Shabat Shalom

Hi again,

Today/last night was already my third Shabat in Israel - wow. It was a good one.

On Thursday I bought a bottle of wine for the very first time, and a bottle of Israeli wine in Israel at that!

(Dry red wine, of course) יין אדום יבש

Yesterday I cooked a real, full, Erev Shabat meal, and had a couple guests over. This time I didn't accidentally delete all the pictures.   ; )

(Chalah) חלה - No, sadly, I did not bake this . . . 

(Wine) ייו

(Lemon, garlic, black pepper chicken breast) חזה עוף עם לימון, שום, ופלפל שחור

(Carrot, red cabbage, and yellow bell pepper with orange and honey) גזר, כרוב אדום, ופלפל צהוב עם תפוזים ודבש

(Spicy potatoes) תפוחי אדמה חריף

(Cucumber) מלפפון

(And ice cream, of course) גלידה

At least the ingredients were in Hebrew.  : )

We decided to walk to kehilah for the Shabat service this morning, which was nice. As we passed through an Orthodox neighborhood on the way there, it was amazing how quiet everything is on Shabat. You go from one side of the busy highway where there is tons of traffic, and then on the other side there are no moving cars in sight and everything is still aside from a few people traveling on foot. Here are some photos from that:

Yes, they do have parks in Israel:

And a few more miscellaneous pictures:

The obligatory blurry picture of local "wildlife."  ; )

Why did the dove cross the road . . . ?

Although many Israelis find them to be a nuisance, I am kind of enjoying the fact that there are cats everywhere. They all know what to do in the heat too.

Shalom,
Noach