I sat down recently to speak with Gidon Ariel in his beautiful home in the Hills of Hevron. We began to speak about his childhood when he hit me with a 2-by-4 (figuratively). Turns out he made Aliyah at the age of 14. No, not with his family. By himself! This was a fun one, with lots of thoughts from Gidon on the importance of living in the land, and what it means to have a geula – redemption - mentality.
![Youth Is Just a Number - Aliyah at 14](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/landofisrael/42f3353b-5e65-4c41-8ceb-4436e8c12b70Untitled.png)
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