The Spring of the Baby Goat

Last Shabbat we descended into the Dead Sea region of the country for a Shabbaton with the Yeshiva. We did enough davening over the course of those two days to atone for everyone's sins--so nobody worry vis-a-vis your souls.

But on pre-Shabbaz brought us to the psychedelic crag of Ein Gedi...basically a double wadi of fresh water springs. Water that has travelled through the hills of the Judean Mnts, and suddenly pops out of the rock about a mile from the Dead Sea. The swimming made everyone giddy. We also saw some wildlife. A Shafan: Small cross between a chunky cat and a ground hog. They just chilled out by the water with folks. A pack of Ayeliim: Ibex. And even a desert crab.

The videos are admittedly uneventful, and even banal. It was shot by Nat before she decided to plunge in...and you can overhear her initial attempts to lamely demure on the opportunity. Also, the man with the striking bare chest is not a member of our group...though glad he could make in the video with us. And that's me (josh) sneaking around on the edge of the water.

More significantly, today I fresh pressed some pomegranate juice.