24.12.2014
Merry Christmas! Today we visited Tel Aviv and had a scavenger hunt around the city created by our tour guide, Avia. And even though most of us decided to just explore and enjoy the city instead of being competitive it was still really fun! We saw National poet Bialik's house, and the cemetery with the graves of After lunch we went to the Yitzhak Rabin Museum and learnt about Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli culture and history a different stages of his life. Later that night, we had some free time and went to Jaffo-Tel Aviv where most of us watched the sunset on the beautiful shore. All in all, this was by far one of the best days!
25.12.2014
As we finished breakfast and the 4th day of our adventures in Israel began, we looked forward to a variety of amazing activities. We began with a discussion program about Guests and Hosts, on the roof of the hostel. We read a text concerning a Rabbi and a guest he picked up from the street. At the end of the discussion we were asked whether we feel like a guest or a host in Judaism. We boarded the bus en route to Holon where we visited the Children's Museum, and experienced how life is while being deaf. We were handed sound blocking headphones and we got the chance to communicate with hand motions and facial expressions. With the help of our guide, a deaf woman, we all had a great time. We then had lunch consisting of pizza and salad. We all sat outside under the blue sky and blazing sun. Once we were all satisfied, we formed a circle and said farewell to our amazing tour guide, Avia, who was with us for the beginning of our trip. We then boarded the bus once again and headed out towards Be’er Sheva.
We arrived at a kibbutz called Dvir located about 20 minutes outside of Be’er Sheva and began Community Week with Partnership Day! A scavenger hunt to show us around the kibbutz was planned by fellows themselves. Once in Be’er Sheva we drove around in the bus while getting a brief tour of the city, including a stop at Ben Gurion University, where the father of one of Bash Banash fellows showed us the Helen Diller building! We finally got off the bus for the last time, and we got together and discussed the events of the day and added how we felt. The last part of the day was about the symbol of beer sheva. We learnt about all 4 components of the symbol and discussed their importance, their historical value, etc. As the day concluded, we said goodbye to one another and drove home with our pen-pals, thus commencing the first night of the home hospitality program.
26.12.2014
Today was Judaism day. It was the first morning spent at our hosts's houses. We met at a park near and had a short maagal talking about our nights, and played a game of tag to get warmed up. After that, we headed to Abrahams Well (the Be'er Avraham museum). It was very interesting to learn about Be'er Avraham because it also taught us why Be'er Sheva is called what it is, and how the ci y was founded by Avraham. Once the tour of the museum was over, we had a scavenger hunt around the city of Be'er Sheva. We had about 15 tasks to accomplish and then bring proof that we did it. Some of the were funny, for example, we had to take a selfie with an animal, or recreate the famous Beatles picture...(and my group/group 5 won!!!:)) then we met at the altshul where we had falafels for lunch then played some games, had a maagal, and talked about Judaism and what we had learned that day. Then, we headed to our host's houses for Shabbat! Overall, it was another amazing day in Israel!
Written by Eden Harell, Noah Matarasso, and Sheraze Shlomo, with contributions from Noah Adessky
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