Here is our master schedule of the week.
Weekends
Our weekends are from Thursday late afternoon until Saturday night. So on weekends we can travel outside of kibbutz, hang out on kibbutz, or really just do whatever we want. Everyone is usually very tired after a long and busy week, so weekends usually consist of a lot of sleeping and watching movies. My kvutza really wants to take a break from the whole being lazy and watching movies aspect of our weekends and start doing fun things together.
This weekend we have many exciting things planned for us by some Workshoppers!
Sundays
Sunday's in Israel are like Monday's in the United States and Canada. Our programming begins on Sunday. My kvutza has avodah (volunteer work around the kibbutz) on Sunday mornings, while the other kvutza has shiyurim (classes). I work in the spool factory with Micah, one of my fellow kvutza members.We have to show up at around 8:30 every Sunday morning and work until about 11. The first week we drilled holes into the wood that is used to make the tops and bottoms of the spools, but for the past two weeks we just screwed on a bunch of washers and screws onto giant metal rods, which are used to holding the spool in place.It could definitely be a lot more fun, but the work is relatively easy and we're helping out the kibbutz so I don't mind. Other people in my kvutza do other forms of avodah such as working in the mitbach (kitchen) preparing food for meals, working with horses, working in the petting zoo, working with the little children in pre-school on kibbutz, and doing some yardwork/cleaning up around the kibbutz to just name a few. We then go to lunch before having a peulah (activity) on hadracha (leadership) and participating in a power course of our choosing. I chose the power course on education, which is very interesting. We talk about the different forms of education in our day to day lives and the effects that education has on people. For instance, so far we have talked about the difference between informal and formal education, democratic schools and the difference between them and regular public schools, etc. Next, we have some cleaning time and a break before we go to dinner. After dinner a few members of each kvutza run an activity for their respective kvutzot. We call this erev tarbut (culture night). We have had fun, crazy activities, but also serious bonding activities with the intention of getting to know one another better.
Mondays
We begin Monday mornings with Ivrit (Hebrew) classes. There are 3 levels of the Hebrew classes. I'm in the beginner class, but I still find myself learning a lot. We then have tzevet (team) time. Within our kvutzot, there are smaller groups that are in charge of doing specific things on workshop. For instance, I'm in the chinuch (education) group, where we run educational activities for each other, inform everyone of Israeli and North American news, and keep track of all the Hebrew words of the day! Some other groups are the food shopping one (self explanatory), Erev tarbut planning group, and bet bet bet/cleaning group, which restocks the soap in the bathroom, the toilet paper, and makes sure everyone is staying healthy (we're a kvutza, we have to look out for one another, ya know?). Next, we have lunch and then the afternoon is dedicated to Yom Kvutza. Our workshop madrichim (counselors) run different peulot for us throughout the whole afternoon and night after dinner. Some of the past peulot during Yom Kvutza have been on values, freedom, and responsibilties.
Tuesdays
Tuesdays are probably the longest day of the week for our kvutza. While the other kvutza begins with avodah in the morning, we begin with shiyurim. Each week these shiyurim are centered around different topics. Some of the topics so far have been Jews in the Modern World, Anti-Semitism, and our Jewish lineage. After lunch we have a course on Judaism and then a course on Israeli Society. After some cleaning time we then go to dinner and have a guest speaker who comes and talks to us about a certain subject. Sometimes these speakers are past Habos, but other times they are kibbutzniks, or other people that come to share their lives and knowledge with us.
Wednesdays
We start out Wednesdays with shiyurim again, but this time both kvutzot have classes. The afternoon is dedicated to a 3 hour block of Hebrew class. We then have a free block to do whatever we want. Sometimes we plan activities for ourselves, and other times we are free to spend the time catching up on sleep, skyping with a friend, or doing whatever we want. After dinner we have the option of taking part in Wednesday selections, which are optional peulot run by someone from off the kibbutz. The first wednesday selection was run by Ruth Stevens, a former Galilnik who now lives in Israel. She talked about shira (singing) that we do at our respective machanot (summer camps). It was very interesting hearing about singing, and made me realize how big of an impact shira has on our lives during the summer at camp. It definitely brings about the feeling of unity when we all sing together.
Thursdays
Thursdays run a bit differently than our typical Boneh schedule. They are our siyur (trip/tour) days. Usually we leave kibbutz for the day and typically learn about something as a follow up to whatever we just learned about in our classes. Over the past couple of weeks we have traveled to Nazareth and the Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv. Sometimes instead of having a siyur, we have Yom Meyuchad (Special Day). This differs that the Yom Meyuchad that I'm used to at Galil. At Galil they are themed days where we plan fun activities for everyone based on that theme. On Workshop, however, they are still educational, but just run with a different theme than what we are learning about in our classes. We had one Yom Meyuchad so far where we learned all about education. By late afternoon around 4 or 5, we are officially on our weekend.
Meals
We make breakfast for ourselves every morning. We have a sign up list for those that want to volunteer to make breakfast for everyone. Since we have a food budget, most of our breakfasts are either eggs, egg in a hole, sometimes french toast, or breakfast sandwiches. Most mornings we also have Israeli salad, bread with spreadable cheese, and cereal on top of what the main dish is.We eat lunch and dinner in the chadar ochel (dining room) on kibbutz every day except during Saturday's when it is closed for Shabbat, and on Sunday nights when we make our own dinner. Usually meals in the chadar include some form of meat (like schnitzel, brisket, chicken breast etc, rice, couscous, some vegetable, and salad. A lot of carbs, I know. On Thursday nights, Kibbutz Ein Dor has a kibbutz-wide falafel night! Thursdays are deemed "burger Thursdays" because lunch is always burgers. However, we are usually on trips on thursdays so I have only experienced burger Tuesday once!
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