By: Brianna Schechter & Erica Eisler
Greetings from Tzfat! Today we woke up in our new hotel, King Solomon. We quicky boarded the bus and were on our way to one of the four holy cities of Israel, Tzfat. We visited two synagogues, Abu-Hav and Arie which were both gorgeous and antique- looking. We learned about the history of the synagogues and then went to visit our kaballah speaker, Avraham. He spoke to us in his art store about his adventures in Israel and his studies of kaballah. He told us the first book he read which got him interested in the spiritual side of Judaism and now we all want to read this book. He studied at the university of Michigan (Brianna's school woooo!), and I can't wait to take psychology of religion which is the class that made him so interested in learning more about Judaisim. Most of us bought his art work because it was so beautiful and had such deep meaning behind each of them. With the art we got packets of what exactly the art meant. After we left his store, the boys went to the Mikvah while the girls shopped.
Tzfat had the best shopping of the whole trip and everyone ended up leaving with no shekles (sorry mom and dad). We ate lunch and then were on our way to our next stop, water rafting.
After the 45 minute bus ride we arrived, and 5-6 people got into each boat. We floated down the calm Jordan river with one rapid. It was relaxing and we were happy to have gotten some sun for the day.
Tonight we begin the holiday of Shavuot and have a huge dinner at the hotel with all the other Mayanot groups staying in our hotel. We had such an amazing day in Tzfat and are so happy well be here for two more days!!
Greetings from Tzfat! Today we woke up in our new hotel, King Solomon. We quicky boarded the bus and were on our way to one of the four holy cities of Israel, Tzfat. We visited two synagogues, Abu-Hav and Arie which were both gorgeous and antique- looking. We learned about the history of the synagogues and then went to visit our kaballah speaker, Avraham. He spoke to us in his art store about his adventures in Israel and his studies of kaballah. He told us the first book he read which got him interested in the spiritual side of Judaism and now we all want to read this book. He studied at the university of Michigan (Brianna's school woooo!), and I can't wait to take psychology of religion which is the class that made him so interested in learning more about Judaisim. Most of us bought his art work because it was so beautiful and had such deep meaning behind each of them. With the art we got packets of what exactly the art meant. After we left his store, the boys went to the Mikvah while the girls shopped.
Tzfat had the best shopping of the whole trip and everyone ended up leaving with no shekles (sorry mom and dad). We ate lunch and then were on our way to our next stop, water rafting.
After the 45 minute bus ride we arrived, and 5-6 people got into each boat. We floated down the calm Jordan river with one rapid. It was relaxing and we were happy to have gotten some sun for the day.
Tonight we begin the holiday of Shavuot and have a huge dinner at the hotel with all the other Mayanot groups staying in our hotel. We had such an amazing day in Tzfat and are so happy well be here for two more days!!
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