We woke up early, davened, ate a nice “relaxing breakfast” with about +100 Israeli school kids. Then back to the rooms to pack and check-out. We started the day at The Museum of the Jewish Under-ground. It is located in the ancient fortress which was converted into a prison during the times of the Ottoman [...]
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Sorry Moms and Dads it is almost 12:00 am, since we have been up since 6:00 am I will be writing to you RJ alone. Almost 20 hours awake so I will do my best. We are getting up in less than 6 hours. Last night we packed up and got ready to move out [...]
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Day 4: Kfar Kadem, Otzar Ha’stam, Tzfat, Miron and YERUSHALAIM Hooray!!! Sorry Moms and Dads it is 12:00 am and the clocks just changed to 1:00 am (yes 7 hours now not 6) so since we have been up since 6:00 am I will be writing to you. Almost 20 hours awake so I will [...]
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O.k. everyone, this is gonna be a quick blog because Shabbat is coming in one hour and we just got off the bus. We had a wonderful day. Tfat the city of Jewish mysticism Kabballah was home to many Jewish sages and mystics during th 16th century: Rabbi Yosef Karo, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, the Alshich, [...]
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