Hanukkah 2011 trip to Israel             (Click on a thumbnail to enlarge)







Sukkoth 2011           







A contingent of five went to Israel in the Fall of 2010







Shavuoth 2011







Moroccan hospitalityA lot of Sukkot is about eating!A new Torah reading cycleCooking flatbreadHidden talents come outDiscussion in the Sukkah
Affixing mezuzah to dedicate a new homeA cold nightHosts at the Indian "restaurant"Ready to unify the Name of YHWH
The People of Israel are One.Talent showHakafah (circuit) around sukkahItalian restaurant hospitality
Arriving at Ben Gurion AirportFirst time in the Land!YHWH's name spelled out with 33 candlesWithin the gates of JerusalemA beautiful LandRefreshment for the spiritEastern Gate to the Temple MountOverview of Jerusalem from the Mount of OlivesTHis gives you an idea of how high the city walls are.The oldest extant wall of Jerusalem, built by HezekiahThe actual site where Yahshua was condemned by Pilate, outside Herod's PalaceAnother view of Gabbatha (John 19), Pilate's Judgment HallSite outside the Zion Gate where two from our community participated in an archesological digArchaeological Garden below the Temple Mount2,000-year-old olive tree in GethsemaneNarrow streets in the Old CityA common ancient Israelite four-room houseA tamarisk tree in the Aravah desert that may be over 3,000 years old. Avraham planted such a tree because it is an excellent shade tree for hospitality.Overlooking the Western WallA date palm in JerusalemAll too true!Hurva Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter, destroyed at partition in 1948, and recently rebuilt!Overlooking the Temple MountThe southwestern corner of the Old CItyThe actual menorah to be used in the next TempleTunnel along the western wall of the Temple MountLeaders in today's two houses of IsraelModel of Second-Temple-Period Jerusalem now located at the Israel MusaumA sukkah remaining from Sukkoth a month beforeCave in Qumran where some of the Dead Sea Scrolls were found
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Hanukkah 2010







First nightDedicating a new home by placing a mezuzah on teh doorpostOur biggest "candle""You are the light of the world.""HanuKiss" breaks tradition with its very untraditional rendition of "Tradition, Tradition"Pinning the candle on the HanukkiahFind that doughnut!Dressed for new moon celebration on the 7th nightLearning to play dreydel!8th night-- Next year in Jerusalem!
Purim 2011







The decreeGuess what we are dressed as?A night for light and joy and gladness and honorPanel of expertsActing out the Megillah
Passover 2011







Burning the Leftover LeavenHomemade MatzahPassover is Israel's "independence day"!Passover is always on the full moon.Remembering the Lamb's Blood on the Doorposts
Recent visit to our community by Jeremy Gimpel of Israel National Radio's "Tuesday Night Live", and ceremony recognizing South Carolina as the first state to pass a proclamation commending the state of Israel for its relations with the U.S. and special partnership with our state.
This week:
What's Hidden in Your Tent?
(Joshua 6:17 - 7:26)
Bruce Brill entertains us with Hebrew fusion musicIbex at En Gedi. Many shofars come from their horns.Whole tour group at the Southern Steps to the Temple Mount.The Salt Sea (AKA Dead Sea)Picking olives to learn how to press out the oil Enjoying the Ben Yehuda St. pedestrian mallOld friends reunitedAcacia trees, from which the wood in the Mishkan (tabernacle) and its furniture were madeWaterfall at En Gedi, where David cut off King Shaul's tzitzit to show that he had no intention of killing him"Oasis" at Tamar, where we spent eleven nights in the desert.Floating in the Dead Sea. The 17% mineral content makes it impossible to sink.The black basalt town of Chorazin, one of Yahshua's hauntsSome of the stones that fell when the Temple was destroyedSnow-capped Mt. HermonThe "synagogue without walls" at Kfar NahumWe spent Hanukkah at this desert outpost--a fortress at least 3,000 years oldMt. Gilboa and the Yezreel Valley, close to where King SHaul and Yonathan died in battleHanukkah dinner tableWaking up in Jerusalem!Traversing the Jewish Quarter in JerusalemThe new moon over the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)The "last resort" we stayed at, on the shore of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)Turning our backs on the shrine King Jeroboam built as a Northern Kingdom alternative to the Temple in Jerusalem When Israel camped at Oboth, Moshe may have stood on this mountain to address them.Roeh Hulon teaching about the 32 steps leading to YHWH's "lev" (heart)Climbing "Prayer Mountain"South of the Temple MountThis tour was about getting our children in touch with the Land of YHWH's covenant.Moshe Kempinski teaching in SHorashim bookstore.One of the world's oldest known synagogues at Masada, built in the typical style where all congregants face each otherMaking the desert bloomApproaching the Jaffa Gate to the Old City of JerusalemSome of the oldest structures in Jerusalem, from before King David's timeWorking to bless IsraelDavidson Archaeological Park and the Mount of OlivesAn Edomite altar where many idols smashed during the reforms of Hezekiah or Josiah were foundHanukkiah outside the Old CityCrossing the desert to "Prayer Mountain"A rare storm approaching in the desertWaiting for lunch at QumranChambered Gate in King Solomon's fortification at TamarOne of the oldest trees in the world, on the tel at Tamar