YACHAD Blog

It’s crazy to think that just four weeks ago I was sitting on the couch binge watching TV and packing for Yad b’yad. I threw in some T-shirts and water shoes and just figured that this summer was going to be like every other Sleepaway Camp experience. But boy was I wrong! because when I […]

Dear Rabbis, family, and friends, welcome to my… Sorry, wrong speech. Havent spoke in public since my bar mitzvah. But let’s start over. Hi, my name is Mayer Goldsmith and I am from Baltimore. This is my first time on YBY and my first time in Israel. I am going to make a bit of […]

We started off another great day bright and early at 6:50AM. After davening and breakfast we got on the bus and drove for hours with a few quick stops in between. We had a quick rest stop 2 hours in with a beautiful view followed by a stop at a mall. We had an amazing […]

We woke up super excited for our second packed day in Eilat, looking forward to doing even more super fun water activities. On the way to the party boat, our first activity of the day, bus 2 learned a pump up party cheer. We danced and jammed out to our favorite songs on the party […]

What an amazing day!! This morning, we said an early goodbye to the Bedouin tents and headed south towards Eilat. After a long but fun bus ride, we arrived at Kibbutz Yotvata, where we had shoko (chocolate milk), learned about the Kibbutz and had ice cream sponsored by the Schanzer family. Following an amazing lunch […]

Thank you Tali Wolf and YBY1 participants for organizing this incredible video!!

Still feeling the ruach of our amazing Shabbat in Arad, we woke up this morning excited for a jam packed day. To begin our fun in the Negev, we rode the cable car up Masada, while taking in the beautiful views of the mountain. After exploring the palaces of Masada, we headed back down for […]

We woke up Friday morning and enjoyed a delicious final breakfast at the Ramat Rachel Hotel. We then packed the bus and enjoyed a long bus ride to a beautiful park. There we played and hung out. We then enjoyed schnitzel and pitah lunch which fueled us for the day. We then loaded up and […]

Today was Yom Hachanich (the day of the participants)! After a beautiful tefila and tasty breakfast we said goodbye to the staff and began participant organized olympics. It kicked off with some extraordinary musical performances by the participants which led right to lunch consisting of Pizza Hut and the greatest zucchini soup you will ever […]

This morning we had a beautiful davening followed by a delicious breakfast. After that we packed up the busses and headed to Leket where we packed pears and tomatoes for people in need. After a meaningful morning full of chessed we headed towards the Beit Izzie Shapiro park. Once we arrived at the park we […]