Anshai Goes to Israel!

We woke up this morning to a perfectly clear sky following yesterday’s rain- a perfect day for visiting Har Ben-Tal, the highest point on the Golan Heights.  We could see Syria and Lebanon (even the suburbs of Damascus!) and learned about the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War. We made a special stop to get hot chocolate- thank you Josh-before our jeep tour of the Golan!

After lunch we went to Gamla (known as the Masada of the north), and our amazing tour guide, Josh said that the point of Judaism is appreciation. We learned about how Gamla was founded and excavated (amazing story). Afterwards, the last stop of the day we went to Tel Saki.  A soldier, Yaakov of the 188th, told us the story of the site- none of us will forget how he described the heroism of that event.  We went through a pitch-black bunker-luckily, we all made it out alive!!  We learned about specific soldiers, and the crafty things they did to stay alive (a Bobby pin kippa holder turned into a grenade pin!).  There we witnessed a beautiful sunset.  We came back and had a giant Israeli bbq feast!  Laila Tov.