Thanks and welcome

One of the most precious gifts I have ever received was the ability to attend a private Jewish school for the beginning of my life. I have an amazing foundation of Judaism that has me set very well here in Israel. Not only did my feelings of wanting to come to Israel come from that school, but also it gave me such a foundation to work off of! I'm sure it cost my parents tons of money, but my Jewish life was probably the best investment they have ever made. So I couldn't be more thankful for them for giving me that backbone that many people in the world are not lucky enough to have.

I just learned what Chabad meant in one of my classes last week. It is decoded into Chochma, Bina, and Da'at. Ultimately, all these words mean knowledge. However each definition of knowledge is differnt. Chcohma is actually wisdom, Bina is understanding/intuition, and Da'at is the ability to tell between right and wrong. That could not have been more appropriate for the high words I speak about Chabad; especially Chabad UCF. The inspiration they brought upon me was very high. They took these Jewish kids, that may or may not have known ANYTHING about Jewish religon, served them meals twice or three times a week, held classes and sessions for them, was patient with them, inspired them to go on birthright, and basically dropped living in any sort of Jewish community just to do all those things. They really pulled strings on my heart with memories and definitely were part of my deciding to go to Israel.

Anyways, I'm going to one of my teachers house for shabbat in Ma'ale Adumim. Welcome new experiences.C