Simchat Torah :)

Monday morning I woke up late, ate lunch, and then went to the shuk. At the shuk I taste tested lots of pomegranates, and I bought a mango (it was amazing. so juicy and delicious I can't even explain), 3 clementines, and a bag of golden raisins. After the shuk I hung out for a little and then went out for milkshakes/smoothies with a friend from camp and then got ready for shul.

For Simchat Torah night I went to Kedem. It was ridiculous. Simchat Torah is my favorite holiday. There were lots of Nativers there which was nice, but also a lot of other people. They sang a million songs, everyone was dancing like crazy, jumping around, making conga lines, dancing in circles, and pretty much just being wild and crazy. I also got to hold a Torah and dance with it for a while. We were all so sweaty by the end, but it was so much fun. After services we ate dinner at Beit Nativ and then played Blokus and hung out and then went to bed.

Today was just as fun as yesterday. I went to Kedem again (it's my favorite shul, I love it there), and the dancing was super fun again. I held a Torah, had an aliyah, danced like crazy (we danced outside a little which was nice). Services were about 6 hours long because of all the hakafot and then everyone having an aliyah, but they were so fun and everyone was so joyful that it wasn't even boring and didn't see that long. After services we had lunch at Beit Nativ and then I took a long nap. After my nap I had dinner and then we went to this thing called hakafot shniyot, which is this thing they do all over Israel where they have a big party with music and dance with the Torahs (since it's not yom tov anymore because there is only 1 day of yuntif). We went to the party in Gan Ha Pa'amon. There were a million people there but it was still fun. Lots of dancing and singing again. Then I went out to Holy Bagel.

Chag Sameach to you all (since you still have 1 day of yom tov left!).

-Sarah