I woke up at 3:00 a.m............yes in the morning! My class went to Slichot at a Sefardic synagogue in French Hill at 4:15 in the morning. This is a traditional service that is done during the month of Elul until Rosh Hashana. Was very interesting. Since the congregation is Orthodox, we (the women) sat in the balcony above. Was hard to see what was going on but very different dynamic of service as very participatory among congregants below. They bring tea to all the congregants which was nice. One of the really neat parts was that as they blow the Shofar they also sing and it was beautiful.

Came back to school, davened shacharit and had a bagel breakfast and discussion of our experience.

Went home took a nap for a few hours, then got up and did some work and went to the shuk for the afternoon with Raina and Heather. Was fun, just a very long day especially when I had to go back to school at 7pm for an education presentation by another group. Came home and crashed before school the next day.