Thursday, October 27, 2011

Arrived in Jerusalem

I can see the king David hotel, the YMCA, the old city and the panorama of jerusalem at night. Our wonderful group from the Hilton head area are all here safe and sound albeit a little tired from the trip.
Where does one begin this trip blog? Our tour guide is a nice young lady named
Tamar. I am sure we will learn more about her as the trip proceeds. We are an energetic group with a good sense of humor. Some of us are hear for the first time and others are veterans of Israel. We will a learn from each other. I am not concerned.
Besides having dinner at a nice restaurant tonight on King George, we drove to a scenic vista of the old city. it was Becoming dark and so we could marvel at the city lights but we could not behold that sunset radiating down upon the dome of the rock or the El Aksa mosque . But we said our blessings of thanksgiving made a kidding and delighted in the most delicious Hallah in Jewish history.
My main point tonight was that I hoped that we as a group would allow ourselves to move beyond being a tourist and embrace this trip as a journey as if we were real life pilgrims. No matter our age a trip to Israel calls us to listen and watch carefully how the past shapes our future.
Tomorrow we will go to explore the jewish quarter, the western Wall, excavations on the south side of the Holy Temple and , of course, we will make our way beforee Shabbat commences to theJewish market. Watch out hallahs! then we will worship at Kol HaNeshamah, the exciting and inspiring reform congregation in Jerusalem.
Shabbat Shalom
Rb

3 comments:

Rabbi Arthur Segal said...

shalom dear chaver r'brad: amein to you and your group's shekianu, and continued amein to your tephelat ha derek as you visit from city to city, town to town in ha eretz. and shabbat shalom tonite as the sun sets on walls and buildings of Jerusalem, giving them a golden hue. having just come back from 8 days in israel, i know how doubly blessed your contingent is: to be in The Land, and to have you as their Rabbi.
shalom uvracha,
Arthur

rabbi arthur segal
www.jewishspiritualrenewal.net

Rabbi Arthur Segal said...

shalom dear chaver r'brad: amein to you and your group's shekianu, and continued amein to your tephelat ha derek as you visit from city to city, town to town in ha eretz. and shabbat shalom tonite as the sun sets on walls and buildings of Jerusalem, giving them a golden hue. having just come back from 8 days in israel, i know how doubly blessed your contingent is: to be in The Land, and to have you as their Rabbi.
shalom uvracha,
Arthur

rabbi arthur segal
www.jewishspiritualrenewal.net

Anonymous said...

I will look forward to hearing of your adventure. Go easy on the hallah Rabbi.