Shepherds For Hire

Last week, Jen and I went on a field trip with the Yeshiva to Neot Kedumim, the Biblical Landscape Reserve in Israel. It's a beautiful location, near Tel Aviv, and has a landscape filled with Biblical-era plants and cultural artifacts. There are also goats and sheep there and we had the exciting opportunity to play shepherds! It was fortunate that amongst the students is a student who was a professional shepherd previously. He trained his team on sheep and goat herding and they got to work attempting to move a small flock from one point to another. They were quite successful and when it was our team's turn, we followed their example and were equally, if not more so, successful. It was the highlight of the trip.