YACHAD Blog

With a beautiful Kabbalat Shabbat overlooking the sunset on the lake at Hispin, we headed for Friday night dinner – with schnitzel, but our good friend steak was present. Following dinner, there was a Tisch with international super star Nissim Black! Crazy stories and freestyle rap helped enlighten the Shabbat spirit. With a later wake […]

Following the standard morning procedure, we headed onto the buses for Groovsters tie-dying, welcomed by an Atlantic City born woman who made Aliyah 18 years ago. We used an array of colors and can’t wait to see the finished products on our new YBY shirts  in a few days. After tie dying, we headed to […]

After another early wake up we were greeted by our beloved Israeli style pancakes. Loading the buses soon after, we headed over to Ben Tal, an ex army base looking directly into Syria, where we were able to walk around the bunkers. On our visit to Ben Tal we stumbled across an Australian United Nations […]

On this fine Wednesday morning we woke up to the best breakfast on this trip so far, and it’s not cereal and milk – pancakes. We loaded onto the buses and stopped at Mizgav Am, approximately an Aaron Rogers Hail Mary throw away from Lebanon. We heard an inspirational speech from a 77 year old […]

Hispin is the place where we’re staying, Being in the holy land keeps us praying. Wakeup was at ten minutes to eight, We wanted to hurry so we wouldn’t be late. Israeli breakfast really was delicious, Don’t worry parents, it was also nutritious! Learning groups were next on the list, We learned that in arguments […]

In our final time in the USA, we packed up, thanked our hosts and said goodbye to the West Orange community. After a well air-conditioned bus ride, it was time for the eagerly awaited Dave and Busters. After a delicious lunch (pizza, pasta and salad) and a high-intensity session of gaming, we headed back onto […]

We arrived in West Orange, NJ on Friday morning to meet everyone on Yad B’ Yad! What was to follow was a spectacular Shabbos. However, bowling was not to be overlooked. After the classic yet exciting game of ‘bloop’, we headed to bowling and were teamed up with our attendance groups for an afternoon of […]

Our Eilat adventure ended on Wednesday as we spent 5 hours on the bus on our way to Yerushalayim. We stopped in שביל הסלט, AKA the “salad trail”, and learned about cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, and countless herbs. Many of the participants tried mint water and fresh pita. With a “short” pit stop on the way, […]

We woke up at a crazy hour of 7AM exhausted from the previous day but excited for a new amazing day filled with laughter and excitement. We went tubing, banana boating, paddling, canoeing, and jumped off a crazy party boat. The day was filled with nonstop fun in the sun. We were privileged to a […]

On Sunday we had a very meaningful fast, We needed relaxing activities to make the day last. We learned about the Beit HaMikdash’s destruction and the Beit HaMikdash’s future reconstruction. Then we drove two hours in an air conditioned bus, Baruch HaShem no one made a fuss. We looked over the Mitzpeh Ramon crater, Nothing […]