Our Tel Aviv day was great! We started off doing a meaningful Mitzvah project. We packed boxes with food for 36 poor families. We did our community service in the city of Jaffa (Yaffo) at the Jaffa Institute. At the Jaffa Institue we learned about the issues of the poor in Israel and the many programs that the Jaffa Institute does to try and help the poor families in the Tel Aviv/Jaffa area. We dedicated our volunteer act of kindness (Chesed) in memory of Talia's grandmother, of blessed memory. At the end of our work time, the woman in charge complimented our group for our great cooperation and teamwork. She said we were the best group of 7/8th graders she has worked with in the past four years.
After our mitzvah project we went to Independence Hall, Hechal Haatzmaut, and learned all about the history of Tel Aviv and the period of the establishment of the modern State of Israel. As we sat in the room, that still looks exactly the same, where David Ben Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister, read the Declaration of Independence and declared the State of Israel in 1948, we listened to a recording of the actual event.
Next we took a short walk to a Pedestrian Mall called Nahalat Binyamin, where every Tuesday and Friday artisans sell their wares and there are cafes and an open market. After lunch and shopping the students did a fun photo scavenger hunt on the streets of Tel Aviv.
Next stop was the beach for fun and relaxation in the sand and Mediterranean Sea.
Dinner was a real treat. We ate at an upscale dairy restaurant with delicous breads, salads, pizzas, two kinds of raviolis with cream sauces, pasta primamerva with tomato sauce, and three flavors of ice cream. There was so much delicious food everyone found something they could enjoy.
Back at Alexander Muss we got our clean laundry back and everyone took showers 😉
All is well and happy with the Lippman group!
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