We were allowed to sleep in a little on Shabbat morning and then we walked around the old town even though nothing was opened. We did some Torah study in a nice open area. After lunch we hiked on Mt. Meron the highest peak in the Galilee getting a 360 degree view of the area including being able to see the Mediterranean. On Sunday morning we went back into the Old City. I got to see the inside of the Abuhav synagogue, one of the most beautiful I have ever been in. It is named after a 15th century Rabbi and Kabbalist named Isaac Abuhav. On the way out of Tzfat we stopped in an Arab village to visit Sindyanna of Galilee, a female led , fair trade NGO promoting the concept of “business for peace” in Israel by selling Arab olive oil and channeling all of the profits back into Arab women education. After lunch we visited the Yemin Orde Youth Village, one of Israel’s most innovative educational institutions specializing in at risk youth including new immigrant youth and integrating them into Israeli society. One of the faculty showing us around came from Ethiopia as a child and went to one of these schools. Given all the discrimination faced by Ethiopian Jews, it was amazing how she loved Israel and wanted to instill that love in her students. Yemin Orde has up to 400 resident high school students. It’s comprehensive educational methodology is inspired by the African proverb “it takes a village to raise a child”. It aims to enable youth to refocus their energies from daily struggle and survival to achieving success. The first three pictures were taken Tzfat. The next three on the hike. The next two of the Abuhav synagogue. The next to last is a wax sculpture of Noah’s ark. The last is dinner in Tel Aviv.