrouded and to bloom afresh.
"Why did you build your houses
Rosh Hashonah, in the first Jewish
Not long after, various rumors and
colony in Emek Israel—Merchavia. stories were heard to circulate among without a permit?" he shouted, strid-
How did the first colonists settle in the Arabs regarding the new Jews ing up to us.
the valley? How was the name "Men- who had settled in the Israel Valley
"This is not a house," one of our
chavia" given to the settlement? Here and who tilled the land with such number replied cooly. "It is merely
is the story. The beautiful, broad strange implements, and where the a succah for our holiday. Succoth,
valley of Emek Israel, surrounded by girls worked in the fields together which we will noon celebrate."
the Carmel hills and the Gled hills, with the men.
The chief did not see that the barn
breathed a glad welcome to those
A secret hatred sprung up in the was a shelter for cattle and not a
courageous members of their race
Arabs' breasts towards these Judean, succah, but he was vindictively stub-
who after centuries of wandering
—a hatred which developed and led born and asked further: "There is
were at last cqming back to it.
to the famous onslaught the Arabs yet three weeks to your Succoth holi-
When one beautiful morning the on Merchavia, about which the Arabs day. Why then did you hurry to
sun sent out its bright beams as a afterward wove fantastic stories. build this succah at this time which
guide to new paths, 25 young men The heroism of the "Shororim" (pro. is so near your New Year?"
and women, all healthy, strong and tecting guards( at that time tilled the
Our bold chaver did not lose his
with firm tread, entered the marvel- Arabs with such wonder that they be- wit.
lously lovely valley of. Israel which came enshrined in their legendary
"You see," said he, "there is a
nestled between the hills shrouded In lore.
Jewish law which devout Jews must
mystery and sorrow. With them, these
The government officials of the follow implicitly. It is that succahs
young people brought ploughs, scythes
must be built Erev Rosh Iloshonah."
town of Nitzres, under whose author.
The chief and his gendarmes had
and many modern implements for ity the colony found itself, also
farming. But before they betook looked askance at the new colony and by now discovered what "succahs"
themselves to the actual work of till- sought to hinder its work at every our barns were, but the strong cog-
ing the land they climbed up to the step. They refused to issue permits nac and coffee with which we treated
highest peak of the neighboring hills for the building of houses for the col- them, and the few coins which we
and there solemnly made their resolve onists and barns for the cattle, The innocently pressed into their hands,
to build a colony and reclaim at least
coupled to the fact that the roof of
workmen bore patiently the misery
this piece of land which they had of living in a clay Arab's hovel, but the barn was already laid, served to
blind them to transgressions of the
newly bought for Israel. Long slid
for the animals some shelter had to
they gaze at the surrounding country. be provided, especially in view of the law and they rode away, our bes t
As far as the eye could reach lay closeness of the winter months, with friends.
That evening, when our comrades
broad and glorious plains. They
their incessant rains.
came home, they found ready for the
lodketi to the.east, they looked to the
It happened a few days before animals the quarters which were built
west, they looked to the south and
to the north, and infinite grandeur Rosh Ilashonah, when we began to with so much anxiety. We were nat -
build a few large barns for the horses urally all very merry about it, but
met their gaze in every direction.
and cattle without the permission of
And then they realized the mean- the government. Our aim was to felt unusually happy. Seemingl y
ing of freedom. Freedom—limitless build the foundations to the sheds as such a trifling thing, this laying of
freedom! ... They were filled with 3 quickly as possible and then lay the stable roof, yet I felt a spirit o f
y
sudden desire to fly, and fly proudly, roofs at our convenience. We knew achievement such as I have rarel
d
over this land with its myriad of that once the roofs were put on we felt since. It was as if I had playe I
a
part
in
a
great
creation.
sparkling colors—to fly over the were safe, for according to the Turk-
An
hour
before
the
sun
set
and
fin
whole valley from the hills of Eph ish law no roofed building con be
riam to the hills of Naphtali and torn down. We had already discov- ally sank into the sea behind th i
breathe in great gulps this air that ered that our Arab neighbors had Carmel hills, the last hour of the ol
year, the chaverim gathered in th
was free and untainted.
spied upon us and communicated last snoops of wheat and carted the n
Long, long, they stood on the hill
their knowledge to the authorities in
s
unable to tear themselves away. They Nitzres and dreading a surprise visit off to the station. The chaverim ha
were silent. Their lips and their by the gendarmes we hurried our toned before the year expired to re
hearts were dumb with. joy and sor- l work on the foundations with all our duce their large money deficits am
row. The grandeur of E me k Israe might and speed. By Erev Rosh Ila- to settle all their accounts, and b
the time the first shadows of nigh
overwhelmed them.
shonah this work was completed. The
It was very silent all around, the chaverim went into the fields to fell our work was done. A new yea i
had set in.
deep entrancing silence of the East
plough, leaving us with two men and
The night of Rosh Hashonah w
which no one who feels it wishes to
six girls to cover the roofs with kar- spent in our colony hospital, togetbe
break. But the sheer beauty of the mitch. After setting one of us on
u
surroundings could no longer be guard to prevent intrusion from the with the sick and fevered and o
nurse Manitchke. We wished eac
choked within oneself and suddenly
gendarmes, we two men and the girls other happy new years and voiced th
one young man cried out: "Chaveriml energetically began covering the roof.
e
What God's grandeur is here! What The girls helped us by standing on wish that came from our hearts th
in the near future our numbers woul
freedom! What a Merchavia!"
ladders and handing to us the ker.. be multiplied, that our loneline s
"Merchavia!" The word echoed mitch while we worked on the roof.
w
through the valley. It echoed like We labored so swiftly that even when should not be so great, and that Je
ish colonies would be sown thickly 1
some charmed symbol of a new world
a karmitch fell upon my foot and in- this fair valley of Israel, where th
and the valley was filld with its sound jured it, I could not spare the time
and with the glorious enthusiasm of to wipe away the blood that gushed Arab but scrapes the surface of a etc
the chaverim. And to this day,iller- from the wound. And so we worked soil that nature destined to suppo
chavia Is the name of the first Jewish and the roof grew steadily with every a nation.
colony in Emek Israel.
minute that passed.
, They ran down.the hill and the eyes
Ilananiah, Mishael and Azariah a t
Some hours past mid-day, our
Ot each of the colonists burned with
exemplars of those who were willi r
the fire of an ideal happiness. They guard signalled us from his station to sacrifice their lives for their co
cloud
of
dust
was
a
on
the
hill
that
harnessed 20 horses and mules In a
viction. "Still," said Rabh, "if th
long row and set to work to plough visible on the road from Nitzres. It had been tortured instead of hei r g
the first border lines of the new col- was doubtless the gendarmes hurrying thrown wholly into the fiery furnac
ony. Their Hebrew songs of freedom to demolish our barns. We now probably they would have bowed 0
were heard far and wide in the val- worked at a furious pace, without the image."—Talmud.
ley so that it began to lose the mist rest and without stopping to refresh

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