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Ari
Abramowitz

Arugot Farm:

REDEMPTION ON THE

JUDEAN FRONTIER

around as well. Rising from the center of the
mountain is our castle-like retreat center
which, although only half completed, is
already a destination which people from
all over the world come to experience.
On the summit of the highest mountain
on our property we built our beit tefillah,
which is unparalleled in its mystical beauty.
It is already regularly booked with a wide
array of spiritual concerts and experiential
programs such as hitbodedut, hishtokekut,
and other types of ancient meditation
Along with my three pioneering partners techniques that are once again coming to
his is my home. and their families, we transformed these life in the Land of Israel.
previously inaccessible mountains from
TI live on a mountaintop on the a barren desolation of rocks, thorns, and A short walk away one can find an ancient
southeastern tip of the Judean tumbleweeds into a Garden of Eden-like cave, untouched for millennia, which could
Frontier. I could try to describe it to you oasis unlike anything in the Land of Israel. undoubtedly tell great stories of our history
in words, but I’ve come to believe that’s from King David and the Maccabees, to Bar
impossible; it would be like showing you a From a distance, our farm appears on the Kochba and the battles for Judea. In the
sheet of musical notes instead of taking you horizon like an ancient Judean Kingdom. southern valley surrounding our mountain
to a philharmonic orchestra. I’ve heard the word “Camelot” thrown are the organic vineyards we planted five

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