Yerucham

The yeshiva is a different place then I last remembered it. So many new faces and a few sad goodbyes. It doesn't feel the same as it did last time. I feel more out of place here than I thought I would. The people here are not as serious as I hoped they would be. However, there are enough guys here that I get along with, and are here for the right reasons, that I will be just fine.
Joey, the student I learned with in the mornings last time I was here has moved on to a new yeshiva in Matisdorf. I am now learning with Baruch in the mornings and my old roomate Marc in the afternoons. We are learning the Gemara Kiddushin and are currently learning about mitzvos that parents are obligated on their children and mitzvos that children are obligated on their parents.
This last weekend the whole yeshiva went to a small settlement called Yerucham in the south. We spent time bonding together as a group so everyone could get to know all the new faces. Then on sunday we went on a tiyul to the big crater. It's basically a big hole in the ground but it was fun because we got to climb up to the top. Then we went to a privately owned farm and got to hear all about what it is like to be a farmer during shmittah. We even got to milk goats and make cheese. This year is the shmittah year which means that land in Israel is not allowed (by the Torah, not the government) to be farmed. Every seven years more and more farmers keep the laws of shmittah. Seven years ago over 4000 farmers in Israel kept Shmittah!
Pictures hopefully coming soon.