I Moved From Monsey to a Moshav in Israel!

[Music] we're here in MAV with aak a farmer I'm going to have him introduce himself cuz he speaks perfect English and tell us how he ended up here over 40 years ago I living in M I was in business I didn't I wasn't getting spiritual satisfaction what's in Isel called C I felt that I wasn't doing anything anything for my uh for my spiritual happiness was just I was covering my bills I didn't know anybody any money and I was living the life of mon and one day I was going home from sh and a couple guys from from Rockland Community College on the road on sh this afternoon right after mive they threw a beer can out the window not to hit me they weren't weren they look they did not look very dangerous and was almost in smile hey Jew why don't you go home and now my house was two two houses away from where I was at that moment and I said I start I start to thinking I like their to all the time I learned here in cell for a couple of years where shinberg and toor start me thinking you know what is home is home place you build a house and you live in it or a tent in in a desert or is home where your your n sha feels that they it feels comfortable I told I told my wife I think it's time to move we had six kids at the time and um what year was this 1978 and I didn't want to go right away because I want my son to have the the same seventh grade Reby that I had in Yesa Spring Valley Rob masinski I waited one we at that get have my masinski re I'm cry we know masinski masinski was an old turv T who also became a t of the CL M Rea who happens to be my sandic and R mski was a legendary rebi who as so I waited till I waited till till he finished the seventh the seventh grade and that some I made and you bought a piece of land and started farming no this is m i i i had to be accepted to be Jo to join the M as a full member meaning that that that would get along with the people they would get along with me and yet my work ethic was such that they can continue work in the mosab it's a it's a it's a farming mosab with we have cows and chickens and we have a lot of fields and Vineyards and I felt my my temperament will be very good being the vineyard where it's you go out in the field and you basically take care of the what you have to take care of difference between a Vineyard and raising kids is that when you when you give the the the when you give the vineyard what it needs it comes out the way expected to come out will have seven children everyone came out the way the way they should come out barash so that's said I came what your say what what was your s ha for for many many years yeah I've got up in the morning have a learn a little bit a little before doing have have do chakras go have a quick breakfast and go out to the field and take care of my Vineyards I had had 150 acres of Vineyards here that I was I was in charge of not right away the first first couple years I had to learn how what it meant I bought a textbook from the nus of California of V viticulture which is growing vines who is not like a ventner ventner is the one who makes the wine vulture is the is the the growing the The Grapes I learned I studied it and I went to seminars here in Israel I learn I was worked under somebody who was running it at the time and slowly but surely I became into the I I became my my responsibility over here um the boys the boys go to yes we have it's a mixed Community we have some and some MIM we have on shabas they have some some stral and we have some black hats and everyone is here has one that's a sh why we're standing in front of the Sho is because Reb label is retired he's not working on the farms and he sits and learns in the Sho that's where we met him so it's fascinating just to be able to meet you here and to learn about this MAV and everything that you've done and I do you have G workers CH actually since since the war the war meaning we we used to have Palestinian workers here all the time in the morning they would come down I tell them what have be done they work worked as an house a a labor contractor the the workers the pal Palestinians know are good Farmers they know how to work land um and they strong but since we since now we don't have to using Tha the thae workers from Thailand we had thae workers before then also now now now we're trying to fight against the Israel Air Force it's a losing battle barash K thank you it's a pleasure meeting you