Nachal Arugot

Nachal Arugot is a nice hike. It takes a few hours, and the payoff is a waterfall at the end, which falls intro a pool of water. Located about an hour from Jerusalem, it was a place we would go during vacation, or on occasion, during yeshiva, when we needed a break from the books.

On this day, I am there with Dovi and Shimmy, two fellow Mercaz guys. I have not known Dovi for long, but he is the first person I have met who loves learning, absolutely loves learning, and then leaves yeshiva to hang out with whatever girls he can get a hold of. And believe me, their are plenty of girls he gets a hold of.

On this day, though, we are hiking though, and there aren't any girls around. It is sunny and hot, and no one is bothering wearing a shirt as we climb over rocks, and through tree-lined streams.

Finally, we are in a clearing. A few hundred feet away above us, there is a group of girls on top of a ridge. A single high-pitched voice breaks the natural silence, coming from the top of the ridge.

"Are you Dovi?"

We never were able to find out who she was, but needless to say, Dovi's stature shot up in our eyes.