Shavuot is i the air. I picked up my friend Emily from the airport at 2:30am, I am tired but excited. Feels good to be in Israel for Shavuot, the whole country is preparing it self. Cool cheeses on the shelves, street parties, it nice. Just slightly more atmosphere from what you usually get in your kosher deli.

There is a war in the air too. Sderot is being bombed, Houses dimolished, a women was killed from a direct missle. The army is bombing back in Gaza. How can we fully celebrate the Holiday in Jerusalem when Sderot is bleeding?