June 5 - Megan S., Emma S., Kailey W.

Greetings from Tiberias! Today we traveled to the city of Tzfat to learn about Jewish Mysticism, also known as Kabballah. We meet with artist Avraham who orginally is from Detroit but moved to Tzfat 20 years ago to pursue Kabballah. He showed us his artwork and how it symbolizes many aspects of Kabballah. Afterwards, we had a short shopportunity to purchase some of his work, which many of us did! Next, we walked through the ancient city where we could see a picturesque view of the mountains.

We had another mini shopportunity at the Tzfat Candle Shop on our way to an educational hostel. The Candle Shop had candles ranging from traditional shabbat candles to elaborate and colorful ones to minions and ducks and penguins.

At the educational Hostel, which was called Ascent, we had a workshop about Gilad Shalit and a healthy debate on Jewish/Israeli Oneness and responsibility, as well as learned about the many books in Judiasm that deal with Mysticism.

Afterwards, we walked through the city again to get lunch on our own, where we ate things like delicious falafel, kosher pizza, and gelato. We walked from lunch to the art district where we had another shopportunity to walk around and check out the interesting and beautiful art. They had a variety of art such as sculptures, paintings, jewlery, and menorahs.

From there, we traveled an hour back to our five-star hotel to observe Shabbat and enjoy a delicious meal that was not repetitive of anything we have eaten the past three nights. After dinner, some of us designed a group t-shirt and then we all hung out on the patio and relaxed for the night. 

Shabbat Shalom from all of us here!

Megan, Kailey, and Emma S