He nīnauele me Kauka On-Bar, he kamaʻāina o ka ʻāina meaʻai o ka ʻIseraʻela, e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala a me nā kumu no ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Amirim, kona wahi mākaʻikaʻi, a me ka manaʻo o ka Iudaio i ka vegetarianism.
He kauhale meaʻai ʻo Amirim, ʻaʻole he kibbutz. Aia mākou ma luna o 160 ʻohana, 790 poʻe me nā keiki. ʻO wau iho he kauka lapaʻau, PhD a me Master of Psychology and Psychophysiology. Eia kekahi, ʻo wau ka makuahine o ʻelima mau keiki a ʻo ke kupuna wahine o ʻehā, he vegans mākou a pau.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kauhale e kahi pūʻulu liʻiliʻi o nā mea ʻai meaʻai i makemake e hānai i kā lākou mau keiki i kahi nohona olakino a me ka nohona. I ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻāina, ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi mauna i haʻalele ʻia e nā malihini mai ʻApelika ʻĀkau ma muli o ka paʻakikī o ka noho ʻana ma laila. ʻOiai nā kūlana paʻakikī (pōhaku, nele i nā kumu wai, makani), hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻomohala i ka ʻāina. ʻO ka mua, kūkulu ʻia nā hale lole, kūkulu ʻia nā kīhāpai, a laila hoʻomaka ka nui o nā poʻe e hele mai, kūkulu ʻia nā hale, a hoʻomaka ʻo Amirima e lawe i kona helehelena. Ua noho mākou ma ʻaneʻi i ka makahiki 1976, he kāne ʻōpio me kahi keiki i hele mai mai Ierusalema mai.
E like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai, maikaʻi nā kumu āpau. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Amirim me ke aloha i nā holoholona a me ka hopohopo no ko lākou pono i ke ola. I ka wā lōʻihi, ua hoʻomaka ka pilikia o ke olakino a ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe nāna i hoʻōla iā lākou iho me ke kōkua o ka meaʻai mea kanu i hoʻomaka i ko mākou kauhale e hānai i nā keiki i ke olakino a pili i ke ʻano. ʻO ke kumu aʻe ʻo ia ka ʻike ʻana i ka hāʻawi pōʻino o ka ʻoihana ʻiʻo i ka hoʻomehana honua a me ka pollution.
Ma keʻano laulā, he kaiāulu hoʻomana ʻole ʻo Amirim, ʻoiai he mau ʻohana hoʻomana kā mākou, ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā mea kanu. Manaʻo wau inā e pepehi ʻoe i nā holoholona, e hōʻike ana ʻoe i ka hana ʻino, ʻaʻohe mea e ʻōlelo ai ke Torah. Ua kākau ka poʻe i ke Torah - ʻaʻole ke Akua - a he mau nāwaliwali ko nā kānaka a me nā mea hoʻohui, hoʻololi pinepine lākou i nā lula e kūpono i ko lākou ʻoluʻolu. Wahi a ka Baibala, ʻaʻole ʻai ʻo ʻAdamu lāua ʻo Eva ma ka māla ʻo ʻEdena i ka ʻiʻo, nā huaʻai wale nō, nā huaʻai, nā hua a me ka palaoa. Ma hope wale nō, ma lalo o ka mana o ka palaho, hoʻomaka nā kānaka e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Grand Rabbi Kook inā hoʻōki ka poʻe i ka pepehi ʻana i nā holoholona a lilo i mea ʻai meaʻai, e pau lākou i ka pepehi ʻana i kekahi i kekahi. Ua kākoʻo ʻo ia i ka vegetarianism i ala e loaʻa ai ka maluhia. Pea kapau ʻokú ke sio ki he ngaahi lea ʻa e palōfita ko ʻĪsaia, ko ʻene vakai ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ko e “ʻa e lilifa mo e taika te nau nofo moʻui lelei ki he taha ʻo e foha.”
E like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, ʻike ka poʻe i ke ʻano o ke ʻano o ke ʻano he ʻano ʻē aʻe e ʻōlelo ai. I koʻu wā liʻiliʻi (mea kanu), hoʻohenehene koʻu mau hoa papa i nā mea aʻu i ʻai ai, e like me ka letus. Ua hoʻomāʻewaʻewa mai lākou iaʻu e pili ana i ka lapeti, akā ʻakaʻaka wau me lākou a haʻaheo mau no ka ʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole au i mālama i ka manaʻo o kekahi, a ma ʻAmirim nei, manaʻo ka poʻe he ʻano kūpono kēia. Ma ke ʻano he mea lapaʻau, ʻike wau i ka nui o ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia i kā lākou mau maʻamau, ka ʻai maikaʻi ʻole, ka puhi paka, a pēlā aku. Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ko mākou noho ʻana, nui ka poʻe i lilo i vegans a hoʻomaikaʻi i ko lākou olakino, ma ke kino a me ka noʻonoʻo. ʻAʻole mākou ʻike i ka veganism he radical a koʻikoʻi paha, akā kokoke i ke ʻano.
Ma waho aʻe o nā meaʻai hou a olakino, loaʻa iā mākou nā hale spa, nā hale hana a me nā hale haʻiʻōlelo. I ke kauwela, loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻaha mele ma waho, nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā wahi kūlohelohe kokoke a me nā nahele.
He nani a ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻo Amirin a puni ka makahiki. ʻOiai i ka hoʻoilo he nui nā lā lā. A ʻoiai hiki ke pua a me ka ua i ke kau anuanu, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka manawa maikaʻi ma ke Kai o Galilaia, hoʻomaha i ka spa, ʻai i loko o kahi hale ʻaina me kahi papa ʻaina meaʻai maikaʻi.