Well, we have officially been in Israel for over a month! I feel like we just got here, but yet we've already done so many cool things! This past week and a half, we headed down south for a vacation. Our first stop was Masada, which we hiked at 4:00 AM in the pitch dark and freezing cold! Once we got up there, we had a beautiful t'fillah service, and a Jewish History class. Although the weather was pretty unbearable, I learned so much about Jewish History at Masada. I used to think that Masada was just a tourist destination, a beautiful place to hike. However, being there, and being educated on the location, I learned so many things that I had never known. For example, I learned that Herod The Great built Masada as a vacation home, that it had a lot of Roman influence, and that the Roman Siege of Masada lead to a mass suicide of all of the Jewish people living there at the time.
After Masada, we went to the Dead Sea, stayed in Bedouin Tents, road camels, went to Eilat, and so much more. All of these were aspects of our trip that I had been waiting for since arriving in Israel. It was all so much fun! However, my most meaningful experience of the week was definitely Gadna. At first, I didn't like it. I had a really hard time adjusting, but in the end, I ended up loving it. Over the few days that I was there, I learned so much about myself, and how to work with other people. The entire experience gave me a whole new appreciation for Israelis, and all that they do. Each of them work so hard to serve their countries, which is something I truly admire.
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