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Kibbutz Lavi is in the hills above Lake Kinneret.
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Lavi is a Biblical word for lion, so there's a cute little lion on all the signs. Marcia and I stayed here for Shabbat as guests of Hadassah and Itzak Abarbanel. Hadassah (Rena Waxman's daughter) is from Milwaukee, and Itzak grew up on the kibbutz. The kibbutz is communally owned and everyone has work obligations, even retired people and those who have outside jobs. Unlike in the old days of the "children's house," families live together, but children are taken care of while their parents work. People can eat at the dining hall, pick up prepared meals to eat at home, or pick up raw ingredients and cook at home. Hadassah is the head chef at the Kibbutz and a vegetarian - lucky for me! |
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Being a guest at a kibbutz is a communal affair. We were greeted by Dov Wolpe, who works as an administrator at Jordan Valley College. Friday night, we went to shul with Dov's wife, Miriam, had Shabbat dinner with Itzak's parents, Moshe and Fani Abarbanel, and slept at the unoccupied home of the Wolpes' son who was in Jerusalem. The next day, we had Shabbat lunch at Hadassah's and walked around the kibbutz with people we had met (including the dog, Sheleg.)
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Fani and her granddaughter at the Kibbutz Lavi gift shop. The kibbutz helps support itself by running a luxury hotel on the grounds, as well as a furniture factory. Working in the gift shop on Saturday night was Fani's "toranut" or work obligation for the kibbutz. |
