This week we had the great pleasure of spending two beautiful days in the Golan Heights
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Max learning how to blow the shofar from Keinan Shimon, one of the finest shofar builders in the whole world |
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Zach taking a try |
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Shimon is one of only three shofar builders in all of Israel, and has been making them for almost 40 years and has perfected this secretive ancient art |
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Shaul blowing one of the beautiful shofars that are for sale in the gallery |
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Group in front of the Ayit Waterfalls in the Yehudiya Nature Reserve |
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Max and Josh atop an old Israeli tank that was used during the Yom Kippur War |
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Bayla poses in front of a Russian, Israeli and an American tank |
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Next stop Katzrin, an ancient Jewish village located in the central Golan Heights |
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Josh in front of three beautiful doors in the ancient city |
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An old olive oil press was found at the site |
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Ken and Shaul demonstrating how olives were crushed to make olive oil |
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Max and Josh using an ancient tool to flatten the ground for building |
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When the six day war ended, an archeological survey set out to discover the hidden past of the Golan. During the survey, the Bedouin Village of Katzrin was found....with an entrance way to an ancient synagogue |
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Kenny and the boys davening Mincha |
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Dave praying |
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Peek-a-boo! |
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Day 2 found us in the Banias, an archeological site and nature reserve, containing beautiful springs and a majestic waterfall.
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Josh doing an impersonation of the Greek G-d Pan, which the area was once known as (Panias). Panias was first settled in the Hellenistic period following Alexander the Great's conquest of the east. |
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A very happy group in front of the beautiful waterfall |
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Brooklyn in the house... |
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A great day for a hike |
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Bayla B. |
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Dave in front of an old flour mill that worked by water power |
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Before heading back to Kibbutz, we stopped at a farm to check out some pretty cool animals |
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Zach hand feeding an ibex |
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Yes.....that's a buffalo in Israel |
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We even got to ride go-carts at the farm |
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Dave chasing Zach around the track |
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Thank you Shaul for two amazing days in the Golan Heights!!! |
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