The Old City

After today's wake up call for 5:45am, we headed out to the Western Wall.  When we first got there, 13 participants got Bar and Bat Mitzvahed.  Each person said a prayer, while one of the Israeli's read from the Torah.  After the prayers, the Bar Mitzvah's wrote a speech to say in front of the group about why they wanted to be Bar or Bat Mitzvahed. After the ceremony, we went inside the Davidson Center to learn more about the wall and Jerusalem.  Once the presentations was over, the girls put on their long skirts and went
outside to the wall.  Everyone went to pray at the wall.  After that, we left and went to the Old City. We all got some shopping done, and then went back to the hotel. We split into two groups for a lecture about Judiasm. After the interesting speakers, we got ready for our first night out.  We ate dinner, heard another very interesting and insightful speaker, then got back on the bus and went to Ben Yahuda Street. We all got free time to do what we wanted.  There was a lot of shopping and bars all down the street. It was a long, but very fun day in Israel!!!!!