Preparations continue for the day of judgement...

Israel prepares for Rosh Hashana

This guy is the president of the United States???

                                               
 Nice slip up Mr. President!!! Wonder what he really thinks about us?? It's time to come home...

Post rain storm sunset...

Israel's first rain in months...

We thank Hashem for all the good he has showered on us!
I have never seen the kids enjoy rain so much!

Last Night in Jerusalem...

Shlomo Katz Singing "Veyeda Kol Paul" from High Holy Days Prayers

(Song by Reb Shlomo Carlebach)

Kuddos to this Guy...

Why cant there be more like him???

My cultural experience...

One of the nice things about living here is that most of the culture here is Jewish. Another nice thing is that wine is really good and really cheap. As I was checking out of the supermarket today one of our Arab cousins was bagging my groceries. He did a pretty good job but I noticed that he avoided bagging the wine. At the end everything was bagged except the wine and he asked me to take care of it. I was a little puzzled but I complied. Then it came to me... Muslims won't even touch wine. Interesting. Well, too bad for them...L'Chaim!!!

Could you ask for a better place to study Torah...

Blessings from the center of the spiritual universe!!

Job fair...

I was supposed to go to two job fairs today. I went to the one in the morning which was pretty much a bust! Then I decided that I would likely have better luck at the holy wall than at the second job fair. And here I am...

Traffic...

Pre-Shabbat pictures from Jerusalem...

Visiting abba and imma in the holy city of Hebron

What was this guy thinking???

...yes. That's a horse tied up in the back of a moving flatbed truck with a Palestinian license plate. The horse fell every time the driver stopped or maneuvered the truck. People that have no respect for animals will never have respect for our people.

Sitting in the yard watching the sunset toward Jerusalem...

Special fruits of the holy land..

Bought it at the shuck before shabbat. Of course the secular merchant reminded me to make the special "shehechiyanu" blessing before eating the new fruit. It tastes kind of like a sour orange. This land has so many special attributes. Blessings from the holy land!

Amazing produce of Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda open air market...

Early morning prayers at the Holy Wall