We had an informative and introspective day learning all about Jerusalem’s borders and all of those who fought for them. We started our day by reuniting with those who left for free weekend! We were all so excited to see our friends (and our bus!) again and continue our journey together. Our first stop of Continue Reading »
This free weekend Shabbat was filled with plenty of free time to rest up and savor our last moments with our friends for the summer. We started with a late shacharit before having lunch together. We then had many hours of free time before dinner. We wrapped up our Shabbat with a long slowach session Continue Reading »
We had a very exciting start to our free weekend! We began our day with a musical shacharit where each room picked a song that they thought connected to each prayer that we say during morning services. When we put it all together, we had a varied, dynamic playlist that we listened to as we Continue Reading »
Even though we experienced Tisha B’Av in a few different ways as a group, we all had a meaningful day as we commemorated the horrible tragedies that this day marks. We were in two groups for the day. For those who weren’t fasting, or were fasting and comfortable being active, we went to the Old Continue Reading »
Yesterday in the spirit of Tisha Bav we started our day in the Minarot Hakotel where we saw and touched the foundations of the Temple Mount and learned how it was constructed. We then visited the Burnt house and learned about the destruction of the Second Temple from the viewpoint of the son of a Continue Reading »
After shacharit together this morning, we began our day in Jerusalem with a visit to Yad LaKashish. This organization supports seniors in Jerusalem, of all different Jewish backgrounds, through various forms of art. On our tour, we walked through the art studios and met many of the seniors who were busy creating, painting, designing, sewing, Continue Reading »
The sun woke us up bright early today after sleeping in the desert. We all got to watch the sunrise together before doing some yoga for our shacharit service. It was so peaceful to be surrounded by so much beauty while we did yoga together. We then got ready to leave our site in Mitzpe Continue Reading »
Today we got to see and learn all about the Negev! We started our day by journeying all the way to the south before going on a short hike through a canyon called Ein Ovdat. We learned a new song to sing together and got to admire the waterfall at the end of the canyon, Continue Reading »
Our focus today was on minorities in Israel. So to begin our day, we drove to Haifa and explored the Baha’i Gardens! Talia (our tour guide) shared about the Baha’i faith and the history behind these gardens specifically in Haifa. We then had an opportunity to walk around the lookout of the gardens, of course Continue Reading »
It was so special to spend this relaxing Shabbat all together as one group for the last time. We had a special late wake up and a late shacharit to really take the time to rest after such a busy week. Since we didn’t have a Torah, tefillah va’ad put together a special Torah service Continue Reading »
