Students Celebrate Renewal of Sha-Nur Settlement with Historic Visit and Song

Twenty-one years after the 2005 disengagement, hundreds of students from the Amet Yeshiva in Bruchin visited the renewed settlement of Sha-Nur in northern Samaria for the first time this week. The visit marked a significant milestone as the students, together with Shomron Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and former Sha-Nur residents who returned after the settlement's reestablishment, gathered at the ancient fortress. They sang "Tefilah LaAni," a song closely associated with the struggle against the disengagement and expulsion from northern Samaria and Gush Katif, symbolizing a historic closure.

During the event, the students completed the study of the Talmudic tractate Rosh Hashanah alongside Yeshiva head Rabbi Avi Shish, who linked the end of the school year with the return to Sha-Nur, saying, "You will still plant vineyards in the hills of Samaria," highlighting the ongoing renewal. Nechama Leah Aviner, a former Sha-Nur resident expelled in 2005, blessed the students and described the return as a rectification for the entire people of Israel.

The event culminated in a moving mass singing of "Tefilah LaAni" followed by "Ushvu Banim Legvulam," with hundreds of students, staff, and residents joining in. Yossi Dagan emphasized the shift from the disengagement plan to one of connection and love for the Land of Israel, declaring, "We returned to Sha-Nur and this time we are here to stay forever! You, the students of Amet Yeshiva and the youth of Samaria, are the victorious generation that will establish new settlements and bring all of Israel here." He also announced that in two months, another mass singing event would take place at the renewing settlements of Gan and Kadim.