Bats, Turtles and Jellyfish.. oh no..
July 4, 2006Been a busy few days… hardly had a few minutes to put the blog out.
We had the Kenig girls for a few days and gave them a few quick tiyulim. We first hit the Bat Cave and the Rock Slide.
NEar Beit Shemesh there is a cave (that has a gate and is prohibited to go to) that has dozens of bats.. maybe hundreds… Dark damp place where MOST of the kenig girls went in. We then hit a slide nearby that I have no idea how it was formed because it is a slippery rock that slopes. So the kids walked up and slid down a few times before the 20 minute hike back to the car. I forgot to mention that to the kids before we told them about the cave and the slide. Perhaps water would have been a good thing to take along with the flashlights.
Shabbos was nice as we had a bar mitzva in the area and I got to read my new sefer Dalet Amot, written by Rabbi Ari Enkin. I’m mentioning this because:
a. The sefer is very well written and organized
b. He reads this blog sometimes
c. I guess anyone who reads the blog and buys the sefer, I could get a cut of the action.
Sunday we went to Nahal Alexander. The REAL one. Let me explain. All streets in Ramat BS are named after streams and rivers. SO the street nearest ours in alexander so looking on the internet we found the place. Near Netanya. It is a river that has Soft Shelled turtles, so we shlepped up to see them. Pretty interesting. Huge turles swimming around. THey have heads like otters and huge shells and they come to the banks of the river and we got to touch a few of them. WE then went to a beach nearby and the kids were fine until jellyfish chased eveyone out of the ocean. I guess its jellyfish season. (rabbit season. duck…rabbit…etc.) SO the kids made a ditch and filled it with water and played in the sand and mud for around an hour (yes the kenig kids too…). Upon arriving home we all went to a new restaurant in the Bet Shemesh Mall. Anytime the Kenig girls want, we would be more than happy to take them out to dinner. I think Tamar ate more than all the kenig girls.
I think they all shared 10 french fries.
That night they left to Nof ayalon with uncle Kenny as they were starting camp in the AM. It was nice to see them. The kids missed them so it was good for them as well that they came.
LAst night we had a wedding in Talpiot. Our neighbor made a wedding for his daughter and it ushered a new tekufa for us. Friends of ours made a wedding, as opposed to getting married. SO we all looked at the yeshiva boys dancing wildly and made the “outer circle” which is made up of the older folks who are dancing slow… while keeping one eye to see if the next course is being served. Yup, we’re all been there. It was almost a typical israeli wedding. Mostly white shirts. Yeshiva boys with shirts out of their pants. scraggly beards, and the people stand during the chuppa. (I mean.. would some chairs really cause a riot?). Mousaka for the appetizer. I asked the waiter ” Bisar Chatul?” I got some weird looks. The same look I got when offered a boureka I responded “Lo, Ani Nehag”.
Well, today is July 4… no chag here in Israel. Kids get out early as its half day of school for the big kids. Moshe still has a full day as he is in a “talmud torah” as opposed to a bet sefer. But.. its finally quiet here as penina took most of the kids to a pool in the next town and I sent yoni out to get some milk. I have some work to catch up on so I’ll be working n the chag. Well, have a good day and enjoy the day off.
u.d.
