Hike

On Fridays in Israel, there is no school, so today we went on a hike. It was a short hike but it took awhile because we went with all of Nativ, which slowed us down considerably. After the hike, we went to a mall in Jerusalem for lunch. This was my first time seeing groups of Israeli teenagers. The mall was packed with High school / College students, all of them shopping, eating and socializing. By the time we left the mall and made our way back to Beit Nativ it was almost time for Shabbat. For my first Shabbat in Israel we prayed on the top of this hill. I watched as the city came to a standstill around me as we welcomed in Shabbat. It was a very special Shabbat.