8th Grade Israel Trip Blog :: Solomon Schechter Day School

8th Grade Israel Trip Blog

April 24/Day 2

/ Apr 24, 2025 /

By: Nathaniel, Class of 2025

Our second day in Israel began with a nice shacharit service. It was interesting because we had a Sefardi torah (so the scroll stood upright in a big metal case), and because we got to see how one of the other schools prays (similar to us, but with a few different tunes).

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/ Apr 23, 2025 /

By: Rabbi Jonathan (Yoni) Berger

I’m writing this from our tour bus. We just left the Atlit Detention Camp, near Haifa, and are on our way to Degania, the kibbutz near the Kinneret that will be our base for the next five days. But what time is it? The bus clock reads 16:00, my jet-lagged body feels like it’s 11 a.m., and my…