Limmud Day 7-Thursday


That phone call did not come as the person thought I would be exhausted and they decided to give me a half an hour extra sleep, but the Sussman body clock had recovered, and heaven knows how or why, I jumped out of bed at 07:30 and made the 08:00 session entitled Wrestling. Jonathan Adam Ross, the drama actor, ran it this session looked at the Jacob narrative, and involved meditation, exercise and wrestling. It was a great start to the day.

I then went to my final session of Limmud, and it was a great one, it was Xu Xin again. He looked at the Chinese people’s fascination with Jews. It was so interesting, and despite only having two hours sleep, it was impossible to doze off.

I then helped with the site strike, it was good to do some good old Labour Zionism, there was a lot of menial, mindless, simple yet fulfilling work to be dome. It felt like Rear Guard. Before, I knew it I had to have pack my belongings and say my good byes to the many wonderful people I had met over the past few days. I might have said good bye to folks who I might not see for a very long time or indeed ever again, but the chaver schaft was amazing, the entire experience was out of this world.

What an event, if your December does not involve Machaneh and you have not yet made your plans, I implore you to try Limmud, it will be an experience you will cherish forever….
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Dan Patterson and I