"The time has come," the Walrus said...

Preparation (ha-cha-nah) הֲכָנָה

It is hard to believe that almost a year and a half ago I was accepted to be a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). It seems like years ago, and at the same time, yesterday that I got the call from my college roommates that my letter had come and that I was actually going to be a rabbi!

Since then I have spent a busy year working at various different jobs, taking a break as a student for a year before spending the next 5 years of my life as a rabbinic student. I don't know that it has really hit me yet that I am going to be a rabbi, but I am certainly excited at the prospect of living in Israel for a year.

Preparing to go to Israel this time around seems much easier than the last time I did it (when I went to go and study at Hebrew University in Jerusalem for the spring semester of my junior year of college.) I know basically what to expect weather wise, and also culture wise, although it is never easy to figure out just how exactly to fit your life into two suitcases for the year.

Like many other people who go abroad for various reasons, I decided to keep a blog of my adventures over the next year. My hope is that this blog is something that I will be able to keep throughout the entirety of my rabbinic studies, and perhaps even beyond then. I don't know exactly what direction this blog will go in, but I hope that it becomes one that will give people insight, not only into the life of a rabbinic student, but insight into a world that is constantly changing and evolving for the better.

My "preparations" in the Cayman Islands!