A Visitor to Shiloh

Rabbi Levinger in Shilo, Migron

Rabbi Moshe Levinger, the father of the modern Jewish community of Hevron, is recovering from a stroke - but took time out to visit budding hilltop communities in Judea and Samaria.

Rabbi Levinger was hospitalized last November after suffering a stroke that ended, at least temporarily, his decades-long career of actively promoting settlement all over the Land of Israel. This week, however, he was able to tour, together with the leadership of the Land of Israel Faithful movement, several Biblical-area hilltops recently settled by Jews.

The tour took place in the Migron region near Psagot, and in the Shilo bloc, between Ofra and Tapuach..."I'm with you in spirit, and may you continue to ascend and build," the deep-voiced rabbi told the youth during his visit this week. He added that he sees these new settlement points as the beginning of the plan to settle many additional points throughout Judea and Samaria.

...Near Shilo are several small neighborhoods, which are growing and prospering at a very slow but steady rate. Among them are Achiyah, Givat Har'el, Yishuv HaDaat, Kidah, and others.