Our second day of Michlelet has come and gone, and what an amazing day it was!

We started out our day with wake-up, davening, and breakfast and then continued on to orientation. After being reminded of the schedule, rules, and where everything takes place on campus, we had an introduction with Rabbi Andi Yudin, husband of our director Mrs. Rivka Yudin, about the laws of Kashrut in Israel and tearing one’s clothes when seeing the Kotel for the first time in 30 days. After the orientation was over, we were privileged to hear a beautiful shiur from Rabbi Zev Leff, Rav of Moshav Matityahu, about the specialness of Israel and a Jew’s perspective on life.

After lunch, it was time to board the busses for Yerushalayim! The ‘shana alef’ (first year) girls went to Ir David, the City of David. They toured around, saw a great 3D video, and walked through Chizkiyahu’s water tunnels! We had such a great time! The ‘shana bet and gimmel’ (second and third year) girls went to a different area of Ir David where they went on a dry tunnel tour, and then to the Rova (Jewish Quarter of the Old City) where they browsed, shopped, and snacked. We then all met up at the Kotel, tore our shirts and had a really meaningful davening there.

We then boarded the busses again headed for the Haas Promenade, or the “Tayelet” as it’s known in Hebrew. We took our annual group picture and watched the gorgeous sunset over the hills of Yerushalayim. It was really something! We enjoyed delicious bagels for dinner and getting to know our new friends! After a long and busy day we headed back to our beautiful campus in Beit Shemesh.

We apologize for any delay or difficulty in accessing our photo albums as the NCSY blog site is experiencing some technical difficulties. We should have new pictures posted by tomorrow morning. Stay tuned as we look forward to another great day on Michlelet – our madricha-led chaburas (learning groups) as well as classes and activities begin tomorrow, followed by a chessed trip! We can’t wait for what’s in store!

Have a good night,

Michlelet 2011