Day 5 - Friday

Day  5:

We were off to visit some of the world’s most brave men and women -  The Israeli defence force.

We had brought chapsticks and blankets, for the long cold nights they spend protecting every individual men and women of Israel. It really makes you feel incredibly protected and safe; you can live every day being happy because of them. When we handed the brave soldiers their gifts, they were entirely grateful that we were giving something back to them.  We had a scrumptious dinner containing schintzel and burgers which we enjoyed thoroughly. We took a brisk walk to Machne Yehudah where there are markets to buy the essential. We spent approximately 90 minutes pondering over the items in the market such as Brazil nuts and Rav Nachman kippot.

Furthermore Joseph got defacatated on by an Israeli Bird (pigeon) and the Radlett boys played a game to try and find the most unusual object in the market. Boaz got a fish head, Eli got a price sign and Grossman got a chicken’s derrière.

Many people tried to buy things from market stores and tried to haggle the price down consequently the market people spat at us. A fair few people bought Israeli trousers and bought some cheap food to eat. Israelis used imperative to draw forward possible buyers and therefore many tribe youths bought market objects. Having arrived to the hotel we became elated about the prospect of spending a Shabbat in Israel so we were given an hour to prepare for debatably the best Shabbat of our lives.

By Alex and Georgia