Kulanu Baaretz: Fruit Picking in the Pardes

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Fruit Picking in the Pardes

After a productive day at work (Jordan cut the vegetables for the salad all by himself and Shaina and Yehuda made the matzoh balls for dinner) and a meaningful day at school, we were off to the Pardes (orchards) for some fruit picking.

We had a great time picking pamellas and clementines but had an even better time tasting them!

After our fruit picking, we continued on and found the most spectacular view which we had to climb a bit to get to.

While some of us were eager to climb up, others needed a little more pushing.

Once we got there, we were all struck by the beauty.

Ma rabu maasecha Hashem?! How great are the works of Hashem?!

We davened Mincha up there and then hiked back home.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: hey guys...
you look terrific! sounds like you're having an amazing time!
i'm thinking of you, and am proud of the wonderful young men and women you have become!
stay sweet! stay safe!
lisa korman; November 6, 2007 at 12:05 PM

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Kenny"s Thoughts on Kulanu Baaretz

I am most proud of how the kibbutz has opened their hearts and homes to Kulanu. People are genuinely concerned, supportive and willing to lend a helping hand wherever they can. The students are a part of this community, and they are truly standing on their own, without shadows, because they don't need them. At work, they have to produce, just like anyone else and they are there as true contributors, not just as a chesed. So whatever they do has to count but at the same time, there needs to be support and understanding of their needs. I am also so proud to be a part of a program where students are so quickly learning to be independent. I see kids helping kids out, waking up each other to go to davening. I see a student who at the beginning of the program, when he was the only one who arrived at davening on time, said, "Well I'm here, that's all that matters". Three weeks later, when he was still the only one there at 8:00, he went back to the dorm, with his tefilin on, to wake up the rest of his peers. This shows a true sense of being a part of community. And that's really what makes the world go round. That's what makes us survive as a community. We are seeing students become a part of a community in the real sense of the word.