Nearly a week since I left JFK to Ben Gurion, my concept of time has disintegrated. It feels like I've been here both a single month and a single day. The fact that we've been isolated to Sde Boker until this Shabbos with only cucumbers and various forms of burekas has not helped.
Sde Boker is exactly how I remember it. Dry air, dry sand, majestic views of the Negev, and Ben Gurion's tomb as the overwhelming monument of this small town. So far we have completed hikes and traveled places I've been to multiple times: Ein Avdat, Nahal Aqev. Yet the experiences have all proved so different, so significant just because I'm with a new, diverse group of people. I really like all of the Kivunim group and the differences of opinions and personalities.
Friday was our first full day of Kivunim. We hiked Ein Avdat, which is striking and picturesque (pictures to follow in further blog posts), and then toured the archeological Nabatean city of Avdat. Thereafter, we had the first of our many picnic lunches to come and, that night, we ate in the sukkah for the first time for Shabbos. Filled with breaks and discussion sessions about Zionism and Stilgoe's Outside Lies the Magic, Shabbos was a very relaxed day.
The Field School, where we we're staying, consists basically of a school and hostel within a small town. There's a grocery store and a bar we've been visiting and little else, besides the abundance of overpopulated Israeli cats prowling about.
Similar to Friday, yesterday, we hiked for most of the day and arrived to the swimming hole at Nahal Aqev. After another discussion session on Diaspora Jewry, we prepared for Shemini Atzeret and went to the local Sephardi shul in Sde Boker. Tonight, we're preparing for first international trip tomorrow - Petra.
Side note: future posts will include more pictures and be less monotonous.
Until then,
Rebecca
(Kivunim - www.kivunim.org)
Friday was our first full day of Kivunim. We hiked Ein Avdat, which is striking and picturesque (pictures to follow in further blog posts), and then toured the archeological Nabatean city of Avdat. Thereafter, we had the first of our many picnic lunches to come and, that night, we ate in the sukkah for the first time for Shabbos. Filled with breaks and discussion sessions about Zionism and Stilgoe's Outside Lies the Magic, Shabbos was a very relaxed day.
The Field School, where we we're staying, consists basically of a school and hostel within a small town. There's a grocery store and a bar we've been visiting and little else, besides the abundance of overpopulated Israeli cats prowling about.Similar to Friday, yesterday, we hiked for most of the day and arrived to the swimming hole at Nahal Aqev. After another discussion session on Diaspora Jewry, we prepared for Shemini Atzeret and went to the local Sephardi shul in Sde Boker. Tonight, we're preparing for first international trip tomorrow - Petra.
Side note: future posts will include more pictures and be less monotonous.
Until then,
Rebecca
(Kivunim - www.kivunim.org)
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