Shabbat Parshat Nasa. I know most of us as readers of two readings and one Targum. Shabbat was the longest Torah portion, which explains the few people who came to the market. Apparently everyone was still busy reading them.
Father of Shabbat • At 12:00 noon, the children return from kindergarten, I get ready to go to the market. I come across the Chabad saying, which stars on all the posters on the street: 'Everyone is old enough to come and hear the Ten Commandments' - and in front of me passes a little boy who already wants to be old enough to be a father, a father of Shabbat.
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Like for Haredim 10 • At the entrance to the market, in front of the Hava bakery, under an umbrella that protects from the terrible heat that prevailed in Jerusalem, a kind of scorching 35.5 degrees in the shade, they sit talking about the past week. He is taking a picture of us, one of the people sitting there announces, and a hand is extended: Like in the center of the table. "This is for Haredim 10, let him take a picture.".
Father of Shabbat 2 • Shopping at the market on Friday has long become an experience for fathers and sons, fathers and children. The mother stays home to clean and cook with peace of mind, and the fathers go out to the market to shop, have fun and meet. Then come the treats: Dad, I want a candy.
Worth Gold • Haim Gold, the successful singer and artist, is walking around the market, cameras following him from the side. A group of Chinese are producing a video about the market. It really looks authentic to the market. I actually think he's producing another video clip for a new song.
Father of Shabbat 3 • They are in the center of the market, silence from the stroller, the baby falls asleep at a good and auspicious hour. They are having a heated discussion. My distance from them is not good for hearing. What were they talking about? I don't know. But it turned out to be a pretty nice picture.
The great teeth whitener • Sheik, one of the guys who never stopped smiling, a man for whom Torah and work always served as one crown. We hadn't seen each other for years, and I was happy to meet him. "Today he runs a laundry in Katamonim," he answers when I ask him what he does. And I respond with a smile: 'Oh, you've also switched to whitening.'.
Father of Shabbat 4 • A Moroccan cookie from Abadi in the baby's hands, gnawing keeps him busy, and the father searches with his eyes for his friends who promised to come early. He sees me taking pictures, stops for a second and says: At least the baby turned out well. You can report to him that we accomplished the task exceptionally well. 'They both turned out well.'.
Waiting time • The watermelon is huge and heavy. He tries to change position every moment. It's a bit heavy for him. I ask him if he wants to cross the road or if he needs help, and he answers with eyes squinted from the blinding sun: "No, Dad is already coming to pick me up.".
Father of Shabbat 5 • Waiting patiently with a bouquet of flowers in his hands, he waited on the side of a store that had already closed its doors for Shabbat. It seemed that he was looking for something. After the picture, we went to help him. It turns out that he was waiting for the father of the Haredi family to pick him up. It was his first Shabbat with Haredi people, and he was very excited, and brought flowers and wine.
Complete rest • The noise of the market had died down, and suddenly I arrived at one of the alleys of Mahane Yehuda. Silence, pastoral peace, the workers' restaurants were emptying, and on the side - a long way across the road, the friends had already gotten up to return to the market, and he was still enjoying the silence. We did not disturb him. We envied the peace in which he was sitting.
Father of Shabbat 6 • Burstein, Burstein's brother, suddenly stands in the middle of the market, listening to street music coming from the players on the bagpipes and violin. Texts his brother, the father of klezmer, Avraham Burstein: Brother, there are things you shouldn't miss in the market.
Religion and State • They argue for a long time, a young soldier from the Air Force and a Hasid from Mea Shearim. The conversation is conducted in broken and confused Hebrew, in an attempt to understand where each side is and what their position is. When a camera appeared, the differences in mentality became apparent. The Hasid refused to be photographed with the soldier. The soldier, on the other hand, asked that the picture be sent to him.
Father of Shabbat 7 • Come quickly, called the father, who walked quickly towards his son who was trailing behind. We missed the train, the son replied, trying to catch up with the ever-growing gap. It's not bad, the father replies, there's always one more and one last one. Let's hurry and catch it.
Last kernel • We teach you crackers. The market is quickly emptying, the last yeshiva student remains in the store, buying 50 grams of the entire selection in front of him. The seller coaxes him with lip service: "Let's do this quickly, I have Shabbat at home," and he finishes hesitating, chooses a few things and quickly buys. "Shabbat Shalom," the seller shouts after him.
Father of Shabbat 8 • Newspaper writer in the community Nachman Weiss, a man with his head in the sky, a Haredi philosopher and a writer of great stature. I'll tell you that he is also an editor here at the Haredim10 website. He didn't notice that I was taking pictures while he was walking around with a paper list - what his mother asked him to buy, and small braided buns for his girls who are at his place for Shabbat. Haha, what a father.
The joy of a mitzvah • In authentic clothing, straight from the moshav, Simcha stands in the heart of the market and does his shopping. Carlebach songs are on his lips, and at every Carlebach song event he is there - jumping, dancing and making people happy. "May Shabbat Shalom be upon you, dear Jews," he called with a special smile reserved only for him - towards us, when he saw that we were taking pictures. We wished Shabbat Shalom, and we moved on.
Sabbath Father 9 • Don't cry, Dad is coming back, says the older boy. He stands at the corner of the market, guarding his brother's cart. Together they wait for Dad, who walks back and forth, adding more bags of shopping for the Sabbath around them. The boy relaxes and plays - and they both wait for Dad.
Mazal Tov • Shabbat Bar Mitzvah. They are already dressed in their best clothes, excited, their parents outside the store and they have given them a few dozen shekels to buy sweets for all the uncles. "Take some of the red snakes," the little brother calls out. And the big one, answers with a question: "Take the blue dolphins?" A stranger wouldn't understand this!
Father of Shabbat 10 • Wearing a red tie, on top of the world, happy and well-groomed, the child walks next to his father, telling him about the giving of the Torah. The father listens, hears and is interested, and the child enjoys the personal quality time that is being given to him. Indeed, Father of Shabbat 10.
Tweeting Statuses • He is an artist in his own right, his brother is an internet personality, one of the founders of 'Tweeting Statuses'. He plays the heart, and his brother plays the keyboard. Both are great artists, with a huge smile on their face, playing and singing, the 'friend' who walks next to me asks them to play another piece again. If it really interests them, it appears as a video in the article.
Such a life • Last night he was photographed at Eli's, where he runs a personal office on Mea Shearim Street, distributing cigarettes and firewood. And today he was captured again on camera, shopping in the market, together with his fiancée, who will live, with a wide smile on his face. Haim Zilbershlag, a true Jerusalemite, there is no place he is not.
The arrival of the Sabbath • The arrival of the avrach announces to the sellers that in 20 minutes the Sabbath siren will echo through the air. The constant arguments never end, and the last buyers buy quickly. Every now and then someone from the market stops him and asks halachic questions. That's how you've been announcing the arrival of the Sabbath for years.
Take a picture! Publish • Who are you taking pictures for? Ask those in the pictures. I answered: It's for a Haredi website, which brings the market's life every week. Do you have internet? After I approved the works, they asked to be photographed. "We have a lot of Haredi friends," do you recognize them? Report them.
For a strong and blessed Aravat rider • The singer-baritone Moshe Chabusha renewed his electric bicycle this week. What could be more attractive than that? They get everywhere at the speed of light, without traffic jams, and this time he appeared in the market. While I was taking pictures, a guy with a regular bicycle passed by and said to me: "Do you only take pictures of electric bicycles?" Go explain to him that his name is Moshe Chabusha, the man whose voice sang before Maran Gra"a Yosef zt"l.
Tribute to Kobe Hershberg • I have a friend, a quality artist photographer. This week he met me and complained: 'When you're doing your market, the watermelons you've photographed are blurred in motion when they're thrown in the air. Do you think it's beautiful and artistic to present photos like this?' I pondered the matter, and this time in his honor I decided to bring a photo of a Jew waiting for a watermelon, but without the watermelon being thrown in the air and being blurred. I hope this satisfies his artistry.
Towards Shabbat • Last moments in the market, I'm on my way to the car, music is playing in the market. Some are still dancing to welcome Shabbat with joy, and there are those who have already welcomed Shabbat with joy, and they are happy and joyful. And how is it possible without the Chabad tefillin stand. In the photos: Putting on the last tefillin for this week.
Proof of purchase • This time he is alone. For several weeks now he has been coming with the whole family in full formation to the market. This time he was captured alone in the lens. We miss his smile. Why are you sad? I ask and he smiles. I am here, but alone. Take a picture so they can see that I was here too. And I answer him: If your wife doesn't come to the market with you, at least she can see that you did your shopping faithfully and didn't waste time.
The beginning of Shabbat • Every week for the past few weeks I have been taking pictures of the balcony in the picture. Once an elderly couple sat here reading 'Yated Ne'eman'. Once only the elderly lady sat here and read Tehillim. This week I was already waiting to take pictures, but two lonely chairs were waiting for me. Suddenly I was missing them. Hopefully next week we will see them again, safe and sound.
Father of Shabbat 11 • Minutes before Shabbat, I rush home. And here is MK Uri Maklev arriving to spend Shabbat with his family in Sanhedria. Apparently, he will also arrive to check whether Egged kept their promise on Saturday and did not charge passengers to go home from the Western Wall.
