We check out of the kibbutz early and got on the road to Tzfat, Israel’s highest city at 3000 ft. and the center for kaballah. The mystics think the messiah is supposed to come through Tzfat on the way to Jerusalem. Some think this guy is the messiah. You’ll see many doors painted blue. Evil spirits are supposed to be confused and think the door is the sky and keep moving on.
After getting thrown out of the Ha’Ari Synagogue for saying kaddish in mixed company, we had a look at the Sephardic synagogue, Abouhav. We also stopped at a candle shop that makes all their candles by hand. They had some big crazy gruesome ones on display and plus, what everyone needs, a super Jew!
On the way back to Tel Aviv, we stopped in Haifa for some lunch and a look at the Baha’i Gardens, from the bottom and from the top. At the top, we found some kitties enjoying the park in the shade.
Once in Tel Aviv, we had some spare time before we headed to Independence Hall. So I hoofed it to a bookstore that carried English language books and got a cookbook that has recipes for some of the salads I’ve been enjoying this trip. After our visit to Independence Hall, where Israel was declared a state May 14, 1948, we got dinner and headed to the beach to watch a couple in our group get married. After a celebratory drink at Mike’s Place and then wine at the hotel, Patrick and I walked the streets of Tel Aviv taking it all in. Unlike Ben Yehuda street in Jerusalem, everything but food shops was closed.