Hi fam and friends! It’s been a while…
Since it was Shabbath, we took a blogging break and now we’re back with not one, but TWO guest bloggers, our leaders of the past two days : Samantha and Brian!
Yesterday, was a heavy and moving day for our group. We began at Yad Vashem, a holocaust museum, located in Jerusalem. The exhibit was put together beautifully and included photographs, videos of survivors, artefacts and other forms of documentation. Walking through the museum brought out many emotions in us but also helped us connect more strongly to our past.
We walked from Yad Vashem to Mount Herzel where we saw the Herzel memorial and the soldiers’ cemetery. We visited the tomb of Josh Friedberg, a Montrealer who made aliah and devoted himself to defending his home country, Israel. This hit pretty close to home. Talia, Danielle and Isaac organized a group discussion to express our views and sentiments regarding this emotionally heavy day.
After having lunch on Mount Herzel, we had leftover sandwhiches which we brought along with us to Machane Yehuda, a market in Jerusalem. We gave this extra food to homeless people for Shabbath. At the market we saw many cute shops and fresh produce stands.
Last night we ate dinner at the hotel with Helen Diller’s family, who were very interested in hearing about what we have been up to. We then travelled to the Kotel, singing and dancing along the way. Once we arrived at the wall, everyone was immediately moved and felt spiritually connected to the site and to our proud heritage.
Today was a lighter and more relaxing day. First thing this morning we took a trip to a nearby park, where we played will balls, kites, frisbees, gimp and BUBBLES :) So far we’ve spotted fourteen different weddings!!
This afternoon Nanak gave us a tour of the old city, pointing out important sites such as David’s supposed tomb, the room where the last supper took place and the different mountains in Jersusalem.
We ate dinner at the hotel and then headed out to Ben Yehuda street where, you guessed it, we did more SHOPPING. We spotted several other Diller cohorts, which only got us more excited for Congress which is coming up in the next few days.
We’re off to pack now because we are (sadly) leaving this gorgeous, holy city.
Sending you all much virtual love,
Brian, Samantha, Lara and Isaac
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