Yom Kippur in the Holy Land

I continued with my tradition of not speaking on YK. I had sent an email to my classmates before the holiday to let them know.
As always, it was a pretty enjoyable experience.
We had the last supper at Karen and Lauren's place and then made our way over to HUC. And yes, dinner was at 330! insane!
Kol Nidre was pretty cool. The cantor at HUC is amazing and has quite a reputation. but i brought a book with me and got through the boring spots with that.
after services we went down to Emek Refaim -- the valley of ghosts. It's a happening street on a regular day with lots of restaurants and lots o people living there
but for the holiday the place empties out and none of the restaurants are open. so everyone makes their way down there to ask forgiveness and shtuff -- it's also a place where the secular come to hang out -- kids on bikes and scooters, parents walking around, and LOTS of dogs! it was like the ultimate dog shopping experience. i want to buy all the doggggggggies.

Broke the fast at Jen's place. All in all, a pretty productive day. and pretty exciting

now we get ready for the trip to the english land. shabbas, teaching sunday, and flying out monday. if you want my flying info email me.