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| Alighting from the bus at the tiyul's first stop near Latrun. |
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| Climbing the ascent to the lookout point above Latrun. |
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| At the top, Sruli Jacobson (fearless tour guide) describes the area. |
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Sruli describes the second site of the tiyul, Tel Azaka.
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Looking down from Tel Azaka to the valley in which David slew Goliath.
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| Learning about the area. |
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The group heard about the historical and geographical significance of the locations and views.
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The group stopped for lunch in the sukkah of a beis knesset in Ramat Bet Shemesh.
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| Rabbi Frydman gives a d'var Torah during lunch. |
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| The tiyul's fourth stop was the Bar Kochba caves, hideout of the Jews during the Bar Kochba revolt. |
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Crawling through the caves.
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| Within the caves, Sruli tells over the sad and frightening history of the Bar Kocha revolt. |
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| Whew, it's good to be out of there! |
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A flock of sheep visit the giant carob tree outside the caves.
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| A tiyul-within-a-tiyul near the caves. |
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