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Day Three: Sunday, July 14th - Dave & Busters, Hall of Science, and Airport!

Hey friends!!! ??? We had an awesome start to the week by heading over to Dave & Busters, where we played games and won prizes in our swagger new Yachad hats. After that, we drove to the ‪New York Hall of Science‬ where we watched an educational movie about the moon, and then we all […]

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Day One & Two: July 12th-13th - Pizza, Bowling, and Getting Ready For Shabbat!

Hey YBY trip one fam!!!!!! Sharbs and Nils here!!!! So let’s talk about the FIRST OFFICIAL DAY OF YBY??! Everyone came, we played fun games, and got to know each other! Then obvs we got a sick lunch (pizza and fries!!! ??)! After this the attendance groups were FINALLY announced! Shoutout to Group 4! Anyway […]

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YBY1: August 6: Flight Back From YBY! 

After a night with no curfew and no sleep we “woke up” with our tear ducts empty and our stomach hurting from laughter that filled the night before. The last night of the best summer of our lives. Everyone was hugging the person beside them, (keeping it shomer of course) and holding onto the friends […]

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YBY1: August 5: Graffiti Tiyul, Ice Cream on the Beach, Diaspora Museum & Banquet!

Sunday was our last day in Israel, and our last full day on Yad B’Yad. We began our day in Tel Aviv at Graffiti tiyul. We were given cans of spray paint and were able to either paint old records or graffiti various walls. We then went down to the beach for a lunch with […]

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YBY1: Week 4 Pictures in Review!!

Thank you Moshe Stuart for putting this together!

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YBY1: August 4: Shabbos in Bayit Vegan & Talent Show!

Our last Shabbat in Israel was amazing . After a packed day of activities, we all quickly showered and got ready as fast as we could. No one wanted to miss this last pre-shabat picture session. Following that, we had a beautiful kabalat shabat outside that really helped us connect to the land. Dinner was […]

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YBY1: August 3: Kotel Tunnel Tours, Ben Yehudah Street & Shabbos in Bayit Vegan!

On Friday we woke up bright and early for davening and breakfast. We then worked together to pack the bus which made it a fun and quick experience. We then headed over to the kotel for some time to daven and connect there one final time for this trip. We then headed in groups to […]

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YBY1: August 2: Invitation to Silence, Dialogue in the Dark & Kifzuba!

On Thursday after davening and breakfast we had an amazing learning program by Aliza Isaacs. She taught us the value of a minute and how there is so much we can accomplish with those 5 minutes of free time we may have every so often. Following the learning program we went to the blind and […]

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YBY1: Week 3 Pictures in Review!

Thank you Moshe Stuart for putting this together!

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YBY1 Yom Yachad Video!!

Thank you Racheli Schachter for putting this together!

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