When I awoke this morning I asked myself why? What’s the point of waking up at 3 am just to hike a mountain called Masada with a history that I already felt familiar with? Well when we finally got there and climbed the extremly long and tiring steps, Ariel our tour guide, began to tell…
We tackled today with a late wake up…finally! Following a delicious breakfast at Jerusalem’s finest establishment, MMY, we began our annual Shabbat chaburahs. Our groups spoke about the controversial topic of the “Chosen People”, this opened up a wide variety of different values and opinions. We have to say the debates between our peers were…
No combination of the 26 letters in the English alphabet could accurately begin to describe such a perfect day. The day started on a perfect note with a lovely 7:30 wake up. Once the sleep was wiped out of our eyes, bathing suits were adorned and we left our air conditioned hotel into the hot…
Today we woke up early to go camel riding, it was an amazing experience! We ate breakfast in the Bedouin tents with many other programs. Later we went to the Teva company and learned about How they produced medecine. Next we visited a ranch in the Negev that harvests dates and olive oil. It was…
Yesterday was one of the most exciting, action packed day yet. It started off with a splash in the sea in the city of Ashdod where everyone enjoyed crashing into the large waves, or getting on that nice to tan to show off back in T.O. Later that day we visited what some people call…
After a relaxing free weekend, where we spent time with friends and family, we regrouped early this morning energized and ready to go. Our first stop, was at the Palmach museum where learned about the israeli underground army during the establishment of the state of Israel. The next short stop was Rabin Square where the…
I would like to begin this entry by thanking the people who made this brilliant day possible. Our day commenced with of course thanking our G-d for the small but magnificent miracles he has blessed us with. Our first destination of this astonishing day was walking through what we were told was a water hike.…
Today was tisha ba’av, A day in Judaism in which people remember the destruction of the temple. In addition to this, many other events that affected jews In a negative way also happened on this day. To experience this tradition of remembrance we learned in groups and watched shindlers list, a holocaust movie, and went…
Today we took a magical journey to the Old City of Jerusalem. We woke up early this morning to daven at the Kotel Hamaravi. Walking up to the several thousand year old Kotel gave me chills. As i pulled out my note from my pocket and slipped perfectly into the crack in the wall that…
Today we went on one of the hardest yet best hike so far called Nachal Kziv. It was a gruesome hike but in the end we all survived and have amazing stories to tell. After the hike we had lunch which was all you can eat pizza!! After our delicious lunch we drove to Keshet…
