So, we had our first shabbat in Israel. On Friday afternoon, we all met up and went to a B'nei Akiva shul close to the beach (and about a 45 minute walk away). Then all the Shalem kids were paired off and went to different Israeli families for Friday night dinner. I went with a girl named Tova (not from my appt) and we had a wonderful time- the family didn't all speak English well, which gave us each a chance to practice our hebrew skills. They were all very welcoming and sweet... and funny the way that Israelis are. The mother sent us home with cookies and fruit, and they were all just so nice.
Afterwards, we all met up at the beach, with the rest of the Year Course kids. It was really fun because the beach is so softand it was so pretty and the water was the perfect temperature.
Today, we soke up early to meet up to go to shul, but couldn't figure out where we were supposed to meet, so we ended up walking for about 2 hours and still ended up at our apartment without a clued where everyone else was. We had kiddush together and then talked about pluralism in Judaism (a topic I find important but that is usually dismissed). We had a group lunch and then played wome games in our apartments (yes.. we played Bananagrams, and Uno too :)
On our way to the other girls apartment to hang out, we met these Israelis in a park right across the street from my apartment who were very cool. They were really energetic and were happy to meet Americans. One of them was named Yochai and told us that he plays soccer on the Tel- Aviv team. I have no idea if that was true, but we also got to meet his mother since they live right next to the park, and she came to say hi, and it was really cool because we got invites over to eat, or visit :) That's Israel for ya.
We had Seuda shlishit at our apartment- which we finally cleaned and organized!! Then havdala, and now we plan to just watch a movie tonight, although lots of people are going up to Tel-Aviv.
I'm glad to finally feel like this is our apartment, and that it is now a living space, not just a place to sleep.
Had a great time, and cant wait till tomorow when we find out what our volunteer jobs are :)
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