Israel by Nature

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Friday was an absolute amazing day of fine coordination and last minute alterations that was absolutely phenomenal in all aspects. Starting off in the middle of woop woop in the black stump with a few billys for Poyke the night before, the day began with a 5:30am wake up, clean up, as well as the two options of meditation and an orthodox service. Everybody was absolutely exhausted! Most people only had 4 hours sleep, but that was not to worry.

As Nachshon of the day, and with Maagal Boker postponed for the time being, I made the executive decision to play a few games to past the time. Ash’s classic ‘Good Doggy’ and getting someone to leave the circle and eventually saying ‘moo’ by themselves. After Maagal boker finished run by Ash and Nirit about Shabbat, we were off (and may I say on time at 8:30) on our two busses heading towards the Mayan Almin.

Upon arrival, we did a Shabbat Peula on how everybody celebrates Shababt differently in their own subjective way that they find special. It was very interesting to see how everybody celebrates their Shabbat in their own way, and in hindsight after many things were cancelled the night before such as the morning hike, keeping the Shabbat Peula was a great decision that had very good feedback from fellow Diller comrades.

Enjoying the Nature and relaxing in the Mayan (natural spring) was just what we all needed. A refreshing relaxing and chilled day after many exhausting days beforehand. In fact, it was so relaxing that time went by so fast without anybody even realising.

Jordan River rafting was incredible. My group slept a lot of the time, and passing by different people on the Jordan river with different music was so interesting to see how Israel is so diverse and full of different cultures.

Timna, Hannah, Itamar, Shir, and I, after many skype and hangout calls finally got to see our day in action, and on the spot thinking the night before, adapting our day to the current energy levels of everyone was a great part of leadership as a group together, and as a group, we truly worked ourselves to our limits, and coming back Friday afternoon we all received a well deserved sleep for a relaxing weekend.


In the words of Donald McGannon, “Leadership is an action, not a postion”. And with that in mind, we made decisions that benefitted the group that everybody enjoyed. We all received amazing feedback, and as Nachson of the day, I can confidently say that it was a great day that really connected the land.

-Eddy Lichtig

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