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By Wednesday
February 3, 2010
19 Shevat 5770
Lynn and I rejoined the group after a long evening in the emergency room in a hospital in Tel Aviv. By the time that we had joined them they had already had their history lesson of the region and why this area is so vital to Israel’s existence, not just strategically since it sits along both the Lebanese and Syrian borders, as well as Jordan, but more so for its agricultural reasons after our pioneers built it up from swamp land as well as it being the source of water in the region that feeds all the way down to the Dead Sea.
The first stop of the day was to an Olive Oil factory not too far from the Kibbutz where people learned how olives were pressed into olive oil, a major industry in the northern part of Israel. Another important industry was located across the road at the Golan Wine factory. Lynn and I arrived just in time to sample the first wine of the day, a most exquisite dry white wine which is good to make any steak taste all that much better. I promise you, that it was past twelve in the afternoon before we started to drink.
After proving we could walk a straight line between the rain drops we were allowed back onto the bus for lunch and another ascending to even greater heights, both mystical and physical in the kabbalist city of Tzfat. More shopping from the local artists after visiting two significant synagogues, one attended by the ARI, otherwise known as Rabbi Isaac Luriah, who is known for his mystical theory of tzimtzum and the redemption of the sparks each time we do a mitzvah. The second synagogue was the home to Jacob Caro, the author of the Shulchan Arukh, which is the Jewish playbook when it comes to knowing what to do and what not to do according to Jewish law in a concise manner.
After another full day, we returned to the kibbutz for a sumptuous meal and a good night’s sleep for the next day’s activities.
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