Tiberias & shwarma

Yesterday we went to Tiberias. Looking out at the sea of galilee it's impossible for me not to think of all the biblical stories associated with the place - Jesus walking on the water, the multiplication of loaves, John the Baptist bapitising Jesus etc etc. These stories of the Gospel make it a very important pilgrimage site for Christians but its also a very holy land and pilgrimage site for the Jewish aswell. Alot of rabbis are buried there, and the Mishnah which is the Oral Jewish Law was also completed in Tiberias.

On our way home we stopped for the local staple shwarma - shredded beef in pita.....the boys love it.

2 New Chooks

We went to a Druze village to buy some chickens for the new lul. We bought them from a man who raises them himself.

And we got our first egg!!

We always see these rock rabbits when we drive down the mountain but we're never quick enough to catch a photos. But today this little one waited patiently on a rock for us to reverse back and catch his moment.....

Ma'ayan & Shalev have been riding around all day on donated bikes so Bonbon fixed up Lior's bike and went travelling around the mountain with them & Zohar didn't miss out either.....

 

And I couldn't miss taking a view photo today of the Kineret......every day it's a different shade.....like it has an agreement with the sky about what to wear today.....

Sfat

Sfat is one of the 4 holy cities in Israel along with Jerusalem, Hebron & Tiberias. It rests in the Upper Gallil. It is a spiritual centre for the Jewish world and where people immerse themselves in the study of Kabbalah. According to mystics of the past, the Messiah will pass through Sfat on his way to Jerusalem and until the 3rd temple is built, the manifestation of God's presence rests above Sfat.
We visited during Pesach so it was peacefully quiet with but a few artists galleries open and many orthodox Jews roaming the cobbled lanes of the old city. We roamed about also and soaked up the energy.....

Walking on Kamun Mountain

We started our morning washing the car.....

To wash the car is to clean the way you're travelling...

And then we went walking on the mountain and rested at a small maayan.

Each one of us wondered at our own pace taking in the peace of nature around us

 The children collected wild flowers.....

And Zohar slept.....

The maayan

Lior and Omer collected pine nuts in the pine forest.....

 

Cracked them open & ate them.....

 The cold wind is still with us on the mountain but our hearts are warm with love and opened with strong reminders of how happy life is when the energy is pure, the necessities are simple and the love is in abundance.

Pesach

We went to Givatyme for Pesach.

Every living soul will bless your name

We read the Seder and shared traditional food for Pesach.

Breaking eggs on each others heads for the Seder

Alot of songs and alot of blessings.....

But happy to be home in Kamun