ma koreh sweetheart

SHALOM! I dont have too much time but I just wanted to give a quick update about my 24 hour stay in Jerusalem! On Friday (AFTER I BOOKED MY TRIP TO TURKEY!!!) I took the bus all by my lonesome down to Jerusalem. It was so quick and easy and then I hopped in a cab to the old city. Of course, I had been to the old city when I went on my brithright trip but we only stayed in the jewish quarter so I've been really excited about getting to see the other places within the city. I walked throughout the muslim quarter (and by walked throughout i mean i got lost and tried to blend in by looking at different items to buy...) Eventually a "nice stranger" asked me where I wanted to go and directed me to the jewish quarter. I went to this jewlery store called hadaya. Hadaya makes gorgeous one of a kind pieces with hebrew engravings. I got a silver ring with an engraving on the outside that says "btzelem elohim" which means "in the image of Gd" - The quote comes from genesis and marks when Gd created man "in his likeness". And on the inside it says my name in hebrew.
After that I met Arielle, Ethan, and Ethans friends at the shuk. Their shuk was amazing -so much more extensive than the one in tel aviv. After that, Arielle and I went to her apartment to prepare shabbat dinner! Her apartment is so cute and very homey! We made salmon, salad, quinoa salad, challah, and dessert! Very impressed with my sister, per usual. Two cantorial students plus a boyfriend came for shabbat dinner and we ended the night with scrabble.
This morning we took a walking tour of yemen moshe which was very interesting and definitely a unqiue place i wouldnt have gotten to. From the top of the hills you can see the walls dividing east jerusalem and the west bank..and in the distance you can see the mountains of jordan.
After the tour we took a walk through the old city and had delicious falafel in the muslim quarter. We went to the church of the holy sepulcre and also went to a few of the stations of the cross (the path that jesus took before the crucifixion.) The church was gorgeousssssssssssssssssssssss! I'll add more pictures soon!

Also, I have lots of pictures on facebook so if anyone wants the link to them, let me know.
Below are two pics: one of the kotel and the dome of the rock. and the other of arielle and i with the old city walls in the background.

xoxoo