The Ariel Aliyah community spent Yom HaAzmaut on a day trip to the Har Bracha spring and to Tel Shiloh, ruins of the Mishkan.

A bus load of children, families and new olim all got together on Tuesday morning, Israel’s 62nd Independence Day and headed towards Har Bracha, north east of Ariel. There they enjoyed a short visit to the MASA MAYYAN- Travelers Spring where all the kids got a chance to get wet, cool down, and catch tadpoles.  The group continued towards Shiloh, to visit the ruins of the Mishkan, then they all picnicked and enjoyed ice cream there and then watched a short video about the historic site.  After that they went to see the Shiloh shul, built as a model of the original tabernacle.The group got back just in time to have a quick BBQ and celebrate Israeli style.