Friday 7/25/14 - Bus Split and Beginning of Shabbat

MBI woke up a little later than normal today after a few extra packed couple of days back to back. Today was a restful, but productive day for the group. In the morning, while the whole group was on Kibbutz Deganya Bet they went swimming. Following swimming they split into their buses and left for their hostels where they will spend the next day. 

At their hostels they had time to plan out a special Shabbat for themselves. They were given a lot of autonomy over how it would look. They planned their Kabbalat Shabbat, Havdallah and other activities they wanted to do together including Rikud (Israeli Dancing). After this asepha (meeting) they had another asepha by bus where they decided which article of clothing they would like to design an illustration on to take home at the end of MBI. Bringing this piece of clothing has been an MBI tradition for years. They were really excited to take part.

Then in smaller groups than normal, because of the bus split, they had mishpachot where they spent time with only the members of their machaneh that are on their bus. After Kabbalat Shabbat and dinner they had rikud.

Here are some photos of bus 3 today...more to come tomorrow and potentially video (technical difficulties uploading)

Bus 3 Kabbalat Shabbat at Poriya Youth Hostel. 

More of Bus 3. 

View of Kinneret From Hostel in Poriya.