Finally all caught up to today! Today we woke up at 6:30 to have Thursday morning services. Yair led the service. At the beginning he taught us all about wrapping Tefilin. We learned exactly what it is, why men do it, and many traditions behind this act. After services we rushed to breakfast so we could get back to the rooms and head off to class/tiyul. During breakfast Sandra called me so we talked for a little while. I then went to class where
Yael was my substitute teacher. Today we visited a Mosque so Yael taught us the background of the religion, Islam, for about an hour. She basically covered how Islam is similar to Christianity and Judaism, how it spread, and its basic beliefs. We then headed to the Mosque. At the Mosque the girls were given head covers to wear and we took off our shoes. We then went upstairs and listened the head of prayer speak to us about Islam and Muslim culture.
It was a very interesting morning and I learned quite a lot. We then went to lunch in that neighborhood. It was a great lunch! We had pita, falafel, French fries and a variety of salads and some very good lemonade. It was best lunch we have had. “I had twenty pitas!” my roommate Shayna says J That pretty much describes how good it was. We then came back to Tzuba for classes, which I only have two of today J
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