Israel Matzav

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Here comes the sun....

Here's a picture that I know many of you will enjoy....

Or as I always tell my sons when we arrive there during Succoth and Pesach for sunrise services, Barkai (link in Hebrew).

Labels: Kotel plaza, sunrise

Thursday, April 21, 2011

A special treat

I took the three youngest boys to a fair today. One of the presentations at the fair was about the Apollo space program. When Apollo 8 came around the moon and saw the sun rising over the earth from the moon for the first time, the astronauts were inspired to send a message to everyone on earth.

Let's go to the videotape.

Obviously, they left out the Merry Christmas part. This is Israel and the program was geared for Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews.

And now, I will go find some on-topic material to post for you....

Labels: earth seen from the moon, sunrise

Name: Carl in Jerusalem

Location: Jerusalem, Israel

I am an Orthodox Jew - some would even call me 'ultra-Orthodox.' Born in Boston, I was a corporate and securities attorney in New York City for seven years before making aliya to Israel in 1991 (I don't look it but I really am that old :-). I have been happily married to the same woman for thirty-five years, and we have eight children (bli ayin hara) ranging in age from 13 to 33 years and nine grandchildren. Four of our children are married! Before I started blogging I was a heavy contributor on a number of email lists and ran an email list called the Matzav from 2000-2004. You can contact me at: IsraelMatzav at gmail dot com

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