It was the first of the starships with many more scheduled to follow. The ship was loaded with Jews headed to begin the settlement of a distant planet. The ship had been carefully built and the selection of passengers went through a vigorous vetting process.
Only around twelve hundred Yidden would travel on the first ship and a lot of responsibility was laid on their shoulders. The future of the Jewish People was contingent on the groundwork that would be done by the volunteers on the initial transport.
A second ship, with tens of thousands of passengers in a deep sleep would follow within a couple of months. Over the next few years, if all went well, most of Earth’s twenty-five million Yidden would be transported in this manner.
The cryogenic technicians, other technical support teams and the spiritual leadership on the first ship needed to be in place when the subsequent transport vehicles began to arrive.
Great hope and expectations were held by all involved in this complicated enterprise. The ship had been named Hatikvah – The Hope. Bands played and banners waved. Crowds of family, friends, and well-wishers cheered. The volunteers walked to the ship that would be their home for the nearly eighteen years of the voyage.
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