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Put it there pal
i'm in line (line: huddle of people at the door) to get onto the bus, when something makes me turn my head to look behind me ( Read more... ) -
Celebrating Ramadan
Look, i dunno much about Arabs. I've not spent time picking olives with Palestinians to try to understand "their side." I think i might like to one day. For now, i've just read books about Arab culture and Israeli history, and that's the extent of my knowledge on Arabs ( Read more... ) -
Ahavat Chinam & 5 roses
today when i was sick, i went to buy pizza in Me'a She'arim. I sat down at a table where a very old woman was sitting alone. I asked if i could sit there and she nodded yes. I ate quietly for a couple minutes then decided i wanted to talk to her. So i asked her where her golden necklace was from. "This is from my son, and the two rings are ( Read more... ) -
Leading Kabbalist Urges Jews to Israel
i'm usually for making aliyah out of your own beliefs and dreams. But if you need someone high up with good connections in the right places to tell you what to do, i bring you, Rabbi Kaduri, leading kabbalist in the world. At the ripe age of 104 (may he be blessed with many more years), he thinks it's time we all come home.
Leading ( Read more... ) -
bureaucracy in the world to come
during the temple times, there were certain miracles that Israel was famous for: that the smoke of the incense flew straight up, even in wind; that there were no flies, despite the animal slaughterings; that the courtyard always had enough room, even for the entire nation during pilgrimage ( Read more... ) -
still sick
finally got a reading on my fever, which means i'm technically qualified by army standards for sick leave...woohoo ( Read more... ) -
iCky SicKy
i woke up sick for the second or third day now. I called my commander and told him, but he said to come to the Stadium (where we all meet today) and see the doctor there.
Well that meant i had to pack all my stuff, which is a lot since i did all my laundry over break. I hauled my stuff 90Liter backpack down to the stadium and found our company ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Remind me to tell you about what happened after me and Omri saw "What The Bleep Do We Know?" in Tel Aviv.
A film that is on my top Must See list.
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what i learned from vacation
well, the two week vacation has come to it's end, withered away by the endless waves of time, missed like the childhood we all look back upon in our old age, forgotten in the ( Read more... ) -
Going with THE flow
When we say, "I like going with the flow," whose flow IS that ( Read more... )