Friday-Shabbat Seminar 33

This was my first event with Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli and I did not know what to expect. I really liked our guide, Alex, who was very knowledgeable and easy to talk to. We were over 50 people and all so different – but what a great atmosphere. Our Friday water hike in Nachal Zaki was fun and challenging, but everyone helped each other out Our hotel was also an amazing place - about the life of Dona Gracia. She helped many Jews who were exiled from Spain and Portugal and also helped rebuild Tiberias, resettling many Jews there. The lectures about water throughout Shabbat were interesting – we had many experts from our group who talked about water usage, technology, and purification in Israel today, how our media influences public opinion about water, and water as a metaphor in Jewish sources and in Parshat HaShavua (Miriam’s well, how many problems in our history revolved around water!) Our walk to the sea and around Tiberias on Shabbat was great too. Thank you to all the organizers for this excellent seminar. I am really looking forward to the next one!

Anton M.