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After yet another yummy breakfast at Ramat Rachel, we started off the day with an emotional movie about Michael Levin, a lone soldier who lost his life fighting for the land he loved. We learned from him to always remain positive and as Michael always used to say “no pain, no gain”. Following this, we […]

With the standard wake up, davening and breakfast we got on the buses and headed to the Gush. After touring around an interesting museum about using practical electrical items on shabbos, we watched a meaningful movie about the history and the fight for Gush Etzion. For our final stop of the day we went to […]

Sunday, the midway point of Yad B’Yad and the first day after an awesome Shabbos, yet again proved to be another spectacular day for trip 1. With a slightly later davening and breakfast, we loaded the buses headed for Beit Issie Shapiro Park- an all inclusive park and playground where everyone, no matter what differences […]

Once arriving in the Old City, we davened Kabbalat Shabbat overlooking the Kotel. With many passers-by impressed, it’s safe to say that davening went very well. We made the short walk back to the Montefiore center, where we ate dinner. With a Jerusalem based theme for Shabbos, the Shabbos spirit was one which was definitely […]

Erev Shabbos in Jerusalem turned out to be an emotional yet educational one. With wake up, davening and breakfast complete, Trip 1 enjoyed a learning program on Ve’ahavta Lerai’acha Kemocha led by staff member Nicole Rothenberg. Following, we headed onto the buses with the destination of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum – which was a […]

After waking up to another huge buffet breakfast we set out for first Jerusalem day out. Our first stop was Machane Yehuda, it was very interesting seeing the Israeli culture in the shuk, candy and marzipan were on the shopping lists of many participants, however trip 1 seemed to all end up in one place, […]

Today was the big day. After our early wake up at 6:30AM, with our heads held high; bright eyed and bushy tailed, we concluded our stay at Nir Etzion and loaded the case and ourselves onto the buses. Repelling, archery and zip-lining, was our first activity on the rigorous itinerary. The heat would not dampen […]

After another early wake up, another great breakfast, another bus drive, we arrived at our first destination of the day, a light water trail. However with the immense heat we were grateful for the cold refreshing A/C on the buses. Following a siyum from Yaakov Scheider, a meat lunch was served. We headed back onto […]

After an early wake up, Yad B’Yad trip 1 was welcomed to a whopper of a breakfast. With more food options than jelly bean flavors, we can truly say that no one was going hungry that morning. Heading over to an absorption center in Tzfat was the first stop on the days agenda. The long […]

Our final morning in the Golan Heights ended in Hispin after loading the buses and heading for Rosh Hanikra. After a long drive, we finally arrived at Rosh Hanikra, the most north western part of Israel. We then walked through the water caves, and watched a video on the history of Rosh Hanikra. From there, […]