05/04/10 by Adam Wilkinson | Israel Trip 2010, Israel Trips | No Comments »
Boy are we tired, what full days we have had! RJ woke us up bright and early at 6:00 am. We davened, had our final meal at the King Solomon hotel, loaded our suitcases onto the bus and off we went for possibly the longest day since day 1.
Our first stop began in Beit Yisroel area of Jerusalem, where we helped pack meals for terror victims, as well as the needy, for Shabbat. This organization helps so many people in need, it was awesome to help and be part of this tremendously important organization. As we were set to leave, a huge bakery truck pulled-up and the organizer asked if we could stay and help unload the Challot for Shabbat, there must have been thousands. Even though the children were dragging their feet by then, they immediately said yes and off they went…. What a great experience! If you are ever in Jerusalem on Thursday you must stop by and lend-a- hand, the personal payoff is remarkable.
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04/29/10 by Adam Wilkinson | Israel Trip 2010, Israel Trips | No Comments »
Good morning, this is Pinney. We were woken up by the “Chief” (a.k.a. RJ) early this morning. We then davened, and I was the Chazan, like every other morning. Following that, we had a large enough breakfast to fuel our day. We boarded the bus, and we were off to our first stop.
On the way to our first stop, we read the time capsule, which we found yesterday. It was interesting and enjoyable to read all the messages, especially that ones that we wrote to ourselves and forgot about.
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04/28/10 by Rabbi Jaffee | Israel Trip 2010, Israel Trips | 1 Comment »
Boker Tov. We started the day with another continental breakfast. We had so much to do today so we quickly boarded the bus.
Our first stop was amazing, salvaging the rocks removed by the Arabs while they were expanding the Temple Mount. All the rocks contained possible artifacts dating back to the first Temple. After a very informative introduction, we began our excavating by searching for pottery, bones, glass, mosaic tiles, metals and anything else that can be recognized.
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04/27/10 by Rabbi Jaffee | Israel Trip 2010, Israel Trips | No Comments »
Boker Tov. We got up early, at 6:00 this morning, to begin today’s journeys. We davened at 6:30 and had another delicious breakfast.
Our first stop, after a grueling two hour drive, was the Air Force Museum in Be’er Sheva. Hey, this is Otniel. I’m going to tell you about the Airforce Museum. First, we walked through this room which showed us models of different planes. I was so upset that I wasn’t able to identify one of them, which turned out to be a trainer plane. Then the tour guide showed us the different systems of the cockpit and the pilot’s suit. After that she showed us a picture of all of the past leaders of the Air Force. She also told us an interesting story about an Air Force pilot who crashed in Lebanon. He was rescued by a Cobra Helicopter, which didn’t have any room for him, so he had to hold on to the Helicopter’s landing ski throughout the escape.
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04/26/10 by Rabbi Jaffee | Israel Trip 2010, Israel Trips | No Comments »
Boker –Tov everyone, it is hard to believe that we are already starting our 2nd week. How time flies in Israel!
R.Weiss let us sleep today until 7:00 am. What a treat! We had a great breakfast, packed up our supplies for another jam packed day, no wasting any time.
A note while reflecting on our 1st week: Yoni, our tour guide, while showing us the different places throughout our Israel Tour, used Tanach-based texts to help explain the history of each site. It was very interesting to see what we learned in school, being placed into reality. We got a firsthand view of things that we learned. Yoni utilized a pocket tanach to help read off the sources to us.
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Israel Trip 2010 Day 6 – Shabbat Kodesh in Yerushalayim AWESOME!!!!!
Israel Trip 2010 Day 5 – Erev Shabbat- City of David, Tunnels of King Chizkiyahu, Southern Wall Excavation and Kever
Israel Trip 2010 Day 4 – Nebi Shueb, Arbel, Zefat, Kfar Kedem and Jerusalem
Israel Trip 2010 Day 3- Mitzpe Gadot, Jilabun, Qatzrin, Kfar El-Rom, Har Bintal
Israel Trip 2010 – Day 2- Yom Ha’atzmaut Tzuk Manara, Kfar Blum, Tzomet Golani and Boat ride on the Kinneret