A Chill Saturday | Shorashim - Israel with Israelis

A Chill Saturday

By Nate Rubenstein

Saturday was a very chill day, which was very much appreciated by most of the group after all of the busy and exciting days we have had so far! We got to sleep in and had an optional breakfast at 9:30am, which was the perfect way to start Shabbat. Our first group activity was at 11 am; Michal (our Israeli trip leader) started the activity by asking us to go around and share our least favorite chore to do. At first we were confused, but played along with her directions. Thank you for a fun morning Michal!

We had lunch in the basement restaurant of the Jerusalem Gold hotel, our first lunch at our hotel. We had some free time until the afternoon and got together to share the things that are important to us in regards to being Jewish. We all had different perspectives and it was cool to hear about other people's values and their experiences being Jewish.

After some more free time we got together and shared our feelings about the Holocaust; this was very emotional and one of the strongest bonding moments of the trip. We are going to Yad Vashem tomorrow morning and had this discussion in preparation for our visit.

We ended the night by walking to Ben Yehuda street and had time to eat and shop. We enjoyed a late dinner and walking around with everyone. We all are looking forward to a long and busy day tomorrow! 

Photo Credits: Header Image-@liveyourlife489, Image 1-@naethin