YACHAD Blog

Today is the day- our final day on Yad B’Yad. Who would have thought that this day would have come so soon? Our first destination of the day was the Kotel, fitting and appropriate, we were given some free time around the plaza to gather our thoughts and reflect on the time we spent together. […]

Friday morning would mark our final evev Shabbos on Yad B’Yad. After the norm of our pre departure rituals – wake up, davening and breakfast, each bus dressed up and prepared for what would come over the next few hours. Bus 1 headed towards Sharei Tzedek hospital to provide entertainment for children, and bus 2 […]

Thursday morning arrived, and with that wake up, davening and breakfast. Once we headed onto the buses we set off for our volunteering part of the day. We arrived at the mini electrical-engineering factory, where we helped out with some of the the tasks that they were doing. The factory employs people who are blind. […]

Our jam packed day begin bright and early at 7:15 AM. The whole yby crew was clad in bright tie dyed shirts that we made earlier in the summer. After a meaningful davening and scrumptious breakfast we hopped and skipped onto our buses to start the day. Bus 1 headed to a ranch to learn […]

Hey, it’s Sarah, Eli, Eden, and Julia here, writing to you from Eilat, where we are currently having EILAT of fun! Today we cruised around the Red Sea in a party boat. We danced, sang and swam our way through the intense heat and refreshing water. After we docked, we went to the beach for […]

When 6AM early wake up hit, trip 1 begrudgingly strolled out of the tents, davened and headed towards breakfast. The first thing on the agenda for the day was camel riding, although many did enjoy, some were very glad to have their feet back on the floor. Proceeding, we packed up the buses and said […]

At 6:45 in the morning, YBY was up and ready for an action packed day. First up on the schedule, was a trip to the second most visited place in Israel, Masada. We took a cable car up and down the mountain to avoid the evil heat, and learned some interesting stories about what happened […]

We started of the day saying goodbye to our much beloved hotel Ramat Rachel. With a great day ahead, we could not wait to get started. We packed up the buses and headed towards Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo, which trip 1 seemed to enjoy- even though we had never heard of half the animals. Following the […]

Today was a relaxed but extremely fun day! It was Yom Hachanich where all of the counselors (besides the head staff and medic) take some time off during the day and the participants run Yad B’Yad for the day. We spent many nights planning for this awesome day. The day consisted of many fun activities […]