September 26, 2002
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It is Time It has been on my mind for some time now that people have been requesting information and also how can they help the Samaritans. It is time! Time to start an international social organization that would benefit the Samaritans in more ways than one. No one person can achieve as much as a group of concerned associates standing up and announcing to the world that the Samaritan-Israelites are still alive today living in Israel, and still celebrating on their Holy ground, Mount Gerizim. The main purpose of this proposed organization would be for sustaining the Samaritan way of life and for educational purposes. The safety of the Samaritans ia a major factor that needs attention and assistance in these troubled times of the West Bank, in Israel. The knowledge of the Samaritans still living on mount Gerizim, to the world would help ensure their security and survival. The educational knowledge of the Samaritans would be needed with many questions that would be challenged. The group would help to finance, translate and publish Samaritan writings and sponsor further Samaritan education, both from the Samaritans and also from individual scholars and organizations such as the Society of Samaritan Studies. Further, arranging lectures for specific functions to educate the populous. One of the first items on the list would be a documentary film on the Samaritans. It would feature the Samaritans and their religious life on mount Gerizim and Holon. Samaritans and scholars and everyday people like you, might be interviewed or used in the commentary. An outlet for this documentary is already be in the works. I have been also working on a small booklet for beginning education of the Samaritans that will be capable of being downloaded on the internet. Further help on this project would also be appreciated. The organization will be connected to our web site the-Samaritans.com, and also use the Samaritan Update for informational functions. Written articles will be displaced in the Samaritan knowledge center. Only one organization in the past, the American Samaritan Committee assisted the Samaritans but somehow lost its enthusiasm. You can be a part of something great and wonderful from the ground up, something you can look back at and be very proud of. It will not be limited, any one can be a part of it. But first, the group needs your ideas, a valid name, membership guidelines, etc. So please e-mail me with your thoughts at shomron@yahoo.com TABERNACLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HOUSE OF THE PRESIDENTS OF ISRAEL The President of Israel told thousands of Israelis who came to greet him in his Succoth Festival open house; "The history of the Jews and the history of the Samaritans were always integrated hand in hand." These words have sealed a wonderful event which with other interesting matters has exposed the Samaritan Succa and the Samaritan Issues to 7,271 visitors.
This year the open house took place on the Succoth week day, Monday,
September 23, between the hours: 10 A.M. - 13:30 P.M. and 16 P.M. till
18:30 P.M.. President
The President requested adding the The main difference between the Samaritan Succa[Tabernacle] and the Jewish Masoratic one is that the Samaritan Tabernacle is built from the four species of plants [beautiful fruits, open palm branches, thick leafed trees and willows of the brook] whereas in the Jewish one the species are held IN the Succa. The difference is prominent when the visitor is astonished to see hundreds of kilograms of different beautiful fruits hanging from the ceiling of the Samaritan-Israelite Succa.
The Priests of the Samaritan People, senior priest Aharon b. Ab Hisda and priest Abraham b. Phinhas b. Masslih have greeted the visitors in the Samaritan Tabernacle and gave special blessings to many of them under their request. Three of the five members of the Samaritan Committee on Mount Gerizim, Secretary Israel Altif, member Ovadia Cohen and member Asher Cohen have made their efforts to successfully explain the Samaritan issue to thousands of visitors through the whole day. Five representative of the Samaritan youth, Azizeh Altif, Abbud Altif, Tamir , Roey and Bari Tsedaka as well as drivers Said and Abraham Tsedaka helped in organizing the Succa to the great number of visitors. President Katzav thanked personally brothers Benyamim and Yefet Tsedaka for the beautiful participation of the Samaritans in the Open House and expressed his hope that the Samaritans will participate in next year's same event. President Katzav came up with the idea two years ago and that all the preparations had already been completed on September 2000, but then the second Palestinian El Aqsa Intifada had violently started and the Samaritans had to delay it to a better time. (A. B. News Services) aslo see the Jerusalem Post article: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1032275856927 Proposed New Book
For the first time ever in the History of publications of the
Samaritan Studies in Holon Israel comes the idea for a wonderful new book.
It will contain the whole Samaritan Historical sources with written
testimonies and thousands of official documents. Ancient inscriptions
describe the history of the Israeli-Samaritans from the Creation and
mainly from Joshua the son of Nun till the year 2000 C.E. Updates to the
day of publishing will be in four languages, Ancient Hebrew, Modern
Hebrew, Arabic and English. The first two languages are already in
progress of publishing. It contains indexes of personal names, Family
names, places and contains. Written, collected and edited by Benyamim
Tsedaka of Holon Israel. Proposed publishing will be 2002-04 with 850
columns with over 100 pages of illustrations and documents. Copies will be
limited: Modern Hebrew- 2000, Ancient Hebrew- 250, Arabic 500 and English
2000 copies. Reserve your copy or copies now! Contact Benyamim Tsedaka at
tsedakab@netvision.net.il
A. B. News Services
Photo of the Tabernacle drawing
The article by Judith Fein, Who will Help the Good Samaritans, will be posted in our Hebrew Section of our Knowledge Center as soon as it is translated into Hebrew! Our New addition and Translator is Guy Tsabary. Thank you! We would like to thank you for visiting our website, www.The-Samaritans.com in the past and hope you visit us again real soon. We ask you to forward this Update to your friends. The purpose at our web site is the education of the existence and history of the Samaritan-Israelites, descendants of the ancient Kingdom of Israel. Recently we have been working on expanding our web site. We do hope you enjoy visiting our site and recommend it to your friends. Again we thank you for visiting us at www.The-Samaritans.com . Take care and may you be blessed from the Holy One from above. |
Fulfilling
the will and request of President Moshe Katzav, a Samaritan Tabernacle [a
Sukkah] was especially built for the first time in the courtyard of the
Israel Presidential Residence alongside the Masoratic Jewish one, in
accordance with the blessed custom of the Presidents since the
establishment of the presidency to make a one day open house with
presidential reception to receive the personal blessings of the Succoth
Festival from many thousands of people from different social and religious
groups in Israel as well as visitors from abroad. 
Samaritan-Israelite
Tabernacle and was intended by him with his personal interest and
friendship to the Samaritan People, to show to the People of Israel
everywhere the specialty and originality of the Samaritan-Israelite
Tabernacle. Many Israelis and visitors from abroad among then one thousand
new Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union countries described the
Samaritan Succa as the highlights of the event. 
Every effort of
cooperation was made between the Presidential Residency and the "A.B. -
Institute of Samaritan Studies", together with the Committee of the 