Saturday April 18^th

Day 10

Matthew and Erich

In Kibbutz Parod - We started the day by sleeping in. It was pretty great. After we woke up, we went to an optional breakfast. After breakfast, we had the chance to tour the kibbutz. We met Ilana - a resident of the Kibbutz and she showed us around and told us some stories about the kibbutz. It was a very different way of life but was interesting to learn about. Next we went to an olive farm – “Sabba Habib” where they made the best olive oil in the world in 2012-2014. We had a chance to smell some of their soaps and try their olive oil products. Matthew says “The olives were good”. After that everyone went to the kibbutz’s ice cream shop followed by a delicious lunch. Next it was family visiting times and the people that didn’t have visitors had the chance to socialize with each other. After everyone returned from their family visiting, we had a lemonade making program with a twist. Each part of the lemonade represented a different aspect of our identity. The lemons were our Jewish identity, the sugar was our Canadian identity, and the water was our global identity. Sean was very very very Canadian. His lemonade wasn’t a liquid, it was syrup. After that we were given different Jewish values and we had to choose our top 3. It was interesting to see the differences between everyone’s values. Then we had our third meal of the day which was Bamba, Bear Potato Chips, Doritos, Bissli, and a variety of drinks followed by Havdallah. An hour and a half later, we got on a bus and headed to Rosh Pina for a Pizur dinner. We are all having a great time and are looking forward to what lies ahead.