Today we had lots of fun exploring the city of Tzfat. We arrived in the morning, at the holy city of Tzfat and then to one of the major memorial sites where Israeli soldiers fought in the war of independace in 1948. We learned that although we cannot ignore the terrorist activities happening, it is important for us Jews to continue bringing to this world kind deeds that will be the little light to counteract the dark acts of violence.  In that spirit, we lit candles like the Ari’zal, one of the greatest rabbi’s who is buried in Tzfat used to.

After that we walked through the marketplace and visited a very old synagogue still in use today.  We had the opportunity to shop in the Artist district and browse through the beautiful paintings and artwork.

Once we reunited with the group we visited a glass blower in her studio. We got to see how glass sculptures are made. The artist then explained her spiritual connection to Judaism. Afterwards, we visited the holy cemetery of Tzfat which is over 1000 years old. The Ari’zal was burried there, along with many other great sages of his time. Finally we got to see how Torah Scrolls are handwritten. We saw a Sofer (a torah scribe) and practiced writing in biblical hebrew.