We Begin the Study

We begin the pre-trip study tomorrow. It is hard to believe that IYH I will be on a plane 7 weeks from today to go to Budapest (secondary joy) and then off to Israel (primary source of joy on this trip). For these pre-trip sessions, we learn the history of the locations we will visit and deal with the practical aspects of the trip as well. I hope and pray it is not as cold in Budapest as it was last year in Lithuania. Last year HAD to have been the coldest I had ever expreienced in my life!

100 Days to go

In 100 days, I will be leaving for Budapest and Israel on a JUF Rabbinic Mission. This will be the 5th one that we will be going on in the past five years. As in the past, I will post our daily activities and the feelings surrounding these visits. As much as I enjoy these trips, I love reporting back to you about the trips!

This time, for the first time I am going to do this as a BLOG rather than through my email list. It is an experiment and if it goes well, I hope to continue this method in the future. Since I am doing it this way, it gives me the opportunity to begin way in advance even before we leave. I will post this but not "publicize" it just yet. But once we begin our study sessions and then the actual trip, I will share all of this with you.

Looking forward (as always) to sharing my experiences with you!
ZMS