Greetings from Israel everyone. I am now on Passover break, which is a 16-day long break.
Break began with a trip sponsored through the Office of Student Activities on campus. It is the annual Yam el Yam hike. During the Yam el Yam you hike from sea to sea (which is "yam el yam" is in English). However, since this trip is through OSA we did it a little differently. For more information on the Yam el Yam hike you can click this wonderful link to a wiki-page.
The first day we went to Akziv, the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Here, we did some stretching and also played a game called "Yam, Adamah," which means "sea, land." We would run into the sea when we heard Yam, and then run back when we heard Adamah. It is part of the tradition of Yam el Yam.
We then hiked along some river beds and up some mountains for three days. Sorry, no pictures from this event. We were hiking through water on the first day and I didn't want to risk my camera falling in, or better yet, me falling in and my camera still getting ruined. I made the hard choice to leave my camera behind, and I am glad, because someone did drop their camera in the water on our hike.
This is where OSA made a detour from the traditional Yam el Yam. We didn't do the whole hike. Many groups will hike with sleeping bags and pots to make pasta or rice along the way. Well, we had hostels, and nice hostels at that. Something that OSA likes to do is give you a taste of what the experience is like, but also to allow you to have bonding time with all the people on the trip. Yes, we did some hiking, but we also did much more.
We hiked over Shabbat, so everything closed down (no surprise there). However, during this day we got to tour Peki'in, a Druze town in the north. Only one Jewish person resides in this city, and she is now almost 90 years old. On the normal Yam el Yam you would have no reason to pass through this city, but we got to spend two days there.
The night Shabbat ended we hopped on the bus and drove about half an hour away, where we were going to sit around a fire. We also got to prepare our dinners. We split the group of 70 people into 3 groups (salads, sides, and entrees) and we prepared a giant potluck meal, all cooked by us. We had about 8 different kinds of meat. countless salads, and some awesome side dishes. We loaded up our plates and sat around the fire and had a great evening.
The experience was fantastic. Although the hiking was not terribly hard, it allowed us to really bond with each other outside of school and while running through the wilderness.
We then hiked along some river beds and up some mountains for three days. Sorry, no pictures from this event. We were hiking through water on the first day and I didn't want to risk my camera falling in, or better yet, me falling in and my camera still getting ruined. I made the hard choice to leave my camera behind, and I am glad, because someone did drop their camera in the water on our hike.
This is where OSA made a detour from the traditional Yam el Yam. We didn't do the whole hike. Many groups will hike with sleeping bags and pots to make pasta or rice along the way. Well, we had hostels, and nice hostels at that. Something that OSA likes to do is give you a taste of what the experience is like, but also to allow you to have bonding time with all the people on the trip. Yes, we did some hiking, but we also did much more.
We hiked over Shabbat, so everything closed down (no surprise there). However, during this day we got to tour Peki'in, a Druze town in the north. Only one Jewish person resides in this city, and she is now almost 90 years old. On the normal Yam el Yam you would have no reason to pass through this city, but we got to spend two days there.
The night Shabbat ended we hopped on the bus and drove about half an hour away, where we were going to sit around a fire. We also got to prepare our dinners. We split the group of 70 people into 3 groups (salads, sides, and entrees) and we prepared a giant potluck meal, all cooked by us. We had about 8 different kinds of meat. countless salads, and some awesome side dishes. We loaded up our plates and sat around the fire and had a great evening.
The experience was fantastic. Although the hiking was not terribly hard, it allowed us to really bond with each other outside of school and while running through the wilderness.
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