A quick “Only in Israel”

During the 9 days leading up to the day we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, which was yesterday, there are several do’s and don’ts we must follow. Not doing laundry is one of them.

After 9 days of not doing any laundry, I found I had a lot more clothes to wash than detergent to wash them with!

So this morning, after dropping Ely off at camp, I ran to the super-grocery up the road in Kiryat Sefer. Kiryat Sefer is a 4-minute drive out of the yishuv and up the main road. The name of the store is “Zol Mehadrin”. Zol means cheap/inexpensive. Mehadrin is a word used to brand a food ultra-ultra kosher (to put it simply).

We have a local Makolet (small grocery) here on the yishuv, but shopping is done only in times of desperation, as the prices are sky high.


As I left Zol Mehadrin, I realized the guard was standing with the same man he was with when I walked in minutes before.

Only in Israel do you find the shomer (guard at the entrance of the grocery) learning Torah (bible) with another man, with bags loading him down. They were deeply entrenched in their discussion and, of course, that means he was not really guarding the door!

Only in Israel!

I love it!