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| Friends from a program I did in Israel 2 years ago |
Hellooo- My life has just been so busy I haven't had time to blog at all until now!! So the week after Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year) was Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is one of the holiest holidays of the year. It is a fasting holiday so I fasted for 24 hours. It is difficult, but if you sleep all day then it goes by quickly. Yom Kippur means day of Atonement. I was in Haifa, which is a city north of Israel for this. After Yom Kippur, we had two normal days of learning hebrew and then another Jewish holiday began! The holiday of Sukkot began Tuesday evening and it lasts one week. We are off all week for it, which is nice. Sukkot begins 5 days after Yom Kippur and is one of the most joyous holidays of the year with lots of food! It is such a drastic change from Yom kippur since it is one of the most solemn holiday of the year. Sukkot is always a fun holiday because for the holiday you are supposed to build a tent like model and basically live in it for the week. My family on my kibbutz I live on has a huge one. I helped them build it and we all made many decorations for it. A lot of people in Israel go camping for the holiday as well. I was planning on it, but I went to visit my friends in a city called Ra'Anna. Ra'Anna is a city in central Israel, north of Tel-Aviv. I stayed with them for two nights and it was a lot of fun because I had not seen them in about 5-6 months!
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| This is what a sukkah is supposed to look like! |
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| My roommate for 9 months on a program I did in Israel two years ago |
The months of September and October are busy with many holidays and many things going on! It is the best time to come to Israel because you can really experience all the celebrations and Jewish holidays.
I've always loved hearing about the Jewish holidays I've read about in the Old Testament. They are full of meaning and joy. So glad you had a fun week with friends.
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