In 1926, the two neighboring Kibbutzin united. Some of Tel Hai’s members left and others joined Kfar Giladi. One of them, Yehuda Efrati, could not reconcile himself with the notion of leaving the courtyard, which had become the symbol of defending the land, for even one night. Every evening he would walk down to Tel Hai, light lamps so everyone would know he was there, and lie down to sleep. On 10 January 1935, an announcment in the Kfar Giladi newletter: “The youth group has reached Tel Hai. Now Yehuda Efrati can sleep at home.”