Pesach Scenes

Major operation, preparing the maror.
First, take one horseradish root, peel and


then place in blender and after 100 turns of the blade:


you remove and place in serving bowl and the result - hot horseradish maror in vinegar

Burning the chametz

The new extension of the Ramat Shmuel Synagogue

The NYTimes and the World in Pictures

If you go here, you'll see a picture, one of 87 in the NYTimes "2009 - The Year in Pictures".

The picture has a caption that identifies Jericho as the place Muslims believe where Moses in buried.

Dumb.

The Muslims believe its a place south of Jericho. Nebi Musa.

By the way, out of 87 pictures, 6 are related to Israel:

1 as mentioned above
1 a "settler" woman
1 soldiers crying at a funeral of a comrade
3 on Gaza

As was suggested to me:

none of sri lanka. what about congo?

All the picture that fit, I guess.

(Kippah tip: Aliza G. & R. Landes)

Shiloh Bloc Pictures

Upon the occasion of the visit of a doctoral student, my friend Yona Tzoref drove us around the Shiloh Bloc to see the views. From Shiloh we drove north to Eli and then on east over to Keidah's former radar installation base, now abandoned.

A few of the views:

Highway #60 from the north with Shiloh Junction at center-left, and Turmos-Aya in background with hills of Baal-Hatzor on the horizon

Tel Shiloh and the lower Shiloh neighborhoods from Eli in the north

Looking at Highway #60 with Eli to the right, its gas station in the middle, and Maaleh Levona upper left in the distance

Givat Harel, just west of Highway #60 between Shiloh and Eli and Givat HaRoeh caravans on the next hilltop behind

A-Essawiya village west of Eli

Duma village just east of the Allon Road and the Sartaba Peak in the background

Keidah (to the right) and Adei-Ad in the distance, south of former Keida radar installation

Some of the thousands of vines growing in the area, all a result of Jewish agricultural enterprise

Old City Views From Bet Shmuel Roof

General Jerusalem Old City Walls Panoramic, south of Jaffa Gate:

That's Jaffa Gate there, a little bit in from the right:

Funny how David's Tower competes with a celluar phone antenna these days:

Church of Dormition and Mt. Zion in-between the cypresses:

Thw swimming pool, not quite full, of the French Consulate:

An alleyway in-between Bet Shmuel and the French Consulate:

Been To Jerusalem Lately?

My very good and old friend Uri has.

I picked three out his dozens:

Almost a 'minyan' of birds at the Kotel:



A sun's peep over the Mount of Olives and into the Temple Mount compound:

Golden Dome of the Rock marking the site of the Holy of Holies in the Jewish Temples:

Vines in Winter; Grapes in Summer

Can't wait for summer.

Grey Skies, Pale Sun

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The Trees Are Blossoming in Shiloh

By the swimming pool:



By the Yeshiva:

Photo Credit: Yonah Tzoref

Night and Day at Shiloh