Alone amidst the ruins
Note: Picture credited to the Israeli Ministry of Tourism (www.goisrael.com) Time to Go During the last week of our stay at the Dead Sea, my husband’s relatives thought that we must go and see Eilat. They were so in love with that place that they deeply felt that we...
Picture credited to the Israeli Ministry of Tourism (www.goisrael.com) Get Me on the Bus! There is a Russian saying that goes something like this: “Those who got burned by a hot milk will spend their lives blowing air on the water.” I was about to find out how true...
Note: Picture credited to the Israeli Ministry of Tourism (www.goisrael.com) We Must Go Again After we arrived in Tel Aviv from the Dead Sea, I felt a strong pull to go visit Tzfat again. However, I also felt we needed to visit Lake Kinneret by traveling through the city of...
We traveled to Tzfat by taxi. Very nice drive. The taxi driver happened to be on his way home to Tzfat. So he happily agreed to charge at the cost of the bus fare. I felt a strong need to go back to that bench at the small military cemetery...
Note: Picture credited to the Israeli Ministry of Tourism (www.goisrael.com) Photographer: Noam Chen It was the Friday before the Jewish New Year. We were at the last stages of our journey, our pilgrimage. I felt that we needed to return to the Western Wall. There was such a strong pull...
9:45 a.m. Note: Originally when we ordered the tickets, we were supposed to fly back to Los Angeles after the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. However, after my last conversation by the Western Wall, I felt very strongly that this time we should not celebrate the Jewish New Year...
7:45am Hi, my mom, welcome back. Don’t be sad, mom, if you don’t know what is in store for you. Just know that G-d is compassionate and everything will be all right. Have more trust and hope that G-d has something special planned for you that do not involve pain...