Day Thirteen and Forteen

Wadi Barak to Sapir. Todays hike was simple and sweet. Nothing to challenging and nothing to exceptional, a few ups, and few downs and we arrive at Sapir by mid-day. The most interesting geological aspect of the day is an ancient Caldera, or top of a volcano. Don’t worry; the volcano has long been inactive. All is left is the top with its hollowed out center. I do some shopping at the super market at Sapir, which is a village of a few hundred families. I find the one synagogue and ask the Rabbi if I can join him for lunch the next day. He inquires what it is that I will be doing tonight for the bringing in the Shabbat. I tell him that the group ( the hippies ) that I am traveling with are a hundred strong and that many are from other countries and are not Jewish, that they have no idea what Shabbat is or the rituals that are involved in it. I tell him that I being the only religious person in the group I will be leading the Shabbat ceremony. He was so delighted to hear this that he immediately donated 10 loaves of Challah ( bread ) and 4 bottles of delicious wine. He then offered his home for me to shower in. Thank G-d. The shower was great the ceremony went well and all in all the Shabbat in Sapir was awesome.