Making it a Chazaka!

My third son's bar mitzvah falls during a tricky time of year, right in between all of the high holy days. When we were planning his bar mitzvah weekend of festivities we realized how hard it would be to plan a party. Nonetheless I kept coming up with ideas for him. He rejected them all. Finally I told him we need to pick something soon, he then informed me that he would really rather go back to Israel and do "some cool stuff" rather than have a party with his class for 3 hours.  So, we are making it a "chazaka", or third times the charm for our Bar Mitzvah trip to Israel.

This time we are traveling with half of the family. Me (the mom), Mendel (the Bar Mitzvah boy), Meir (9 year old and future bar mitzvah boy) and Atara (nearly 2, our wild card). United started a new flight, Los Angeles to San Francisco, and then direct to Israel.

Overall the flight was good (they forgot our kosher food, but we had 2 rows to our selves)
We are staying once again in Ramat Beit Shemesh, this time in Gimmel. Waze or Google Maps is a must in this town or you will never find your way in or your way out. Some one enjoyed placing round-abouts way too much.