Mar.19-21 Purim-Tzfat

                                                    Purim
 I went to Eshar for a purim celebration.  The Tzofim had built different climbing structures and different games.  One of them was a game where there was a thin pole raised like a balance beam, and two people had to walk on it with big styrofoam clubs, and try to hit the other person off.  The one who hit the other person off first won.  I did it with my dad -- and he won.

      After the carnival, we drove to Rosh Pinah.  We slept in a little hotel and in the morning we took a long hike to Tzfat.  My dad and Halleli drove to Tzfat, and my mom and I walked.  During our walk, we saw lots of cool things. We saw these strange caterpillars in nests made out of spider-webby stuff.  We also saw gazelles, but only their heads, because they were on the other side of the hill.  It was a very hilly walk.

                                                   

               
After the walk, we went to Tzfat, and saw that in Tzfat people celebrate Purim one day after they do in the rest of Israel, except in Jerusalem -- called "Shushan Purim." 

      In Tzfat there are a lot of amazing artists and huge art galleries.  We went into the shop of one guy. He let us paint the floor of the stage he was painting. 

     We also saw a sofer -- a person who writes the Torah.  He gave me a little piece of paper and he wrote my name on it in Hebrew.  When we saw him, he was writing the Song of Songs, Shir haShirim.

                                         
     We also saw three old synagogues that were still being used.

                                        

 I had a lot of fun the whole time. 

   P.S. I took this picture.
                                                 
                                          

March 3 2011 Hike in Arbel

Today I went to Arbel with my dad to hike.The hike was on a really steep cliffs.

                                                                                      
On the way up we saw an about 2000 year  old synagogue. I learned how to take a video so here's one of those.

                                      

During the hike, we saw a tour guide telling stories in English so we stopped to listen. He was showing a little group the Kinneret which you could see from the top of the mountain.  He said that a few years before the Kinneret had been so low that they saw something sticking out, and a bunch of archeologists took it out of the water and found a wooden boat preserved by mud that was 2000 years old. The boat is now in some museum.

After the hike, we went to Tiberias to get lunch.  After lunch, we went to a little outdoor museum with a hot hot spring. The spring was so hot you were only supposed to put your feet and hands in.

                                      
    In the outdoor museum, there is also an old synagogue with really pretty mosaics.  There was one that was almost full, of a menorah, and other Jewish symbols.

                                       
There was also a mosaic of the zodiac.

Then, we went to the Golan, and saw a movie on a 180-degree screen about the senses of the Golan.  While we were watching a windy part of the movie, we suddenly felt wind!  I looked around and saw fans.  While we were watching a rainy part of the movie, it started to rain mist inside the theater!  Then, after the show, we went to a huge model of the Golan Heights.

                                     
Then, we went to see some waterfalls.

                                          
It was a very fun hike!