To continue with the chaperone blogging, I just wanted to bring you up to date on what we did today. We got on the bus at 8 am, and the miracle was that with 19 different host homes (including the chaperones), everyone was on time! Everyone told us what a great time they had with their host families during the hour-and-a-half bus ride to Tzfat. In Tzfat, we visited two different synagogues that were from the 16-17th centuries and associated with famous Rabbis - one a scholar of Jewish law and one a scholar of Jewish mysticism. Afterwards, we visited the Safed Candle store where we saw the most elaborate candles (including a representation of Noah's ark that included tweety bird made entirely of beeswax). We had some time to make purchases, the most popular of which was almond juice. We also met Avraham, an artist who was very excited to teach us about Mysticism.
From Tzfat, we got on the bus for a short ride to Maayan Baruch, where we made sandwiches for lunch with a variety of different fillings. After cleaning up and getting changed, we started rafting down the Hatzbani river. The ride turned out to be very calm (unless you count the numerous pranks that the guys pulled off in the second half of the trip). After we got back to our bus, we changed and loaded up for what SHOULD have been a 1.5 hour trip, but we got stuck in an hour long traffic jam, where, despite Aron's pleas, no one could get out. After we eventually got back, everyone headed off to their hosts' homes, where rumor has it they were going to have a bar-b-que.
That's all for tonight.
--Daniel
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