Monday blog
Today, we said goodbye to our loving parents and started our journey to Israel, the holy land. The plane we boarded was was a 787 airbus and was a beautiful plane. We were able to see the sun rise and it was truly magical experience. The light illuminated from the sun rise made us think "Hashem is watching over us, and he will keep us safe." When the plane landed we were greeted by Betzalel, Yonit, Nevo, and Edan. Yonit told us an inspiring story about
Jews in Palestine sticking up for the other Jews that were trying to enter under the British Mandate, by giving the immigrants their clothes so they would look like natives. After that we had a wonderful tefillah on the beach in תל-אביב and we were able to each connect with G-d differently through our special individual amidah. Following teffillah we went to the place that it all started, Independence Hall. We saw a quick video about the background of how and why Israel needed to become a state. Next we were brought into the room were the Declaration was signed. We learned about the history that took place in the room. Then we concluded our visit by singing the Hatikvah while listening to the original melody of the first time it was sang. We were also privileged to go to the Jaffa Institute in which we packed food for young people in need, as well as for Holocaust survivors. This experience was meaningful to everyone, because we were able to connect with our inner Jewish selves and fulfill a Mitzvah without receiving anything physical in return. We were rewarded with the best feeling ever; we felt appreciative of what we had and grateful that we could help others. Our last stop was the Taglit Innovation Center, in which we learned about the ecosystem of Israeli startups and the motivation behind them. We were then brought into a room with some of the most amazing inventions ever created. For example, there was a machine that could make water from air, by sucking out the humidity of the air. We later played a fun bonding game called true true lie and called it a night.
Layla Tov
Brett Mellul
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Jews in Palestine sticking up for the other Jews that were trying to enter under the British Mandate, by giving the immigrants their clothes so they would look like natives. After that we had a wonderful tefillah on the beach in תל-אביב and we were able to each connect with G-d differently through our special individual amidah. Following teffillah we went to the place that it all started, Independence Hall. We saw a quick video about the background of how and why Israel needed to become a state. Next we were brought into the room were the Declaration was signed. We learned about the history that took place in the room. Then we concluded our visit by singing the Hatikvah while listening to the original melody of the first time it was sang. We were also privileged to go to the Jaffa Institute in which we packed food for young people in need, as well as for Holocaust survivors. This experience was meaningful to everyone, because we were able to connect with our inner Jewish selves and fulfill a Mitzvah without receiving anything physical in return. We were rewarded with the best feeling ever; we felt appreciative of what we had and grateful that we could help others. Our last stop was the Taglit Innovation Center, in which we learned about the ecosystem of Israeli startups and the motivation behind them. We were then brought into a room with some of the most amazing inventions ever created. For example, there was a machine that could make water from air, by sucking out the humidity of the air. We later played a fun bonding game called true true lie and called it a night.
Layla Tov
Brett Mellul
Sent from my iPhone
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