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shalom from the holy land

after two hours of dealing with luggage problems in the indian airport(you are only allowed to check 20 kg per person to israel), a nine hour flight to milan, a three hour layover, and a four hour flight to tel aviv, we arrived here safely. i'm so happy to be back in israel where i always feel at home.

our last week in india was jam-packed for us with all the things we hadn't yet done. that meant shopping at the pahar ganj pmarket and the jan path market, seeing the lotus temple, and having dinner at the american embassy. our last day was ridiculous. rachel and miraculously managed to get henna, get our saris (we had them fitted earlier in the week), waltz around in our saris like princesses, have a feedback meeting with the staff, do last minute shopping in pahar ganj market, go out to a farewell dinner with our group, pack, and leave for the airport. it was pretty reflective of the entire india program- i always had too many things i wanted to do and see. overwhelming but exciting.

now we are living as volunteers on kibbutz revivim, an old habonim kibbutz about a half hour south of ber sheva. phil has been working a couple different jobs, while rachel and i work in the machsan begadim folding laundry. its so laid-back here - i absolutely love kibbutz life. hopefully by the time i get home my hebrew will be as good as my mom's. on weekends we've been meeting up with our habonim friends on workshop, who are split between one house in akko and one house in carmiel. after spending so much time away from home in a foreign country as crazy as india, its great to have family and friends to be with here. and to have falafel.