The place was photographed on the same day by the same photographer
Click for a larger image Translation of the text on the sign:
[The text in the Hebrew language is more detailed, below is its translation]
The German Hut - The Old Dining Hall The shack was built in 1953 on the bald "plateau" of Tzuba, and was inaugurated on the holiday of the five years of the kibbutz. The dining room was the heart of the kibbutz: it was where the day-to-day affairs were concentrated - the work schedule, the bulletin board, the mailboxes, the public telephone, the "week corner". The dining room was used as a place for gatherings for cultural evenings and holidays. The gatherings of friends were the center of community life. Fierce discussions were accompanied by clear rules of procedure, queries, proposals for order and votes. All these were accompanied by clucking tongues, knitting needles and cigarette smoke. Once a week, a film was shown brought by the shopping center from the Histadrut’s film library. The projector was in a room in the ceiling of the dining room, to which they climbed a ladder. There was also a translation projector, which was moved manually, and sometimes did not keep up with the film’s projection. The whole kibbutz came to watch and there were fixed seats.
At the entrance to the dining room there was a device for scraping mud from the shoes and a hose for washing boots. Entrance to meals in the dining room was by the "filling the tables" method. Often the young people sit for a long time until their friends arrived and could fill a table. The dishes were served to the table. Those who didn’t like the "dish" got a "substitute", and those who wanted more raised the bowl in the air, and the attendant went to fill it. The remains were thrown into the "Kolboynik", and the dishes were washed in two large aluminum sinks - the first with soap, and the second for washing. In the late 1970s, the electric dishwasher arrived. In the hallway at the entrance stood a large oven, the bread cabinet and a spreader. The friends would arrive for a four o’clock meal that included bread and homemade peach jam. Friday’s dinner was held in two shifts, and opened with the local Shabbat blessing "Let us bless the Shabbat for the rest of the body and peace of mind. May we be blessed in the week of labor and blessed be the one after it, may our eyes be to the beauty of the mountain and our hearts to pastures, may our Sabbath be peace and our home be blessed." In 1980, after the new dining hall was inaugurated, we switched to self-service. The kitchen in the barracks was destroyed and the rest of the building was used for various activities. In 2005, the original building was vacated, after it began to be destroyed, and the "shack" was built in its template, inaugurated in 2006, which continues to be a place for events for members and guests of the hotel.
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