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Today we visited Neot kdumim . What an experience! This artificial reserve of 600 acres is guarded and protected by a very special group of people. The leader of this reserve and our tour guide Sarah showed us how they plant develop and cultivate the land. Sarah is not your average tour guide, this lady has a real keen connection with nature. Within a few moments you could feel that this lady could probably talk with the animals. She’s all about the natural world, saving the planet, planting trees, saving water. A person like Sarah is truly one of a kind and unfortunately a dying breed.

June 8th, 2010

So far, our trip has been great. After a long day of traveling, the Chicago Shorashim group arrived at our kibbutz in Huquk. The following morning, we went on an amazing hike. We ended up going downhill for almost two hours and at times we were holding onto ropes as we walked across narrow strips of rock. The views were beautiful and it was a great first activity. Later on in the day, we entered the city of Tzfat which is known to be ultra-Orthodox. This was a city much different than many of us had ever seen.