Well, we woke up and did things a bit differently this morning. FIRST we woke-up, THEN we took a bite to eat, THEN we waited for the bus, THEN we LOADED up the bus… and FINALLY we disembarked to head to…. THE KOTEL!!! It was Rosh Chodesh this Sunday!!! And the Kotel Plaza was PACKED!! [...]

So Friday night we decided to daven at the esteemed Yeshurun Synagogue that is located close to the famous Great Synagogue. The walk was less than 15 minutes and the weather was beautiful. We filed into the shul and davened mincha, but nothing could prepare us for the show we were about to witness! Six [...]

So our trip has finally wound down to a close this year, or almost, anyhow. But it’s hard to think of that when we are thinking of Shabbos coming and spending it in Yerushalayim. The holy glow of Shabbos in the City of Gold… Heaven on Earth!! But this Friday was no different than the [...]

WHOAH! We actually got to sleep IN today! We only had to get up at SEVEN in the morning! What a TREAT!! We woke up, went to davening (this morning we davened with the Hotel, which has a daily minyan, and Chaim led the birchot hashachar, and Rabbi lained from the Torah for the entire [...]

The clock is ticking down and we’re slowly becoming aware of the fact that our time here in Israel is soon coming to a close. It’s a bit sad, when we think about it (so we try not to!) but this morning we could begin to feel it as we knew that the Old City [...]