By Matt Mcoy
Day 5... Half way there :( We started off the day with the most important meal of the day... Just kidding I didn't make it to breakfast. I'm assuming it was solid. This day was pretty serious so I'm gonna have to lay off the jokes a little.
We were off to Yad Vashem (The Holocaust Museum) and we had a tour guide named Larry. Now Larry was a man from New Jersey and reminds you of the guy whose at Einstein Bagels at 8 on a Sunday morning. However, he led us on an incredible tour where we got to observe and experience the realm of what those that went through the Holocaust lived in. The design of the museum was that to mimic the experience, it was cramped and you started off with Jews in Eastern Europe, to the rise of the Nazi party, to the relocation to the ghettos, To the death camps, and lastly to liberation. It was really a site to see. I will keep these memories and stories with me forever! We must never forget!
We were then off to the Shuk. We were told to buy a certain item for a picnic the next day and to buy a secret Moses (secret Santa) gift. I got to try the schwarma, it was dank. The Shuk was so crowded since it was Friday afternoon and people where getting items for Shabbat. I didn't even understand what what the sellers were saying (it made it really hard to put our Jewish bargaining power to use)... I never felt more like a tourist in my life.
We came back and changed for Shabbat. We looked so fresh and so clean as we walked to the Western Wall. I don't think Trump built this one. Going to the Western Wall for Shabbat services was truly inspiring! To be there with many other Birthright groups singing and dancing together was very memorable, and we were all excited to hear we would be coming back again on Sunday. #SundayFunday
Afterwords we walked back and had Shabbat dinner. We had chicken for dinner and this was so fire 🔥🔥🔥. We then had a farbrengen (don't worry I don't know what that means either) and we played a quick game and then exchanged secret Moses presents (guess what mine was...🍻)it was a great time just to hang out with staff and the Rabbi.
Then it was Layla tov time...
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Day 5... Half way there :( We started off the day with the most important meal of the day... Just kidding I didn't make it to breakfast. I'm assuming it was solid. This day was pretty serious so I'm gonna have to lay off the jokes a little.
We were off to Yad Vashem (The Holocaust Museum) and we had a tour guide named Larry. Now Larry was a man from New Jersey and reminds you of the guy whose at Einstein Bagels at 8 on a Sunday morning. However, he led us on an incredible tour where we got to observe and experience the realm of what those that went through the Holocaust lived in. The design of the museum was that to mimic the experience, it was cramped and you started off with Jews in Eastern Europe, to the rise of the Nazi party, to the relocation to the ghettos, To the death camps, and lastly to liberation. It was really a site to see. I will keep these memories and stories with me forever! We must never forget!
We were then off to the Shuk. We were told to buy a certain item for a picnic the next day and to buy a secret Moses (secret Santa) gift. I got to try the schwarma, it was dank. The Shuk was so crowded since it was Friday afternoon and people where getting items for Shabbat. I didn't even understand what what the sellers were saying (it made it really hard to put our Jewish bargaining power to use)... I never felt more like a tourist in my life.
We came back and changed for Shabbat. We looked so fresh and so clean as we walked to the Western Wall. I don't think Trump built this one. Going to the Western Wall for Shabbat services was truly inspiring! To be there with many other Birthright groups singing and dancing together was very memorable, and we were all excited to hear we would be coming back again on Sunday. #SundayFunday
Afterwords we walked back and had Shabbat dinner. We had chicken for dinner and this was so fire 🔥🔥🔥. We then had a farbrengen (don't worry I don't know what that means either) and we played a quick game and then exchanged secret Moses presents (guess what mine was...🍻)it was a great time just to hang out with staff and the Rabbi.
Then it was Layla tov time...
Sent from my iPhone
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