The atmosphere of war brought many residents of the south to the central region, and when it became clear that the front was approaching the center, some of them rushed to escape to Jerusalem. A few days passed and the front reached Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, and also to the north. Many of the people were not looking to travel and enjoy themselves, but the residents of the capital learned long ago that it was impossible to do so in Jerusalem, and on Friday they came out en masse and filled the Mahane Yehuda market. I did not stay at home, I did not go down south, and I arrived at the market to bring the sights in anticipation of an alarm that did not come. In fact, it did come, but the one that signaled the beginning of the Sabbath.
Shabbat you rest • Noah Kurlansky. No, don't be mistaken with the picture, he didn't really shop, he came to enjoy the Friday market. "Look," he told me, "the market isn't full, there aren't many people and it's fun." Then, when he asked where I lived and I raised an eyebrow, he explained to me that he wanted to make sure I was also out of the line of fire, and someone from the side shouted: 'The whole country is at war.'.
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Jerusalem Borax • They arrived almost in full force, bought fresh, hot Borax at the store, and sat down to eat on the side. They saw me taking a picture, waved a like, and continued eating.
Better than the original • Yomi Bergstein, a man with a million-dollar smile, went shopping with his wife. He carried the bags, she only went with her purse. He didn't understand why I needed to take pictures. When I told him that he was a double of the singer Yiddish Werdiger, he smiled and said: I am in my own right. As much as he is right, from the original it seems I would have gotten yelled at. But between us, tell me, am I wrong that he is a double?
Fathers and Children • Every week I follow the fathers who go shopping and leave the wife to rest at home for Shabbat. I hope you don't really believe that they leave the wife to clean and polish the house and cook while they have fun. So here are a few more that came to my lens.
Kahane is alive • Honor Guard - a concept that was reserved for human statues in the British royal household. Today I saw the Jewish Honor Guard in the Mahane Yehuda market: young people studying the teachings of Rabbi Meir Kahane, the 14th, and what the Torah meant when God promised us the land of the fathers. They smiled and refused to be photographed. Between us, who wants the Shin Bet behind them? But at least I could bring you the emblem on the back.
The Celeb Rabbi • Mordechai Hasidim, known in media jargon as "The Celeb Rabbi," arrived at the Mahane Yehuda Market at the height of a lively phone call. "I didn't come here to hang out," he explained immediately after I took the photo. "Rabbi Benyahu Shmueli's Beit Midrash is adjacent to the market, and during the phone call I entered the market.".
Towards Shabbat • Calmly and peacefully, with beer and fried fish schnitzels, they tried to figure out who was making a sandwich with mayonnaise and tomato. When they didn't get an explanation (I was in a hurry), they asked for just five minutes. I stopped, explained, and they ordered one of those.
Sweet and colorful • Some people say it's their life: they'll give up twenty shekels for a bus ride to buy another two hundred grams of this sweet candy. I wanted to buy a few kilos of this colorful candy and send it to those who really love it, but I remembered that I came without money in my pocket. At least I took a picture.
In honor of Shabbat • As if he stepped out of a painting by H. Hatkopf, he wanders through the market, shopping. The noisy world around him does not affect him in the slightest, he chooses the challah for Shabbat, mumbling to himself, "In honor of Shabbat," and buys more gale and kishkek.
Yishmael Levav Enosh • His children were with him, he was absorbed in reading the wine label, they wandered around inside and outside, jumped on the store steps and went back outside. He checked bottle after bottle, probably looking for the best for the Shabbat night kiddush. And in the end, when he bought what he liked, he parted with a respectable sum of money, and his children returned to shelter under his wing.
Toamiya Chaim Zachko • The Israeli-Ukrainian businessman Galant arrived at the market to shop, did not rush anywhere (as is his mentality), stood by the prepared food stand and bought in abundance and without limit. "How was the Cuban?" and the seller lets him taste. "Well, bring a kilo, how are the blackened olives?" And again the seller lets him taste, and thus with everything he bought he performed the Toamiya commandment.
Three Bedi Hadas • Emmanuel Saban, a resident of Kiryat Sefer and owner of the successful Hadas catering in Kiryat Sefer, arrived at the market to do some shopping for a Shabbat for his home. He was in a hurry, he didn't have a moment to spare, the car was in the parking lot that was about to close, and he was after "two Shabbats" that he had prepared for a hundred people and distributed to the accommodation places in Jerusalem. "What are you filming? Do you want to help me prepare Shabbat?" When I smiled, he said: "Pack yourself up and come to Shabbat in Kiryat Sefer.".
Pamper Pamper • Businessman Rafi Fisher is standing in the market. He is busy all week in his office in 'Tnuvat Ha'aretz' - selling and building apartments. On Fridays it is his quiet time, shopping in the market. He is alone, without assistants and without a secretary to answer the phones. Between the distractions he simply enjoys himself, everything that went over the scale was explained to the seller that it was at his expense. It took the buyers a long minute to understand that someone had decided to pamper them. It started with bananas and ended when I had already left. That's how you are in a good mood, it's a shame that he doesn't sell apartments in the market.
Haymsha Gald • Haim Safrin arrived at the market and entered a nut store, when he heard the cries: "Sir! Sir! Money is falling to you..." He was too busy debating whether to buy pistachios or almonds. It took him a while to realize that he was being spoken to and that his money was flowing out of his shirt pocket. When he saw that I was taking pictures, he said: "Don't think, I worked hard for the money, but may it only be in abundance...""
Constructive Compliment • Abrimi Shapira from Makor Rishon met Dov Eichler at the market, told him that he follows everything he writes, and that he thinks Eichler is a 'fine writer.' Eichler blushed, didn't know what to say, and when I asked them to take a picture together, Shapira told me: "It's an honor to take a picture with Eichler.".
Parliament • They don't meet every Friday at the market, but when they do, it turns into a large-scale discussion that blocks the passages. This time they were on the side next to the bus, whose owner was in a hurry to leave for Shabbat.
A lawyer will be good • I saw lawyer Yehezkel Rosenblum, one of the founders of the 'Good' movement, watching over the bags that were standing outside the store. Every few seconds he glanced over to make sure they were still there. When I approached to ask if everything was 'good' - he answered me with a smile: "Now that you're guarding my bags, everything is excellent." I guarded them, but what? You don't mess with a lawyer, my father taught me when I was little.
Tribute to Ezra • Photographer Ezra Landau would have made this boy and the cart with the products into a picture that would surprise you. I am not Ezra Landau, and all I did was document him running in surprise in front of me on the cart, with his sister behind him calling out to him in Yiddish: 'Give Echting.'.
The kindness of truth • David Pearl is one of the most vibrant ZAKA members who have risen here. It doesn't matter when you see him, at an exercise, in training, or working in the field. "The smile and joy are the reason for a good life," he tells me.
What is Peretz Peretz? • Peretz Zilgenbaum is funny and witty as always. With sunglasses on his eyes, he doesn't recognize the call from his companion to stop and talk, he apologizes that the shopping is heavy in his hands. And no, he's not planning to go down to the south on Shabbat, he's fine in Jerusalem with an alarm every few days.
Sea Journey • Israel Maslati, a dear man, drove me in a black car to the beach several years ago. He quickly shakes my hand and asks how I am, and I ask him to commit to giving me a ride on his jet ski, and not just once on the way to the beach. He promised, I wrote it down, you read it.
Meshi & Krois • Nathan Meshi and Mani Krois, an inseparable duo, made their weekly rounds at the market. In the photos, they appear to be accompanied by a security guard. They denied it, but the guard surrounded them further.
The beer is on me • When Kobi Alter met me, he served me a cold beer. Chief Rabbi David Lau was on the line with him, and it's no wonder he chose him as his personal assistant.
Flowers for Shabbat • With a helmet on his head, director and screenwriter Nathan Sverdlov refused to answer the question of who he bought flowers for. After the photos in which he looked really successful, especially the one in which Dev Eichler is reflected in the helmet, he was content to answer: "I'm not engaged yet, but this is for my parents for Shabbat. Do you want me to buy you some too?" I politely refused, I didn't have room to carry anything else.
Good Boy Jerusalem • Accompanied by a cute little market cart, he wanders around the market, filling the cart with groceries. He sits on the side and calculates how much he spent and whether he got all the extra. "Where do you live?" I asked. "Right here, close by, in Geula, and every Friday do you do the shopping alone?" "Yes, I like it." Ahhh, what a relief for his parents.
Brothers to Kenya • They entered the market quickly, bought what they wanted, and slipped towards the exit. Peace to the workers of Shabbat.
Encouraging Conversation • "Do you think I don't remember what the tension was like during the last war?" the older man asked the young man who was trying to explain to him that there was no fear. "It is God who sows fear in hearts. This time, He only wanted there to be a war so that we would win and have the upper hand; He saves the fear for other times," the man said, and entitled us to a Torah sermon about Protective Edge and without fear.
Spokesperson for Shiq • Shlomi is one of the assistants to the chairman of the Jewish Home, Naftali Bennett. With a hat on his head and sunglasses, he thought we wouldn't recognize him. I caught him in the middle of a heated political conversation with a colleague in the center of the market, but as a person who understands media, he didn't ask who I was taking a picture of. "Did I come out well in the picture?" he asked and suggested: "Or do you want to take another one?""
Blessing and Success • The nearby Geula neighborhood. With bags in their hands and Shabbat clothes, they rushed home, put down their shopping, and immediately went out for Shabbat prayers. When the Chabad follower I photographed saw it, he smiled and said, "Well, the month of Tammuz is capable of anything, abundant blessing and success.".
Greetings from home • There are still those who use a public phone and call home on Shabbat Eve to wish a blessed and blessed Shabbat, to ask about the well-being of the departed, and to make sure to share their experiences from the Holy City. No matter where you are from, from Yeshiva Gur or from Meforat Yosef, greetings from home always warm the heart.
Magid Meishram • Not far from home, the balcony is empty again, I didn't want to take a picture without the sweet couple. I'll wait for it to be full. In front of me passes the Braslavite leader, Rabbi Mordechai Schiff, grandson of Rabbi Chaim Brim, zt'l, as he walks with his family at a brisk pace. He doesn't keep Shabbat in Meron or Beit Halkiya. There are also Shabbats that are all sacred to the family.
Congratulations to the senior sales manager of Kol Berama Radio, Oshra Mualem and her husband on the occasion of the Halakah of their son Itay, who did not give up on cutting his hair at Maran's grave.
