Monday 8/2/10
Day 12
Genesis Land/Tzfat.
We got up, got our stuff together, ate breakfast and got on the road. Today we were heading up to the far north of the country to Tzfat, the home of kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), which is also the top ultra orthodox hotspot.
On the way, we first stopped in a huge valley. The home of Genesis Land. Now in Genesis Land, you are taken by Eliezar, Abraham’s servant atop camels to Abraham’s tent around 1800BCE. There you learn a little of what life was like being a shepherd in biblical times.
We had dried fruit and water. We also made our own pita bread! Then my family and I had our own special lunch (courtesy of Genesis Land) without the other families! It was so delicious and great. I also did another “Professor Sherman” video. We then took camels back to the main area. Then we were off once more!
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| And the Lord said "Yonina and Eliana shall ride a camel at Genesis Land!" Then he rested. |
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| Then the Lord said: "You shall make a sacrifice of pita!" So they obeyed. |
We drove for hours through the West Bank, Tiberias, and the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). Finally, we got to Tzfat and settled at the Safed (another name for Tzfat) Inn.
Then we went to dinner. Now THAT was a saga. Mom and dad had no idea where they were going. Mom kept saying we were in the right place when we weren’t. As my grandma would say….oy. I nearly wasn’t hungry by the time we ate. After some more arguing (and they say me and Ella bicker), we finally got home.
Exploring tomorrow,
Sam
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