Day four... We're back. Sorry about the hiatus, Shabbat got the best of us. #TeamNoPhone. Also rabbi tried to replace me, but to no avail! #CantStopWontStop
Again our day started off with breakfast, however I slept in too long (you could probably guess why) and didn't make it. I heard it was pretty good.
We were off to the Mikvahs. Woot. The men and women were separated. For the men, we had an overly enthusiastic Jew in Tzvat explain the meaning and significance behind using the Mikvahs. In In the most simplest sense, it's used as a way to refresh and restart, physically and spiritually.
The women (not that I would know) had a similar experience, however theirs was geared more towards the function of a mikvah for a woman and for family purity. We learned something very interesting... If a community only has enough money to build a synagogue, buy a Torah, or build a mikvah, they should build a mikvah before the others. They also had an opportunity to meditate.
Afterward, we hiked to the top of Tzvat. I then realized I did not need to go to Israel for the Israel experience, all I had to do was use a stair master machine. Literally, the stairs never ended.
We were going to get lunch once we were at the top of tzfat, but then we realized everything was closed due to Israel's Independence Day. So we got burgers (Very Israeli Cuisine)
To the Jordan river we went. We were put into groups and got to ride the Kayaks on the river... It was lit. Many of us attacked each other and many of us went overboard (some more than others). I didn't know how to row the boat and we kept crashing into trees. Ouch.
After nearly dying in the Rapids (not really) we had a guest speaker talk to us about terrorism in the Middle East. He was very enthusiastic, but all he did was compare politics to food. I mean it was 7:00, and we were very hungry. Probably not the nicest thing to do to college students.
We had another buffet dinner (which was fire) and we all hung out at the hotel because we had to get up early the next morning for the Holocaust Museum. Tune in next time. #McCoyReturned
Again our day started off with breakfast, however I slept in too long (you could probably guess why) and didn't make it. I heard it was pretty good.
We were off to the Mikvahs. Woot. The men and women were separated. For the men, we had an overly enthusiastic Jew in Tzvat explain the meaning and significance behind using the Mikvahs. In In the most simplest sense, it's used as a way to refresh and restart, physically and spiritually.
The women (not that I would know) had a similar experience, however theirs was geared more towards the function of a mikvah for a woman and for family purity. We learned something very interesting... If a community only has enough money to build a synagogue, buy a Torah, or build a mikvah, they should build a mikvah before the others. They also had an opportunity to meditate.
Afterward, we hiked to the top of Tzvat. I then realized I did not need to go to Israel for the Israel experience, all I had to do was use a stair master machine. Literally, the stairs never ended.
We were going to get lunch once we were at the top of tzfat, but then we realized everything was closed due to Israel's Independence Day. So we got burgers (Very Israeli Cuisine)
To the Jordan river we went. We were put into groups and got to ride the Kayaks on the river... It was lit. Many of us attacked each other and many of us went overboard (some more than others). I didn't know how to row the boat and we kept crashing into trees. Ouch.
After nearly dying in the Rapids (not really) we had a guest speaker talk to us about terrorism in the Middle East. He was very enthusiastic, but all he did was compare politics to food. I mean it was 7:00, and we were very hungry. Probably not the nicest thing to do to college students.
We had another buffet dinner (which was fire) and we all hung out at the hotel because we had to get up early the next morning for the Holocaust Museum. Tune in next time. #McCoyReturned
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