Chapter 23, Shavuot Pilgrimage
“In three days, we will be celebrating Shavuot,” announced Hagit, “The school will be closed but on the day after tomorrow we will celebrate it with our main school in Avihayil.” “Are we going to have classes in Avihayil?” Asked Shlomo Yarhi. “No dear,” she answered, “after school you will be going home to change, and we will meet here, for the parade.” “Mom!” I need your help; I need to get ready for the parade.” “What parade?” “Look at the note,” I said. “What Note? You know I can’t read Hebrew, what does it say?” “We have a parade today at 5:00 to Avihayil. We need to dress in white and we need a wreath on our head. Oh, we also need some fruit and vegetables to donate. I will put them in the basket we made during arts and craft class. They will be selling them in an auction to raise money for our school.” At 5:00PM all the kids lined up in pairs. All of us dressed in white I stood with Shlomo Yarhi, right behind Avi Dagan and Dafna. We all had our wreath on our hea...