🇮🇱 ISRAEL VIDEO UPDATE
⏳ Week #21
📆 January 18, 2026 → January 24, 2026

Week 21 In Israel: 🌊🧂🏜️☀️🛟🚴‍♂️🏔️🧆🇮🇱🌅
The highlight of the week was our incredible trip adventure to the Dead Sea! Riding in a private Mercedes van throughout the day getting the opportunity to bike right along a wild off-road path right next to the Dead Sea with absolutely breath-taking views! Passing by, we saw the location where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered which was pretty cool! For lunch we ate authentic Israeli hummus and pita that was so delicious it just hit different. We also got to test Dead Sea products and in the mall we easily got a minyan together for prayer…only in Israel…pure beauty & community! They even hooked us up with our own private beach for the day! Having the best time with the boys on the beach…really soaking it in! You could see Jordan across the water…the views were absolutely surreal!! We ended the day playing some football on the beach, exploring the city, and hitting the mall for treats! 10/10 day! Surreal Dead Sea experience!!!

Deep Experience:
This week really hit emotionally. Attending my first ever semikhah was so powerful. Especially seeing someone who was my biggest inspiration for coming to Israel in the first place. Watching him officially become a Rabbi after seeing how much he’s grown over the years of knowing him…to seeing this extremely special moment, made me start to tear up. Reminding me why I’m here and how deep this journey goes. On the same day, I had to say goodbye to Tim…not just a roommate, but a brother and best friend as he flew back home. That mix of celebration, growth, connection, and separation made me pause and appreciate how intense and meaningful life here is. Israel keeps teaching me how to fully feel moments instead of rushing past them. 🇮🇱💙

🗓️ Everything Else This Week:
🎓📜✨ Attending a Semikhah for the first time (Mazel Tov Rabbi Yaakov Bach!)
🕺🎉🔥 Partied with the Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah
💔🤝😢 Emotional goodbye to Tim, a best friend, a brother, and roommate 💔🤝😢
🥙🔥🤤 Authentic Israeli hummus & pita experience
🍖🔥🥩 BBQ party at our Jerusalem place with the boys
🖤📦✡️ Insane Tefillin Project giveaway to a 30-year-old yid from Spain who just discovered he’s Jewish
🇮🇱📚🧠 Continuing to learn Hebrew & Torah Growth
🎧🔥💃🕺🏽Wild night trip to Tel Aviv to support Ronnie’s first Tel Aviv Club DJ set. Ronnie absolutely killed it, lit up the club, and had everyone going wild 🚀🎶😵‍💫