Tuesday, September 26, 2017

New meaning to "Spanish omelette"

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The stamped Large white Israeli eggs are what I normally buy.
See the L on the shell? 
But now during the Jewish High Holidays, the Days of Awe, there are so many festive meals to be cooked inside of just a few weeks that the country apparently ran out of eggs.
I was astounded to open a new carton and find brown eggs!
I examined the Hebrew label and discovered they were imported all the way from Spain!
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(Linking to ABC Wednesday.)
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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Where did the salmon's head go??

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Last night was the Eve of Rosh Hashanah (literally, the head of the year). 
On the festive New Year's dinner table, usually on the platter with the traditional gefilte fish, traditionally there should be at least one cooked fish head. 
Or even a ram's head. 

This is to remind us of one of the many blessings that God promises in return for obedience to his commandments. Deuteronomy 28:13a says 
"And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail . . . " 

In The Living Torah translation it becomes "God will make you a leader and never a follower."

The Hebrew blessing said over the fish head is 
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ ה' אֱלֹהינוּ וֵאלֵֹהי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שֶׁנִּהְיֶה לְרֹאשׁ וְלֹא לְזָנָב
May it be Your will, Lord our God and the God of our fathers, that we be a head and not a tail.


I pray that every leader and every citizen in our world will use their head to make peace and not war in the new year. 
Shana tova, a good and happy year to all!
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Friday, September 15, 2017

Marble slabs, all in a row

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Is it just me, or is there something exciting about seeing marble slabs?


The worker wearing a dust mask had been cutting stone on the shrill-sounding saw.


Shiny, big and beautiful. 
And expensive, I imagine.


The marble place is in Beer Sheva. 


And what's this hiding under a table in the 
shadows . . . ?
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Monday, September 11, 2017

Rishon's old synagogue then and now

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As we saw in the previous post, Rishon LeZion was founded in 1882 by Jews who came from the Russian Empire to farm the land of Israel. 
Here is another mural on a wall in present-day Rishon, now a city.


Here is that same old synagogue, presently undergoing restoration.
It's going to be really nice. 


The airbrushed paintings were made by Hillel Lazarov who has a school for teaching mural making. 

(Linking to Monday Mural meme.)
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Monday, September 4, 2017

Murals like historical photos

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Finally, some murals to contribute to Monday Murals meme. 
These were on sidewalk level of a tall building in Rishon LeZion, now our fourth biggest city.
Rishon was founded in 1882 by Jews who came from the Russian Empire to farm the land of Israel. 


Here is the same old water tower in real life.


See the bell tower in back of the orchestra?   
Not many farmers could afford clocks or watches back then, so they relied on the bell-ringer to signal the times of day (or to warn of emergencies). 


Here is the same bell today, in front of the old synagogue and next to the history museum. 
You can ring it! 
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Friday, September 1, 2017

In the pre-drone era

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Things were more primitive way back in 2010 when I took these pictures.
Before drones came into popular use, people used small helium balloons! 


Enlarge the photo with a few clicks and you will see the cables attached to the suspended camera.


Apparently the archaeologists and/or the architects and engineers needed aerial photography of this exciting and welcome new National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel.  
Back then the construction was just beginning; now it is almost completed. 

Our City Daily Photo bloggers group has our monthly Theme Day today.
The subject is Photographing the Photographer.
In my post you'll just have to imagine the photographer, down on earth holding the tether. 
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(Linking also to SkyWatch Friday.)
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