Coming to the desert I have heard
only that it’s very hot during the day and freezing at night. No one has
mentioned the gorgeous mountains or candy colored sunsets. These past three
days in Mitzpe Ramon I have had the most spiritual and meaningful time.
Every day in Israel is jam packed
with long bus rides and fun activities seeing the country. Yet on Shabbat it’s
the one day we don’t have anything planned. We can sleep as late as we want and
just hang out the whole day. Last Shabbat was boring and hard to be stuck in
the hotel all day. This Shabbat was a very different experience.
With the wind blowing and the heat
beating down on me I decided to go visit the edge of the small field school we
are sleeping at. The edge of the school has a fence and then a drop that goes
down thousands of feet that leads to the bottom of the crater. This view then
lets us see miles across the desert. The mountains and the blue sky. The view
that you only see on postcards.
I just sat there and looked at the
view. Even though no one was with me and there was no noise I have never been in
such a loud place. I suddenly felt a swarm of thoughts buzzing around my brain
yet the wide open space let them roam free.
Those thirty minutes I spent thinking about my life was more meaningful
then the hours and hours I have put in to these thoughts anywhere else.
--Hadas Ben-David
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