Noa, Miri Mesika and Aya Korem, will be performing at the Milk and Honey Days Festival – Sweet Shavuot Treat for Everyone…
Isragirl Presents : Noa, Eye in the Sky, Video by Bluelf1 ©
I’ve chosen this video for the post for two main reasons: A) Eye in the sky is an exquisite song and I’ve loved it for many years…The cover by Achinoam Nini, known outside of Israel as Noa, is terrific and although a little sad, it brings new interpretation to the song and a new groove to it. B) The immediate excuse is that Noa will be performing this weekend on the Milk and Honey Days Festival held in the Jeasrael Valley every year during Shavuot. And now let me put some order in all this information:
This weekend is going to be a long weekend (Fri-Mon). Israel will be celebrating the Jewish Harvest festival – Shavuot. To make a long story short, Shavuot is considered to be the occasion upon which the Hebrews received the Torah on Mount Sinai and became a nation or “People” committed to serving God. Shavuot also has an agricultural context, since this is when we celebrate harvest and this was the holiday on which the Jews brought the First Fruits (Bikkurim in Hebrew) to the big Temple in Jerusalem.
Four main rituals (or customs) are associated with the holiday: 1) Dressing in White; 2) Eating Dairy Foods (supposedly cause the Torah is like milk and honey on our tongues); 3) Bikkurim (First Fruits) ceremonies in agricultural Israel; 4) Studying Torah all night (allegedly the Israelites overslept on the day they were meant to receive the Torah, and Moses had to wake them up while God was waiting. As a remedy to this terrible shame a beautiful custom of staying up and studying all night has developed over the years).
Many special events will be held across Israel during the holiday. The weather forcast is ideal and national parks as well as the Sea of Galilee are popular holiday attractions. Over 50 dairy farms will offer special guided tours as well as cheese tasting. The wineries of the Galilee, Golan Heights and Jerusalem area will join the celebration and since cheese go very well with wine, they will offer guided tours and tasting of their own.
The Milk and Honey Days Festival in the Jeasrael valley will welcome families to guided trips and walks, children workshops, Israeli Folk dancing marathon, navigation on bicycles competition and lots of music. Noa will be performing on Friday with “Genes and Jeans” – She will sing in Hebrew and English, new material from the last album as well as old and much loved songs. Miri Mesika will perform on Monday and will host Dani Robas and Aya Korem. (Festival Info: +972 04- 6520734).
In Jerusalem, the annual guided tours marathon of Yad Ben Zvi will take place this weekend and during the holiday. Over 120 guided tours through the streets of Jerusalem and around the Jerusalem area will be available to the public. Some tours will include artistic contributions by musicians and actors. Each tour will offer an original theme and participants can choose to follow historical events, architecture, religious sites or occurrences, famous figures that lived in the city or even famous characters from books and stories that took place in Jerusalem. (Info and reservations: Yad Ben Zvi 02-5398855).
Dress in white and celebrate with us the receiving of the Torah…Come to the land of Milk and Honey
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