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Pictures from the Holy Land: The Golan Heights

Alon — Tue, 25 May 2010 09:22:26 +0000

Hello everyone!

I know how much you like seeing pictures from the Holy Land (here’s our Gallery), so I when I saw the beautiful pictures my friend Anastasia took in the Golan Heights, I jumped at the chance to bring you some landscape magic. Here are the pictures (beautiful, aren’t they?), and my many thanks to Anastasia: (click on a photo to enlarge)

I hope you enjoyed these photos .

Blessings from the Holy Land,

Yours,

Alon

One Kotel, Many Prayers (Pictures)

Alon — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:11:30 +0000

Shalom everyone!

Last Thursday’s trip to Jerusalem was one of the most fun I’ve had. There was such a festive atmosphere there, with many Bar-Mitzvah celebrations, and no one could stay nonchalant.
Here are a few pictures from last week’s ride to Jerusalem. Many beautiful pictures from Jerusalem will be added to the Gallery section soon!

Click on any photo to enlarge.

First thing’s first – arriving to the right place!

Taking your prayers to the Kotel itself:

…and making sure the Kippa (Yarmulke ) sits securely on my head:

Looking for my special niche in the Western Wall…

…and finally getting set up:

many minutes and many prayers later that day…

More pictures to come!

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Best regards from the Holy Land!

All ready for tomorrow :)

Alon — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:57:50 +0000

Get Printed Photos From Jerusalem

Alon — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:48:40 +0000

Shalom All!

I have already published a few blog posts on this website with pictures of my trips to Jerusalem, that were always a big success with you. These photos (here) got over a 100 comments, countless tweets and dozens of emails. Additionally, These photos (here) also got that much attention.

You said the pictures bring tears to your eyes. That made me a very happy man.

A lot of people have emailed me and asked me to send them printed photos. Some inquired how they can buy copies of the photos. However, I don’t feel right selling pictures that I’m willing to give for free for your enjoyment. On the other hand, as you know printing pictures and sending international letters can get quite expensive, especially if you send dozens at a time. I’m sure you know money is tight for me and I really can’t afford to send so many international letters right now.

A few days ago I got an idea, which I want to try out with you all. I thought to myself – what if I send printed photos to people who donate money to this cause? That way you could get printed photos, and I could get some desperately needed donations.

So here’s what I’m offering, and please let me know what you think: Anyone who donates $10 or more, will get a real letter in the mail with real printed photos. After subtracting the costs of sending you letters, I will still have a few dollars left over.

So how is it going to work? First, click on this orange button to donate via PayPal :

After you donate, I’ll have your contact details. I’ll email you to verify the address you want the letter to be sent to. I also think you can add your own text in a custom field there, so you could write all the necessary details.

For any questions, comments or suggestions, you can always email me to: contact@tweetyourprayers.org .

What do you think?

Yours with love from the Holy Land

Android App Update – Rolling out letters!

Pictures from the Western Wall

Alon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:53:56 +0000

Shalom all!
A couple of weeks ago I took another box full of your prayers to the Kotel (the Western Wall) and stashed them in the crevices of the Wall. Along with me was a crew of the Japanese TV station NHK. If you send your prayer between the 1st and the 14th of October – than your prayer is in these photos!
Here are some of the pictures I took, you can click your mouse button on any of them to enlarge:

All your prayers in a nice wooden box:

I love the way the prayers form a ‘blue river’ of paper:

Here’s the camera man making sure he has a good shot of the ‘river’:

And finally, mission accomplished:

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