Boker -Tov Oy Vey did we have a long Day! We started off our day with Davening followed by a nutritious breakfast. A number of boys came very late to Davening today, but it was the 1st time Kol Ha’ Kavod). Thanks to the Rabbi Jaffee and Mrs. Loew’s intervention Rabbi Weiss conceded to a [...]
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Is it really time to get up, it’s only 6:15, please, can’t we have a few more minutes? No way! Up, up, up, and away we go. Breakfast, bathrooms, and on the bus. A Special Mazal Tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Weiss on the birth of another grandson to Akivah and Natalie. We had a [...]
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Boker Tov everyone, we were just informed that it will be 110 degrees today so, we will be drinking lots of water, (which means numerous stops at the great black hole: once those girls go in the bathroom, they never come out! J) using lots of sunscreen and wearing our hats all day, boy is [...]
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Boker Tov, Wake up everyone! Our beauty sleep was cut short by the banging on our doors, and we dragged ourselves out of bed to go to Daven and eat breakfast. We began our day by walking through Har Tzion past the windmill to Ir David. Many archaeological wonders can be found on the site [...]
Read More Chizkiahu’s Water Tunnels, City of David, Excavation of Temple Mount, israel, israel 2009, israel09, israeltrip09, Kotel, Sataf Springs, Time capsuleShavuah Tov! What an amazing and uplifting Shabbat!! We don’t know which we did more, Daven, eat, or sing. We began with a spiritual Kabballat Shabbat led by Eli Ben Zev in Carlebach style, and had a yummy Shabbat meal. Miriam Weiss, Rabbi’s granddaughter gave a wonderful and entertaining Dvar Torah, and of course we [...]
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