It’s already Saturday! I can’t believe I’ve been here for almost a week. I was looking forward to this Shabbaton since the BT students came to Budapest in March and we celebrated together.
The day started when we were woken up by Rabbi Soskil around 8 AM. We had a quick, but delicious breakfast and then the davening started. I took part in a davening like this back in March but I still enjoyed every moment of it like it had been the first one. After davening we had lunch and a little bit of free time. I didn’t really know what to do because I couldn’t use my phone, but I soon realized that I shouldn’t waste my time on social media since we don’t have that much time together. The whole day we were playing games, eating delicious food and enjoying each other’s company without any distractions and it truly felt amazing and refreshing.
As the night came around we changed into our comfortable clothes and stood in a big circle holding each other’s hand and singing songs together. As Rabbi Soskil was lighting the candles I realized that the candle had two sticks. A white one and a blue one were braided into each other. For me, it symbolized how Beth Tfiloh and Scheiber came together and made a life-long friendship even if there are almost 8000 km between us.
At night we were planning to have a campfire, but unfortunately, it was raining. But that didn’t stop us from having fun. We gathered together in a big room, made smores in the microwave and watched a movie together. As I was sitting there I was so sad that this week is going to end soon but still so happy that I got to be part of this program and that I could meet some of my best friends. This one week has honestly been one of the best experiences of my life.
Brigitta B., Grade 13
