Shabbat in Ein Gedi

The Shabbat this week was very special in its location, in one of my favorite places in Israel, Ein Gedi. It began on Friday with another session of Ulpan and packing in a hurry. Then we were on our way, the journey from Jerusalem to Ein Gedi isn't long around an hour and a half, but we made a bathroom/water stop, at the same spot on my last trip to Israel that I rode a camel, it was a deja vu moment for me. When we arrived to Ein Gedi we had lunch and then went on a hike to the waterfalls, its always so lovely to walk in Ein Gedi it really is amazing. During Shabbat we stayed in the Ein Gedi field school right above the park which was quite amazing because of the ibex that just wander around the bunks and dining hall and well trafficked areas of the field school. I really enjoyed the desert environment that we were in that Shabbat it was a very unique weekend. We had seminars about brotherhood, trust and responsibility, as well as drama skits about scenes from the Torah. After lots of card games on Saturday and Havdallah that evening we came back to the Jerusalem, after a really great weekend in Ein Gedi.