On Shabbat we finally really paid Ofra a visit in Hararit. It was the Lag BaOmer holiday, which means bon fires and BBQ. Hararit is a small communal settlement consisting of about 60 families and it was founded in the 80's by Transcendental Meditation practitioners. They also offer recreational facilities and there is a new website, but the English part of it is yet not fully built.
Hararit is situated on a mountain ridge, in line with Avtalyon and Yodfat, with the Arab villages Sakhnin and Arraba in the North side valley, and Bu'eine Nujeidat on the other side of the valley to the South. Climbing up to Hararit is a delight for the eye and when you walk around in Hararit it almost feels like you are looking down on Earth from the heavenly skies. In each direction the view is astonishing and both the Mediterranean in the West and Sea of Galilee in the East are visible from Hararit on a good day.
At some point soon we want to get ourselves a house with a garden, and not necessarily in Tivon, but definitely in the North. Everything is about money, driving distances and compromises. We were both completely enchanted by Hararit and was joking about putting a house on every vacant lot we could see. The BBQ in Ofra's place was so fun and she had invited a whole bunch of lovely friends from near and far away. It was with a slight melancholic feeling we left Hararit in the evening and drove back home. Maybe one day...
Looking South from Hararit
Looking East from Hararit,
with the Sea of Galilee far away
Looking North from Hararit,
standing on a vacant lot. Building a house here?
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