Yom Shabbat
Saturday
18 Adar 5783
March 11 2023
As regular readers of OneIsrael know, we do not publish a blog on Shabbat, but instead offer a few photos for your perusal.
Photo 1.
A terrorist in Kfar Jaba firing at our soldiers three days ago. This is what our soldiers face every time they enter Palestinian settlements. Fortunately, in this case, the terrorist was killed by our YAMAM fighters.
Photo 2.
PM Netanyahu inspecting an Italian honor guard with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni yesterday at Palazza Chigi in Rome.
Photo 3.
Terrorist thwarted. A Palestinian woman disguised as a MADA paramedic drove into Kiryat Arba yesterday. Her car, which had a MADA placard, immediately aroused suspicion. She was captured before she could carry out her attack.
Photos 4-9: Purim in Ramot (our son’s neighborhood in Jerusalem). These are photos that I took on Wednesday.
Photo 4:
It’s difficult to imagine how much effort goes into the Purim costumes that parents create for themselves and their children. This mother (Marie Antionette?) and her children arrived at our son’s gate to give a Purim gift.
Photo 5.
A father and his daughter (dressed as an airplane captain).
Photo 6.
Such exuberance! The warmth of the community was amazing to see.
Photo 7.
Children rushing in every direction to carry mishloach manot (baskets or boxes of food–especially hamentashen–and drinks) to their neighbors and friends.
Photo 8.
These “grenade” poppers are thrown on the sidewalk where they “pop” like a firecracker.
Photo 9.
Who is the evil person of the Esther story? Haman, of course. And here he is hanging from a balcony!
Phot0 10.
The woman in front belongs to the wonderful Association for the Soldier. She along with others arrived on the Gaza border yesterday to give parcels and treats to our troops–these belong to the group that takes care of the Iron Dome batteries.
Click here to hear their Shabbat Shalom!
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.