Shabbat Shalom

It is always a relief when Friday rolls around here in Jerusalem, when the usual roar of construction and traffic diminishes, and one can hear birds singing in the morning. It's the one morning each week that Josh can sleep in, and I know how much he appreciates his morning off. Tonight we will attend Kabbalat Shabbat services at HUC; afterwards we will join friends for dinner.

Yesterday I went on a trip to the Mount of Olives with several of the other SO's (Significant Others of HUC students). Our tour leader Gingy (a.k.a. David Wilfond) is an extremely knowledgeable Renaissance man (Rabbi, teacher, Outreach Director) with an extensive library of stories to share about the history of Jerusalem. Below are a few of the photos I took -- you can see all the photos from the trip at my Flickr Photo Website!


View from the summit of the Mount of Olives


Church of Dominus Flevit


Knarled olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane