Got to see Saskia!!! Bumped into her at Vatikin (ותיקין) at the Kotel on Rosh Chodesh.
That night a group of girls pulled an all-nighter with Rav Eitan in order to finish our goal of Bereshit for the semester. Since we learn it in so much depth, it takes a long time to go through it. We love to analyze - but just based on peshat. Anyways, I finally got to bed at 6 and woke up at 11:30. We basically had a Flatbush reunion at Machane Yehuda (the shuk)
This weekend a lot of us got to be together in Jerusalem. We went to the Kotel on Friday night. The entire world was there! I totally passed out after dinner! I was running on no sleep between Vatikin and the all nighter 😔
Saturday Rebecca Bonnie and I decided to go to Henny Machlus for lunch. Basically this woman cooks enough food for 150 people for dinner, lunch, and seudah shelishit. Anyone and everyone is invited! We met a bunch of interesting people at the Kotel that ended up there for lunch. Her husband Rabbi Machlus has his own minyan. When it's over, he yells out "You are all invited to join me in my home for lunch". Afterword, we all make our way to the back of the Kotel area for Kiddush. He literally invited everyone off the street and we walked as a group to his home. We were a huge group of random people just walking through Jerusalem via the Damascus Gate. It was probably my first and last time going there hahah. Took a different way home , that's for sure.
At lunch we spoke to a bunch of different, random and interesting people we met. A lot of people got up to speak which was cool too. (Shoutout to Rebecca and Bonnie)
They were the most welcoming family ever. The entire meal I watched the sons slave away in the kitchen. They were like machines. They had an exact system of how they lay out the food and circulate it. It was so crowded there that instead of getting up to wash, the washing bowls were brought to each table.
I've never seen hospitality like I saw that day. On our way out they told is to stay for Seudat Shlishit (we actually left though) Really such an experience. Id do it again in a heartbeat!
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