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Maccabi Games-San Antonio
Tuesday at the Maccabi Games in San Antonio was nothing short of, as we like to refer to it, a ‘bonanza’. After the great time and success which we had in S.F. by the Games, we decided to become pseudo-groupies and drive the 1,486 miles to San Antonio. We were rewarded for our efforts. Throughout [...]
Drive to San Antonio
Tuesday, August 11
Here are some pictures from our 15 hour drive to San Antonio
Shabbat in Chandler, Arizona
Monday, August 10
After leaving the West Coast on Thursday we called the Deitsch family, Chabad shluchim in Chandler Arizona to see about staying for Shabbat. They promptly replied yes, they would love to have us. Joining us would be Nosson Deitsch and Eli Chitrik friends of the Roadsages. Friday night a large meal took place [...]
Half way status update
Friday, August 8
After leaving New York taking a counter-clockwise route around this great country we are currently on the return leg through the South. Internet connection the last few days has been spotty but now having got a signal here are some facts and images from the trip so far.
Tefillin: 200, Shabbat candles: 150, Good [...]
JCC Maccabi Games
Monday, August 3
The Road Sage continued where it left off the night before, spreading the good to all the participants of the Maccabi games. We parked the Sage Coach in the middle of the University of San Francisco, which is the hub of the games and we met all the athletes as they went to [...]
The Maccabi Games opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the Maccabi games was an amazing event. It was a sight to see all the Jewish athletes from all
corners of the globe coming together in a display of Jewish unity and pride in the sporting arena. Upon the conclusion of the ceremony we brought the “Sage Coach” to the front of [...]
Sunday in San Jose, Jewish Heritage Day
Sunday, August 2
We headed out to San Jose for the Jewish heritage day with the San Jose Giants (of the San Francisco Giants farm system). As soon as we got there we got the good deeds going.
From the kosher pastrami sandwiches to the blowing of the Shofar by the Rally Rabbi (Rabbi Langer) it was [...]
Shabbat in San Fran
Sunday, August 2nd
We arrived at the Langers, the local Shluchim in S. Francisco, pretty close to shabbos. We met the other guests with whom we’d be spending the weekend and settled down in the Chabad House. This was to be a little bit of an extended stay compared to the average time of twelve hours [...]