Today we went to the old city. We saw King David’s tomb and the room that held the Last Supper. After, we travelled to a Charedi neighborhood. We toured the neighborhood with our tour guide Tammy, who had great knowledge about the community. After touring we stopped in a woman named Ruth’s house. There, we had a workshop with her where we learned to make challah. We asked her questions about the way she and her community live. A couple of details I found particularly interesting was that Charedi women must wear their sheitals at all times, and that young adults get set up for marriage by Shidach dates. Usually, they go on about 3 dates before they decide to get married, and they’re not much older than we are during this time. Finally for dinner we went on a culinary tour of the foods in Israel. We were able to try many different options including cheese bread, ice cream and empanadas. To end the day we had free time at the shuk. We had such a wonderful day.
Written by: Alex Cohen
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