After almost two weeks down of the first of two three-week sessions at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, I can't say that I am a Talmud scholar. I do think, however, that daily study has made me a slightly sharper navigator in the byways of Talmud. I have also found that just as one cannot expect to walk briskly in the midday Jerusalem summer heat and expect to survive for long, one cannot rush headlong through a Talmudic passage and expect to really understand it.
I realized today that although I have been here for almost a month, I have done nothing "touristy" (if you exclude going to the Western Wall, which I did once) and that I have not taken a single photo. I hope to do at least some sight-seeing when Phyllis gets here at the end of the month, and I must start taking pictures (my Dad would certainly have wanted me to!)
Hope the summer is offering at least a bit of relaxation (and more cool temperatures than we're getting here).
I'm here and I want to see YOU! Let's get together, ya ya ya. 054.558.2687 -Becca F
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ReplyDeleteHey all! Great seeing Becca and S. tonight on Emek Refaim. @Reby S. - Took my first pix today on an early morning walk into the Old City via the Valley of Bet-Hinnom and the Zion Gate for a service at Robinson's Arch (the egalitarian section of the Wall). I'll figure out how to post the pictures later.
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