Hey everyone,
They tell me today is day 3, all I know is today was amazing and coming after such an awesome day 2 makes me wonder what’s coming next.
We woke up for the 2nd morning with a beautiful view of the Kineret and after breakfast we got our our maps of Israel to see where we had been the past 2 days (we made it all the way near the top).
After getting on the bus we met our 3 new Israeli friends Odelia, Hadas and Hila who are really excited to tell us all about life in Israel and hear about what it’s like for us here and at home.
Tzfat (also known as “the mystical city of…”):
We got to learn all about a Sofer (scribe) and even got to try writing our names with the quill and special ink. We also got to learn all about writing Torah Scrolls, Mezzuzot and Tefillin (some of the holy things a Sofer writes).
LUNCH TIME and it’s our FIRST Israeli FALAFEL but not even in a pita we got it in a Laffa all wrapped up and ready to go, YUM!
After lunch we went down to the Old City of Tzfat for a little tour and got to visit 2 old synagogues that look nothing like what we have back home. In these synagogues they all sit around the room with the Bima in the middle (at one it was really high up), one was all blue and the other full of vibrant color. From the Synagogues we went to the famous Tzfat candle factory where them make all sorts of incredible candles (everything from Havdala candles to Noah’s Ark to superheroes and everything in between.)
From the candle factory we got free time to walk around all the beautiful art galleries and stores where some of us even got to buy a few things we had been excited to get in Israel.
After Tzfat we got back to our hotel for swimming, dinner and a fun night activity with our new Israeli friends (who knew we had so many DJs).
Tomorrow we have an early start as we are heading to Tel Aviv.
Laylah Tov to all,
Mayanot 99
