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Shabbat Shalom! We’ve reached the second and third days of our trip, and they have been so fun and exciting. On Friday we left our hotel in the holy city of Tiberius to visit another holy city, Tzfat. We encountered a very passionate and enlightened, or “orot” (spiritually high), Kabalah artist. He was laid back, had a deeply rooted appreciation for Judaism, and found many aspects of life “awesome awesome awesome.” Afterwards, we explored the holy city, toured the oldest synagogue in the village, and I had my first falafel experience (thumbs up). We finished Friday off with Shabbat ceremonies and a Shabbat dinner with the other group also here on Mayanot. We began Saturday with multiple rounds of speed dating and all got to know many members of the opposite sex on Mayanot 217. We discussed topics such as our families, our belief in god, if we lie, and sometimes the questions led to great conversation. We had a successful round of “Stump the Rabbi,” and after ending Shabbat we went out for an “awesome awesome awesome” night in Tiberias. We enjoyed a great dinner and lots of dancing at the pub Big Ben. We all can’t wait to meet the Israeli soldiers accompanying us on our trip, and are so anxious for our big night out with them in Tel Aviv.
Until next time, sababa!
- Mel D
The beauitful view of the Kineret from our hotel rooms where we stayed over the wekeend.
In Tzfat
Group shot on Mt. Arbel
See previous post for more pics of Day 2 & 3
dawn distefano wrote...