i think this might be fairly brief, its freezing in the computer room and im too lazy to get my sweater and come back ( Read more... )

this is gonna be backwards:
( the past 4 days )

i took my first midterm this morning. i studied mad crazy last night, and felt really ill prepared this morning, but apparently i did ok. i know i got -7 on the objectives, BSed the essay, but i still think the resulting grade will be an A. it's exhausting. it took me about 2 hours to complete ( Read more... )

sukkot yemenite style. lots of ppl and food. yum yum and fun fun ( Read more... )

my second history test is officially over. i have a 98% in the class, but this test will bring it down a little. no distress or worry about it. doesn't matter. i already know i got 6 wrong on the objectives. my essays are pretty good though, so w/e ( Read more... )

This prayer is recited at the end of a prayer session. The excpert you are about to read was taken from a Pre-Yom Kippur prayer book that was used by my group on Friday night ( Read more... )

so a quick cont. of last nights post ( Read more... )

we did some walking around jerusalem and got to see what the old city looked like a few thousand years ago (we looked at models) then we went to this place near the dead sea and learned about how ancient priests lived there. went to the dead sea and floated and cleansed ourselves. (it stings when u have cuts... salt does that i guess) the water is ( Read more... )

tomorrow im going on another field trip ( Read more... )

So God frees the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. He has them wander in the desert for 40 years in an effort to show them independence, to show them freedom, and to give them someone to have faith and trust in. God has the people wander for 40 years so that they can become dependent on him, and in doing so, reinstates a sort of slavery. So the ( Read more... )