Our last day in Israel and we were allowed to sleep in. We had a 6:30 a.m. wake up! After a beautiful tefillah and delicious pancake breakfast, we packed up and boarded the bus. Our first stop was Rosh Hanikra. Here we are at the Lebanon border. Here is where Avraham came down into the land of Israel from Charan. Thankfully we did not have to climb down since there are cable cars.
Rosh Hanikra is also on the border with the Mediterranean Ocean, which the rabbis of the Talmud called the Yam Hagadol, The Great Sea. Standing here we understood why. One cannot see the end of the sea, giving the impression of how big it is. The water has formed natural grottos and we enjoyed walking through them. It was a hot and calm day, so the water was not crashing in the grottos.
We walked through man made tunnels from Alexander the Great’s day. He did not want his troops to have to climb over mountains, so he had tunnels carved out. Later the Ottomans added a bridge to the tunnels and trains went through this area bringing supplies. Under British rule the bridge was blown up on March 14, 1938 on Night of the Bridges. That night the Hagana blew up 3 bridges around the country to slow down the British supply chain.