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 all enjoyed a yummy lunch of shnitzel and potatoes. We then excitedly hopped back onto the buses to watch a movie about the inspiring past of Gush Etzion and its courageous people. Once we finished the movie, we went to Pat Hamelach, where we made fresh, hot pretzels with cinnamon sugar or salt. They were UNFORGETTABLY delicious! After enjoying our delicious pretzels, we drove back to Ramat Rachel to eat a lovely dinner outside (…as if we hadn’t had enough food already). The day only got better as after dinner we all watched and participated in intense lip sync battles between each of our hotel rooms. We all danced and sang together as one Yad B’Yad family, and it seemed as though the energy only continued to rise as the night went on! Looking forward to even more amazing days like today!

 

Elyana Fine and Tani Sabo