On Sunday we had Shachrit which was run by Clem and Mia which was a stunning way to bring us into the week which we had ahead. We had some of our friends bring us the latest news and keep us up to date with the world. We followed that by an interesting conversation on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians which challenged our minds and made us think and that was followed by a hadracha session which we stated making peulot and adjusting them. We ended off our night wi

It’s official! It’s been a full month of Shnat Netzer and just over a month since the southerners arrived and over 2 months since the northerners started their shnat experience on Shnat Netzer. It feels somewhat insane how quickly we’ve acclimated to our new environment living communally and how quickly we have learnt to live our whole kvutzah. This week has been especially interesting given the elections which was the major focus of this week. We started the week off with a

This week marks Netzer South Africa & Australia’s one month since arriving in Israel, and three weeks since having met our Northerners. To sum it up briefly, it has been an intense yet eye-opening month in which many lifelong friendships have been established. To start off our week, two of our northerners, Anna and Mia from the UK, ran a Shacharit for Perach where we expressed our appreciation for one another, leaving us with warm and fuzzy feelings for the day. It also remin

As we (Noam and Isaac) come to the end of our roles as Roshei Shavua (head of the week), we take the opportunity to reflect on the past 7 days which saw the beginning of our regular classes with our wonderful and inspiring educators. At the end of last week all of us spent Shabbat either together or visiting family and friends around the country. Shabbat began with Ruth and Isaac running a beautiful Kabbalat Shabbat service for the kehila, followed by a delicious Erev Shabbat

In our second week of Shnat Netzer together as a Kvutsah we have continued to learn together and get to know each other through communal living in Jerusalem as well as a 3 day tiyul in the north of Israel. At the end of last week, we shared our first Shabbat together of Shnat Netzer as a kehilla, coming together through the beauty of Jewish ritual. Four Shnatties prepared and ran a beautiful Kabbalat Shabbat service together for the Kvutsah at ‘Beit Dennis’ (the home of half