I took this photo in the garden outside my house - in Modiin Illit.
It raises quite a few questions and concerns in me: Why do we, the ultra-Orthodox, allow the phenomenon of dirt in our public spaces?
Is this a phenomenon with sociological roots regarding the sanctity of public space, unique only to us members of the sector? Or is it possible that opponents of the reform, for example, who block major traffic routes, are also defiling this sanctity?
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And what about the pashavils? Just because someone is annoying about something and chooses to distribute it in leaflets across the sidewalks, roads, and gardens, are we obligated to allow them to do so?
Maybe so. But then the question arises: Why don't we allow every person suffering from some kind of pain - religious, secular, bigoted or Ethiopian - to disrupt our lives? After all, something is bothering them!
And finally, what about 'you will not go down in trouble'?
I occasionally watch our street cleaner (and if it weren't for my privacy, I would take a picture of him) and I ask myself: How on earth does he collect all these pieces of paper? Is there some miracle broom capable of sweeping them up?
And what, in fact, is the difference between the street cleaner in the early morning hours and the tired policeman in the rain and at intersections, who, like the sweeper, holds tools that he cannot use?
