Kulanu Baaretz: Shabbos and Saturday Night Hike

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Shabbos and Saturday Night Hike

We had another beautiful shabbos this week. Friday night we ate dinner by Dvora, along with some of Dvora's children and their friends. We were entertained by good food, good conversation, and some cool army stories. Shaina got to hang out with some of the girls from the Kibbutz, while the guys hung out with the Kibbutz guys. After dinner, we went home and some of us played a game of Monopoly while the others went to sleep. Shabbos lunch we ate with the Kibbutz in the main dining room. After an afternoon walk, in some great weather, we came home and rested. We enjoyed another Aruchat Arba/Shalosh Seudas at Kenny's and then set home to get ready for our evening activities.

Armed with flashlights, water, and bug spray, we set out for our first Night Hike. Hiking by the light of a full moon, we found our way to the Kibbutz's fish ponds, where we learned how oxygen is provided for all the fish in the fish ponds.

We then hiked a little further where we were greeted by Shaul, who delivered our Dominoes. What a treat!

We relaxed a bit and then made our way back home.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I am so jealous. I wish I could spend time with you guys.; October 27, 2007 at 5:39 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.