These were all great bonding activities, but my favorite part of the day by far was visiting Mt. Bental at the Golan Heights.
These were all great bonding activities, but my favorite part of the day by far was visiting Mt. Bental at the Golan Heights.
After a delicious lunch, we headed off to a mountain that turned out to be an active volcano!!!
The water was refreshing, and most of our group's boats united and floated for a while as a giant flotilla.
We spent our morning hiking in the Golan Heights, swimming in a freshwater spring, and taking in the beautiful views of the vast desert.
We made our way to a shimmering pool of water fed by a picturesque waterfall.
Our hike in the Zavitan was strenous yet breathtaking and the swimming hole at the end made it all worth it.
This trip has thus far given me a sense of connection to Israel and Judaism that would not be possible without the outstanding staff and participants. I’m eager to take on tomorrow’s adventures.
The highlight of the day was when we were surprised with a trip to the home of an Israeli participant who lives on a Kibbutz nearby. It was so special to learn about this aspect of Israeli life and get the inside scoop of what it's like to live on a Kibbutz up North.
We shabbated really hard, learning the prayers for wine, challah, and washing of the hands. We were told that we would be at the kibbutz for the next 25 hours relaxing and enjoying each other's company and the simpler things in life.
After wrapping up surf lessons, history lessons and conversations about faith on Sunday, we began one of our most active and enriching days of the trip on Monday morning with a hike through the historic Golan Heights. Driving from Kibbutz Gadot through winding roads along the Jordan and Syrian borders, we received a history lesson on the Yom Kippur war and saw the signs warning passerbys of the 100 million anti-tank land mines dotting the historic landscape.