The Great Israel Scavenger Hunt

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Summary: A vist to Israel by Daniel and his parents, a Jewish family, is guided by a of contents (2 , 4 , 5 )1 8 – 1 9 , 2 0 , 2 8 , 4 4 – 4 5 , 5 1 (right), 5 6 (right), 5 8 – 5 9 , 6 2 , 6 7 , 6 8 , 7 3 , 8 4 , 8 5 , 8 8 ; Itamar
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Contents: Higher than the clouds — Haifa: the beautiful coast — The G alilee: rolling and Library 2 2 , 5 4

through the North — Tel Aviv: the city that never sleeps — Jerusalem: the old and the new — George Ulrich, illustrator: cover and pages 1 , 2 , 6 , 1 2 , 1 6 , 2 0 , 2 1 , 3 7 , 3 8 , 4 7 , 6 6 , 7 7 , 7 8 , 8 5 , 8 6 , 9 4 , 9 6
The Judean Desert and Negev: it’ s a heat wave — Eilat: snorkeling in the Red Sea — Home.
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Higher Than
the Clouds

Daniel read the message across the envelope again:
Open only when you are higher than the clouds.
But from the window of the huge El Al j et, the
clouds seemed very high. “We’ re about to take
off,” Daniel’ s father said, triple-checking his
backpack for their hats and suntan lotion.
“In about twelve hours we’ ll be in the L and
of Israel—Eretz Yisrael.”

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This lunch is served by El Al. “It will be like coming home again,” said Daniel’ s
W hich of the foods do you lik e mother. The j et’ s engines began to whir.
to eat? W hat do you think is
inside the pack ets with the “How can it be like coming home again? ” asked
Hebrew writing? Daniel. “I’ ve never been there!”

“Almost four thousand years ago,” said Daniel’ s
mother, “G od promised Israel to Abraham, the
first Jew. The Torah tells us that G od said, ‘ All
the land that you see, I will give to you, your
children, and your children’ s children forever.’
Ever since then, Jewish people have lived in
Israel. So in a way, it is like coming home again.”

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W hat d o yo u im agine
I srael to b e like?

In the spaces below, write a few words that you think
will describe Israel.

H ere’ s a start: N ow you:

ancient holy _ _
Jewish fun _ _

After your trip, you can look back at this list and add
more words. Y ou may even want to change some!

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There are about 14 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 Jews in the world.
About 5 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 live in Israel. The rest live in
other countries, such as the U nited States,
C anada, Italy, M exico, G reece, and Australia.

H ave you ever lived in another country? Do you k now someone who has?
W here?

_

Sadly, Jews have not been treated well in some countries—for example,
E thiopia, R ussia, and Syria. They have not been allowed to celebrate
Jewish holidays, pray, or study Torah. Sometimes they have not been
allowed to live or work where they wanted to. B ut because Israel is a
Jewish country, many of these people could move there and live in safety.

M any other Jews moved to Israel from countries in which Jews lived in
freedom. These Jews moved because they wanted to help build Eretz
Yisrael. And, every year, many more Jews visit Israel because they love
Israel and because it is the home of the Jewish people.

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foods.
“Y es,” said his mother. “More than six thousand
miles away.” She opened up a map of the world. 9

She drew a line from their home city, across the
Atlantic Ocean, through Europe, then all the way
to the far end of the Mediterranean Sea. “This
part of the world is called the Middle East.”

“And right here,” Daniel’ s father said, pointing to
a tiny piece of land, “is Israel.” It was so small
that the word Israel didn’ t even fit inside it.

U .S. A. G R E E N LAN D

( Alask a) Hudson Bay

How Far Away Is Israel? C AN ADA

Pacific Ocean U . S. A.

Find where you live on this map ( your Atlantic Ocean
teacher will help you) and draw a dot on
it. N ow, measure how far it is from Gulf of Mexico TH E B AH AM AS
where you live to Israel.
H ow many miles from Israel are you? M E X IC O
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The j et raced down the runway and into
the sky. Daniel and his parents held
hands as they soared into the clouds.
Open only when you are higher than
the clouds, Daniel read again. He looked
out the window to make sure — yes, they
were far above the clouds.
The envelope was from his grandfather.
“My grandfather gave this to me when
I first went to Israel,” he had told Daniel
at the airport. “And now,” he continued,
“I give it to you with a letter from me.”
Daniel opened the envelope.

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Inside were several sheets of paper.
The first was a letter. It read:

DYSesodeacuatToaah1rnp2aher.vi’.Dcctree3esathsn.ttAueignAaiansscrTeiftEgkeeabTkyranthaeloref,oeehoetHeucourftrveenutrshhetrmytnsysoeihtrorostneenooatme.ugmwuvniAvasgceetrofi.esolckusstrnliInl.eahenylo,byedsWs.onirynoepnstuohuebgeeapfuoecuetaanfontnritlwrioeadcoaneinythtld,llvxsolghohoIcecoousrebeehalkeibtijaadtenvcjsGifehntcevcoeorocgireh,ntcerinovt.ygsjklau,eogoy.IoeeyugbituBhvrocorhrjeuaeInunhlwsfunteIcervusoiwealetryroynlp.saie—ntolldtaalealuhtiotblcsSlsbhebh,sceoecoeyijeose.ouagoavvbcstuGievesvcjtekenrerwwaeencinhasnivagdlttlaeyeeitpcboonttraanuIkegostHsceertsocaauharrwhonsleeoohmm,adtroleu:raepdmkeanltep.atafcettophcyeo.ryotownpuiuvueiettxvh,tis.it —
GrandpaAll my love,
important person will help you.
P.S. You won’t
search alone. An

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The second sheet was a
map of Israel with seven
blank spots for stickers.

GOLAN
HEIGHTS

GALILEE
Tiberias

WEST Jordan River
BANK

Dead
Sea

GAZA JUDEAN
DESERT

NEGEV

Gulf of
Eilat

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The third sheet was the sticker page. Daniel looked carefully at each sticker:
There was a subway car, a water slide, a skyscraper, a great stone wall,
a camel, a palm tree, and a flag.

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The El Al j et dipped into the
clouds and down toward
Ben-G urion Airport near Tel
Aviv. Daniel was excited to
be in Israel. He couldn’ t
wait to begin the G reat
Israel Scavenger Hunt!

These signs are in Ben- Gurion YBwohu’rernuecyceoihvueliaam nbdigaH twBaeelb nco- aGmu’eirim—on
Airport. W hat do you see that lets
you k now that you are in the home
of the Jewish people?

—

Airport.

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Haifa is the third-largest city in Israel,
after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

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Haifa Haifa

Th e B u sy Co ast

“Shalom,” said Aunt Y ael, greeting Daniel and
his parents at Ben-G urion Airport. Daniel was
pleased. Shalom was the only Hebrew word he
understood. He knew shalom means both “hello”
and “goodbye,” and that it also means “peace.”

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“Daniel, this is your cousin Rivkah,” said Aunt
Y ael. Daniel looked nervously at his cousin. He
was afraid that she could speak only Hebrew.

“Hi, Daniel,” Rivkah said with a big smile. “We
live down south, in Eilat, but we’ re going to see
the whole country together. My mom will meet
us back home. I’ m going to be your tour guide!
We’ re going to start in the city of Haifa.”

Daniel’ s mother saw his surprise and said,
“Almost everyone in Israel speaks Hebrew an d
English.”

“Now y ou have to learn some Hebrew,” said
Rivkah. “I’ ll teach you.”

How do we greet
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It’s Not in the Torah!

For many years, Jews used H ebrew only for prayer and religious study.
B ut about 120 years ago, E liezer B en- Y ehuda—who lived in Eretz Yisrael—
helped mak e H ebrew a modern, spok en language. H e added words for
inventions and ideas that didn’ t exist in the time of the B ible—words such
as car and electricity. H e created new H ebrew words from old ones and
borrowed some words from other languages.

Today, H ebrew is the language of everyday life in Israel. It is still used for
prayer and religious study. B ut it is also used for shopping, studying math,
writing e- mails, and talk ing on cell phones.

See if you can match these H ebrew words with the pictures below:

televizyah radyo amerikah shokoladah telefon

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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

EDnlieeebwzoesrrpaaBhpe,enpr- uYibnelhiEsuhrdeeatdzatYnhidserahfieirssl.twHifeeb,rew Rivkah opened up a map of Israel to show Daniel
where Haifa is. A note fell out. Rivkah read it,
tSahJeIousritugonroathueahetgst!lyhthiyIdsrsMoeoruaugnasegreuyelh.aehislOsulycncinovtdooermbelreyedorrhs,dftoroeoptfg.mtleraIetnc’Nesersoseaviatfnerclomehtmhaibnesegtr smiled, and said, “This must be a clue for the
22 scavenger hunt!”

I help people move up and dow n
and all around— b ut you’ll find
most of me underg round.

“Y ou know about the scavenger hunt? ” asked
Daniel in disbelief.

“Y ou know about it, too? ” asked Rivkah. Now it
all made sense—Rivkah was the “important
person” in G randpa’ s letter. “L ooks like we’ re in
this together,” she added. Now they were partners.

“We’ re driving north along the Mediterranean
Sea, on the way to Haifa,” said Rivkah. “Israel
has loads of beaches and the swimming season is
long—May through October.”

S ummer Winter S ummer Winter

U pper G alilee 9 5 ° 7 0 ° J erusalem 8 0 ° 5 0 °

H aifa 8 5 ° 6 0 ° B eershev a 8 5 ° 7 0 °

T el A v iv 8 5 ° 6 0 ° E ilat 95° 70°

TmH Whnaeiashibmniscrieehlga? wnnHW g,iesuEbhawnriceggrhweiltiswtsleeohontf,rtdiaIenssnrrsadtahecrAeael:nrtAahyrbraoeibucei.c? “There’ s Haifa!” called Rivkah. She pointed to a
mountain with thousands of pine trees. “That’ s
Mount Carmel.” Daniel saw that there was a city
along its slope, facing the sea. Haifa reminded
Daniel of San F rancisco, which also has views
of the water and the city from its hilly streets.

They drove to Hadar Hacarmel, the business
section of Haifa. “Hadar Hacarmel is always
busy. It’ s filled with stores, restaurants, and
movie theaters,” said Rivkah. There was so
much going on: the chatter of Hebrew, the
music of a guitarist singing a rock-and-roll
song (in Hebrew!), the spicy aroma of foods
that Daniel did not recogniz e. All of it was mixed
together in the warmth of the Israeli sunshine.

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Munchies

Kids in Israel lik e to eat pizza and hamburgers, j ust lik e k ids
here. They also eat foods that are favorites in the M iddle E ast.
W hat will you have for lunch when you go to Israel?

Welcome to Falafel King!

Falafel GAAdriotcmhueindicxdkttuo,cmrcheriaecotakofmpefesyraeasds,nhipdfrvmiceeugdacgduieemsf,rboeinmrsclcuhdiicnkgpeas
H. ummus
Israeli Salad

Teh. ina A tasty sesame dip

E v e r y thi n g abov e i s se r v e d i n a p i ta —
a f r e sh, w ar m, f lat br e ad w i th a p oc ke t.

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AT I P SDL

BW J IC FA

H DR Z H E T

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S ee if you c an find all the FA L A F E L
foods hidden inside the pita:

■ Falafel ■ P izza AA N IH ET

■ Salad ■ Teh. ina SA L A D S N
■ H . ummus ■ P ita

Hint: The words may appear SU M M U HM
across, backwards, or down.

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L et’s Eat O u t i n Isr ael !

An Israeli restaurant
with an American flavor!

Israel is filled w ith
kosher restaurants. It
also has kosher j uice
b ars. Where are the
clues that tell you this
is a kosher j uice b ar?
H int: O ne clue is in
H eb rew . T he other is
in E nglish.

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“F alafel! H. ummus!” called out a nearby shop LcDiahkytereiehlefdaremer1rnese8asnineynyyweeF taoaoihlrrrtlescsh.j eoeIoDir(lndIF IDs.tarFhGan)eiedrwllIissbshr,oseateynehrslevitsehseeetrywveo

owner. That sounded g ood —everyone was ready
for lunch!

When they entered the restaurant, a security
guard searched their backpacks. “It’ s to make
sure that everyone is safe,” said Rivkah. “When
I finish high school, I’ m going to j oin the Israeli
army,” she said proudly. “Then I ’ ll help protect
everyone.”

After lunch, they went for a ride on Haifa’ s
famous cable car, a see-through glass bubble
soaring high above the city. The sea sparkled in
the distance. Daniel saw that the beach wrapped
around Mount Carmel in a giant half-circle,
forming a harbor. “Haifa’ s port is the biggest in
Israel,” said Rivkah. “Ships sail in and out all the
time. See? ”

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W hen you visit Haifa Daniel saw little sailboats, giant ocean liners, and
you can go on the freighters. One freighter was being loaded with
cable car ride. large crates. “P roducts that are made or grown in
Israel are sent to places all over the world,” said
28 Rivkah. “Computer chips, candy, clothing, and
lots of fruits and vegetables!”

Find some of the products that are shipped from
H aifa by unscrambling the word on each crate.

oarnegs

cilotghn caynd
ej weylr
fslorwe

tsoomate

M any Jews living outside of Israel try to buy products that were made
there. For example, they buy food, bathing suits, j ewelry, seder plates, and
Kiddush cups that were made in Israel. W hy do you think they do that?

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GTC ThahaeernmMlHaeoslaittt’hesietsirom’cpsa.Plolaenrdk th, e After the cable car ride, Rivkah said, “I’ ve got a
great idea. L et’ s take the subway.”
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“Subway? No way! There’ s no subway in Israel,”
said Daniel in disbelief.

“There sure is, and it’ s called the Carmelit. The
Carmelit goes up and down Mount Carmel. It
starts at the port level, then goes up to Hadar
Hacarmel, then up to Carmel Center, and then
back down again,” Rivkah insisted.

“That’ s it!” said Daniel. “‘ I help people move up
and down and all around...’ ”

“‘ ...But you’ ll find most of me underground!’ ”
said Rivkah. They gave each other a high-five.
They had found their first scavenger hunt puz z le
piece.

Haifa is located on the beautiful Mediterranean ___ ___ A.
Eliezer Ben- Yehuda helped mak e ___ ___ B ___ ___ W the language of everyday life in Israel.
Haifa is the T H ___ ___ ___ - largest city in Israel.
Haifa is Israel’s largest ___ O ___ T city.
H. ___ ___ M ___ ___ is a creamy chick pea dip.

The password is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ , a reminder of Haifa’s port.

When your teacher says it’s okay, turn to the map of Israel
on pages 14–15 and place your H aifa sticker in its spot!

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The Upper Galilee is
the rainy part of Israel.

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The Galilee Golani
Junction
Rolling Through the North

L ooking out the car window, Daniel noticed that
the land seemed v e r y green. All around were
rolling hills and grassy fields, spotted with silver-
and-green olive trees. “We’ re in northern Israel,”
said Rivkah. “It’ s called the G alilee—or G ali l in
Hebrew.

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God made every tree grow that is beautiful to see and Israeli children plant
that gives food (Genesis 2:9). trees on Tu B’Shevat,
the New Year of the Trees.
The Torah teaches us that trees are important. It even
has laws against cutting them down!

For more than one hundred years, the Jewish National
Fund, or JNF, has helped build the Land of Israel by
planting trees. In fact, it has planted more than 200
million of them! With the help of the JNF, you can plant
a tree. It is a Jewish custom to plant trees in honor of
someone, maybe a parent or teacher, or in memory of
someone who has died.

In whose honor would you like to plant a tree?

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LtmLahakeekeaHenK eKtibni“nrnhenewaerrerpewt”ttoaiirsnkdesakhsnianictpioseernnd. taK lmtiikinmeeoerafrso.hmarp. They searched at the Sea of G alilee — also
called L ake K inneret. “L ake K inneret is the
only freshwater lake in Israel. One-third of
our drinking water comes from there,”
Rivkah explained.

They searched the Tiberias Hot
Springs, pools of hot mineral water
created by an underground spring.
“In ancient times,” said Rivkah,

“people thought that these waters
could cure sickness.”

“Or make you into a hard-boiled
egg!” said Daniel, his toe barely
touching the water.

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36 1 4 0 degrees!

F arther north, they searched
in Safed. They walked through
a part of the city called the
Artists’ Colony, where many
painters, sculptors, and
craftspeople work. “Every
year, at H. anukkah, my family
lights beautiful candles that
are made here,” said Rivkah.

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You’re the Artist!

Imagine that you are an artist from Safed. Use crayons
or markers to color the candles any way you like.

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They searched as they drove east. “This is the F ive hundred years ago,
G olan Heights,” said Rivkah. “L ots of Israelis the greatest rabbis in
come here for vacation. Y ou can hike in the Israel came to Safed to
mountains, bird-watch, and visit the Banyas study and teach. Today,
National P ark.” after you visit Safed, you
can tak e software home
High up in the G olan Heights, they searched the to help you continue
slopes of Mount Hermon, the tallest mountain in your studies.
Israel. “The mountain is covered with wildflowers
now,” said Rivkah, “but in the wintertime you 39
can ski here. Y ou can
soak in the Tiberias Hot
Springs in the morning,
then go skiing on Mount
Hermon in the afternoon!”

AfGonrotalranenscsiHeinentigthhets,
covered in
snow

A Day in the Life
of an Israeli Kid

As they drove through the Golan Heights,
Rivkah described her typical school day.

6 A.M. Good morning! Boker tov! Time to get up. In Israel, kids go to
school six days a week—every day except Shabbat.

8 A.M. School starts. This year, we’re learning English, Jewish history, math,
and science. We also study music and art.

1 P.M. School’s out! I take the bus home and eat lunch. (My favorite is
grilled cheese.)

2 P.M. Homework time. When I’m done, I play with my friends or read.
4 P.M. I go to Israeli Scouts—Tzofim. (It’s like the Girl Scouts and

Boy Scouts of America.)
6 P.M. Dinner
7 P.M. Relax with my family and watch TV or play games on the computer.
9 P.M. Time for bed. Good night! Lailah tov!

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W rite a schedule of your typical school day TaJthelolewIbsTserzacaoeonlmdfi ibemnoomynwse- Jmeaelnbcwdoesmrg—si.erlss—
on this chart. C ompare it with R ivk ah’ s.
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As they drove back along the eastern shore of L ake
K inneret, they came to the L una G al Water P ark. Rivkah
and Daniel looked around in amaz ement. There were
pedal boats, sailboards, kayaks, water parachutes, and...
“ W ate r sli d e s!” they cried out together.

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The northern part of Israel is called the ___ A ___ ___ L ___ E.
The T ___ B ___ ___ I ___ S Hot Springs feel lik e a hot tub.

Israel’s giant freshwater lak e is called Lak e ___ I ___ N ___ R ___ T.
The artists of S ___ ___ ___ D mak e beautiful H. anuk k ah candles.
Mount H E R ___ ___ ___ is the tallest mountain in Israel.

The password is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ , a reminder of the rolling hills and valleys of the Galilee.

When your teacher says it’s okay, turn to the map of Israel
on pages 14–15 and place your G alilee sticker in its spot!

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Tel Aviv is south of Haifa, along the
coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Tel Aviv Tel Aviv

The City That Never Sleeps

“Tel Aviv is called ‘ The City that Never Sleeps’
because there’ s always so much going on,”
said Rivkah as she guided Daniel and his parents
along busy K ing G eorge Street. “Some stores are
open until midnight. Some are even open all night!”

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W yt“hohieucaeHltickefrlebae? raveomC wra”gnwilniyodortaduhhiffsoidnrod Since they had arrived in Tel Aviv, Daniel’ s eyes
picture? had been wide open with wonder. He had known
about Israel’ s ancient and holy places, but this
46 was a surprise—streets filled with cars, people
hurrying to buses and taxis, and skyscrapers
towering overhead.

“We have a lot of exploring to do,” said Daniel’ s
mother. “But first, how about some ice cream at
Diz engoff Center? ”

“Y es!” exclaimed Rivkah and Daniel. It was hot,
and ice cream—glidah—sounded great.

As Daniel’ s mom handed Rivkah a double scoop
of chocolate chocolate chip, Daniel saw that a
note was wrapped around the cone. Another clue!

N ear the sands of T el A viv’s
shore, I c limb and c limb
thirty- six floors.

“Hmm. That sounds exciting,” said Daniel.

In many ways, Dizengoff C enter is lik e your local shopping mall. It has video arcades,
movie theaters, and, of course, ice cream shops. B ut it’ s also different. Y ou won’ t see
movie posters in H ebrew at your neighborhood shopping center!
C ircle those things below that you might see only in malls in Israel.

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O Imasttnrhrhiaeolaeleuinoolpniunsnedt—iopnTopeeemflolteeyopAv- irlvfneeeiivrv—Tyte,ehaltlpaihnAvenrdevrecstiemwveinnooatrroeeorf “Tel Aviv is exciting!” said Rivkah as they walked
Jewish! along K ing G eorge Street. “Jewish people built Tel
Aviv about one hundred years ago. Before then,
48 there was nothing here except sand. Now look at
it! There’ s so much to do and see. L et’ s start
exploring.”

Everywhere you go in Israel you
see new buildings being built
and signs lik e this saying:
“ S ak anah ! K an b o ni m. ”