Wednesday

Class as usual. I had intended to get up early to go to Chasidus. That didn’t happen. Classes. Rabbi Hendel, Rabbi Schapira, Sara Zadok, Dina Hendel. These were my last classes with Rabbi Schapira and Sara. I’ll especially miss his class, he generally represents things very well, and can actually hear another perspective, even if it isn’t something he agrees with. A rare and invaluable quality in a teacher, to a certain degree especially on a Wednesday at Mayanot. After class, I went to meet Shai for a final time on this trip, since he was in Jerusalem to speak against the new biometric passport and identification system being implemented in Israel. We spent a couple of hours at Tmol Shilshom, slightly altering my plans for going there in the evening with Laneia.
Later in the evening, along with Sara, Jen, Hayley, and Zack, Laneia and I went down for a drink at Tal Bagels. The girls keep saying it is important to spend time together since I am leaving, but I have been insisting on typicalness still. No tears from anyone before Monday at the earliest, myself included.