I have been in Israel since Wednesday, and it has been miserable! It is freezing cold in the North of Israel, and the day we went to tour the Golan Heights close to the Lebanon border, it rained almost all day. We were soaked to the skin!
And so, it was dark, overcast, foggy, gloomy and soaking day - yet, here in Israel, they are motivated to even dance and sing, realizing the great miracle and blessing of rain! The Israelis were really excited about all this rain, despite being really soaked. They appreciate miracles there...
Today we went to visit the Banays nature trail, built around the Banyas stream. As a result of the rain, however, the stream was a like a roaring raging river (see pictures).
From the very muddy and difficult trip, we went on a jeep to the border of Lebanon and Syrian. It was sobering to think what these countries were doing to Israel before the Six Day War, and how miraculous it is for the Jewish people to have it now.
My phone died in the middle of the day, so I only have a limited amount of pics.
Tomorrow we head for a visit to the holy city of Tzfat for an amazing day. Will send lots of pictures from there.
Oh, another incident of misery happened with me: my luggage was lost by the airline, and, as of this email, the airline knows nothing. I have had to purchase more clothing. That was fun!
With all that, though, we are all in high spirits, and are going to have a great Shabbos.