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YBY1: July 24: Yad Vashem, Har Herzl & Lone Soldier Center!

We started off our day with the usual morning routine consisting of 7 AM wake up, teffilah and a breakfast buffet. Preparing mentally for a day filled with emotions, we headed to Yad Vashem. We were split into our learning groups and toured the museum. While many of us were aware of the monstrosities that […]

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YBY1: Week 2: Photo Video Recap!!

A very special thank you to Moshe Stuart for making this video!

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YBY1: July 23: Pantry Packers, Pat Hamelach & Lip Sync Battles!

We woke up early this morning and headed to a beautiful davening outside the Ramat Rachel Hotel. Following our meaningful davening and Torah reading, we went to Pantry Packers and had a super fun time dancing in the building and making food packages to send out to those in need all around Israel. After, we […]

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YBY1: July 22: Tisha B’Av 

This morning we had a late wake up at 9AM  and had a meaningful davening followed by emotional kinot that set us in the mood of the day. After, we had learning groups. Each group got assigned a topic that we are allowed to learn about on Tisha B’Av. We then had a group discussion […]

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YBY1: July 21: Shabbos in Jerusalem & Tisha B’Av! 

We woke up Shabbat morning after a restful sleep and headed to tefilah for inspiring davening and the beginning of Sefer Devarim. Then we had a nice kiddush at the hotel followed by a learning program about lashon harrah and cyber bullying where we learned the power of our words and the power of our […]

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YBY1: July 20: Emek Tzurim, Ammunition Hill & Kabbalat Shabbat at the Kotel!

This morning we were blessed with late wake up!! 7:15AM!!! Yay!! Then we headed down for a nice davening and delicious breakfast spread. After that, we packed up the busses and headed off to Emek Tzurim. There we sifted through the ruins of the Beis Hamikdash. We learned about the different categories of stuff we […]

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YBY1: Week 1: Photo Video Recap!

A very special thank you to Moshe Stuart for making this video!

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YBY1: July 19: Welcome to Yerushalim, Kotel,  Beis Hamikdash Virtual Reality Tour, Mechon HaMikdash & Shuk!

This morning was our first shacharit in Yerushalyim. After a super inspirational davening we headed to breakfast which was amazing with an assortment of delicious food. Then we headed out to the Old City and arrived at the Kotel!! It was very exciting to see everyone’s reactions to the Kotel after waiting to get there […]

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YBY1: July 18: Arutzim B'Teva- Ziplining & Rappelling!  

We woke up this morning and enjoyed our last davening and breakfast in Zichron Yaakov. We then packed up the bus and headed out with our hats, sunscreen and gallons of water. We arrived at zipping/ repelling after a relaxing ride and took a short hike with beautiful views to the base spot. There we […]

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YBY1: July 17: Botanical Gardens, Atlit Immigration Camp & Hashomer Hachadash!

The day started off with a late 8AM wake up followed by davening and a delicious Israeli breakfast. We then loaded the buses for a long 5 minute bus ride 😉 We arrived at the beautiful botanical gardens where we walked around, saw the nature of Israel, and had learning programs. We even let our […]

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