Video tour with David Hyman, Israeli professional tour guide. Join me on this video tour as we visit a few of the sites and places that inspired Rachel's poetry. Rachel Bluwstein is Israel's most beloved and admired poet. Rachel was born in 1890 and arrived at the land of Israel at 1909 with her sisters Shoshana and Bat Sheva. Rachel joined the Kinneret courtyard farm to study farming under the supervision of Agronomist Hana Meisel. She loved her years at the farm and met many friends. Rachel decided to continue her studies abroad and sailed to France , but WW1 changed her plans so she headed to her home town in Russia and stayed there till the war ended. At Russia she worked as a teacher in a Jewish orphanage and that is were she probably was infected with TB. In 1919 she returned to Israel, now under the British Mandate , as part of the 3rd wave of immigration. She joined her friends at Kibbutz Deganya, Israel's first Kibbutz. At first she was very happy but later she bacame more and more ill. Other members of the Kibbutz were afraid that they or the children might catch her illness and they ask her to leave the kibbbutz. Rachel moves to Tel Aviv and lives alone in a small room. During her final 6 years she writes most of her poems. Many of the poems are her memories from her happy days by lake Kinneret, other poems are about her unfulfilled dreams of love, a partner and a family. Rachel's poetry embraces many biblical images and nature descriptions. Although she came to Israel at the age of 19 she was able to write in most beautiful and accurate Hebrew. Her sensitive use of words and images are both breathtaking and emotional.
Rachel died in 1931 at the age of 40 and is buried at the Kinneret cemetery. Her grave draws Israelis of all ages. Next to her tomb there is a small bench with a metal box holding her poetry books and pictures. Rachel's picture is immortalized on Israel's 20 shekel banknote.
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Edited by Tomer Hyman on adobe premier
Recorded by Tomer Hyman | Canon G1X
B roll | GoPro 7 hero black
Special thanks to the wonderful Israeli family we met by Rachel's tomb: Etti, Yaffa and Shlomo who agreed to participate in the video and sing Rachel's songs with me
