Another LONG but fruitful and incredible day in Israel (Baruch Hashem!). There's a beautiful consistency and routine to our weekday mornings- after staying up late schmoozing and talking, we wake up begrudgingly early only to be truly woken up and uplifted by our classes at Neve! We learned about the significance, depth, and meaning of Hebrew Torah grammar, and then about how the actual, physical Torah as we now know it came to be from Oral Law and the commandments given to Moses. Classes concluded with a wonderfully insightful and deep discussion of love and friendship, and what it means to truly love another, and why all people, especially Jews, should love each other.
Directly from class we headed to the mountains for horseback riding! Despite a few... well... restless horses we had a beautiful and "relaxing" stroll through the hills of Jerusalem which was the perfect opportunity to introspect and absorb what we have been learning (well for me at least). Jerusalem looks even more beautiful from atop a horse! I'm thrilled to say we all made it through the whole experience, although maybe a little smelly of horse, and less two sandwiches eaten by the dogs.
It's becoming somewhat clear to me now that no day is complete without shopping - so naturally we headed to town for a quick trip. We shopped for some skirts and shirts, and Aroma coffee of course, strolling Ben Yehuda street like real Israelis! :)
Shopping was a success!! Exhausted, we came home to our apartment to veg and eat LEFTOVERS we cooked from last night, which were still delicious. It was nice to relax for a bit, because at 8:30 we had another class with the other Meor trip. Rabbi Wenglin gave an amazing class about purpose and passion in life - Find something you're willing to die for, then live for it. Needless to say, he is an amazing person.
We're back at the apartment tonight, after a full day and night of adventure and learning. We can always count on Bayla (and not our evil GPS Gerry) to get us home safely so we can wake up tomorrow morning for another incredible, inspiring day!
Lila Tov! Goodnight from Jerusalem!
Love Sydnee, Bayla, Jenna, Jenna, Ashley, Eleanor, Kayla <3
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