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We woke up bright and early at 6:45AM to the sound of camels and sheep. After another meal of sitting on mats and more Bedouin tea, we rode camels around the dessert. We then loaded the buses for a long drive to Masada. Once there, we watched a movie about the great history of Masada […]

We woke up bright and early to daven and eat breakfast before we packed up to leave Eilat. Our first stop was Hashaar Lenegev visitor center which taught us about the agriculture of Israel. We had delicious schnitzel sandwiches for lunch then got back on the bus for a long bus ride. We then got […]

We were woken up at 7:15AM to begin our fun-filled day in the beautiful city of Eilat! We had tefillah and breakfast and then we left our hotel and walked to the Red Sea. We were separated by gender to begin our day. The boys started off their day on a party boat! Many jumped […]

We started off the day with a very early vatikin davening overlooking the beautiful mountains of Mitzpe Ramon. After davening some people hiked through the mountains and continued to see all the awesome views. After breakfast we packed the bus in a record time of 26 minutes! We then drove to Yotvata where we rotated […]

Friday morning we woke up and loaded the buses with a record time of 29 minutes! We took a long bus ride to Mizpeh Ramon where we visited an Ilan Ramon memorial and saw a video of his story and an explanation of how the crater was formed. We had chicken sandwiches for lunch in […]

Today we had an amazing day together. After davening and breakfast we headed out to start the day! We went to a seeing eye dog training center and learned the process a seeing eye dog goes through in order to help people who are visually impaired. It was interesting to see how a person who […]

We started the day bright and early with davening and breakfast. We headed to the old city for a virtual reality tour of the Beit Hamildash then had some free time at the Kotel. We toured the old city and saw a Caarite shul and then had an inspiring learning program by Riri about global […]

The day began with a nutritious breakfast including hard boiled eggs and carbs. After that, we enjoyed an hour long bus ride to Tel Aviv, singing, talking, and just hanging out together on the bus. We arrived at Eichi Lov hospital and began our first activity. We met Liraz from Shishi Sameach, an organization that […]

After recovering from the fast of Tisha B’Av the day before, we, Yad B’Yad, the most flexible group in the whole world, embarked on a brand new day. Our day consisting of Yad Vashem, Yad Sarah, and Har Harzel was so meaningful. We started at Yad Vashem where we were led by tour guides and […]

We ended habbos and entered the fast with a meaningful kumzitz. We had a short havdalah and then heard a very beautiful Aicha led by Josh Aranoff. We said a few kinot and then continued our beautiful kumtzit. Many of the staff gave wonderful mashals and stories in between songs. After finishing another amazing kumzitz, […]

After Yom Hachanich and visitors night, we were woken up the next morning at 7AM. We then had tefillah and breakfast and boarded the buses for an exciting day in the old city of Jerusalem. A couple of exciting things on the agenda were going to the Kotel and touring the tunnels underneath it. This […]

Our day began with a loud wakeup from our fellow peers to start off our fun day of Yom Hachanich (where participants take charge for the day)! We had a nice davening and breakfast together and then we divided up into our 4 color war teams: sunscreen, hats, coolness, and water. We started our full […]

This morning, after breakfast and davening, we checked out of our hotel and headed to נחל השופט. There, we took a short hike to the stream where we cooled off near the water. Then, we took a short bus ride to the Rothschild Garden where we learned all about the establishment of Israel and ate […]

We started off another beautiful day in the holy land of Israel on a long bus ride headed to Arutzim Bateva. At Arutzim Bateva we had fun rappelling, zip lining, doing archery and bb-gun shooting. After that we ate lunch and headed back to Acco (we made a quick pit stop at a gas station […]

We started off our day with an early wake up and delicious breakfast. We then traveled to the beautiful city of Tzfat. We had the opportunity to take a mini tour and buy some souvenirs while we learned how to bargain for decent prices. Chaviva got a really pretty bracelet which she was able to […]