And here the fifth, final day of festival has come. Since early morning children are divided to the commands named after ten cities of Israel. They receive tasks: to pass on ten stations each of which symbolizes any mark of the Jewish culture and history.

There, where the inscription "Hebrew" appeared told about stories of language, unique in the history of mankind of the language revived from the dead. And then it was offered to learn some words and expressions in Hebrew, the more — the more than points. "The vegetable marrow of Ester" meant itself history of a holiday of Purim, one of the most significant and most cheerful. The "Mistress" - inimitable "Ester" gives the task to compose Purimshpil, and participants remember again all received the day before and for a year — dance, singing, theatrical art...

Alexander Abramovich conducts at the station lecture about Zionism and the State of Israel stories. Then there’s most gloomy and tragic station - "Holocaust" where gloom and grief atmosphere reigns... But here light lights up, and on a sheet of paper everyone writes - "Let such won't repeat!"

Larisa Brodsky checks knowledge on the Jewish culture and Israel geography. "I trust — I do not trust", she asks, and the station is called "Bluff-club".





There are sport meetings. Makkabiada and even sumo struggle. Struggle is played serious and pressure accrues. And the next one is a labyrinth — from water to sand as if Jews much thousand years ago. The station is called “Exodus” and lead by prophet Moses who gives such task. And, at last, last, but not the easy problem: under supervision of tsar Shlomo to construct the Temple — well, anyway, to try.

Festival closing... The ceremony begins with a film-memoirs... «Do you remember?» - it is sung in a known song. Someone from participants really remembers, someone the beginner and with interest looks at the beginning of the festival «Freilehe Kinder». Game results — a victory at a command "Haifa" are there and then disclosed, we congratulate winners who wait sweet prizes, and we move further...

The festival wouldn't take place without many factors. They are both the sponsor's help, and enthusiasm of heads, and creative endowments of children. Festival closing is the possibility to tell all "thanks" - to leaders of the master classes, to each of cities — both to children, and Hesed heads...

But it comes to an end. The children exchange phone numbers, electronic addresses — there are no doubts that for these five days new friendships have arisen. Well, and though is a little sad to leave, all of us remember the main credo of festival stated by Alexandr Baron: «The Festival is finished. Long live the festival!»

Year after - on the eighth «Freilehe Kinder»!

Maiya Polumisko