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The HolyDay-Holiday of Yom Kippur [Sept. 21-22, 2007]
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10 days before Yom Kippur I passed
by my neighbor Eliyahu in "my"
Wadi-of-Compassion.
He came from the synagogue with his Tallit wrapped around him.
After we had chatted a bit and he climbed up the opposite side of the wadi,
I dared to take a photo...
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since Immanuel, my son, was on flight and spent the day in New-York.
Towards the evening, the beginning of Yom Kippur, I took Mika in her stroller to the center of this new little town
with its so meaningful name: Shoham.
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 Mika walks up and jumps down the staircase to the Cultural Center of Shoham and its temporary -Yom Kippur - synagogue inside, while below the people and bikers crowd the car-free town. |
The next morning people again flock
to the Cultural Center,
and Mika and I are among them,
except that this time we are inside,
where so many children play,
while their parents pray.
Integrated into the center there is a coffee-shop,
and usually the huge circus-like veranda is full of tables, chairs and people.
Now it's only Mika , who enjoys the empty space, on the one hand,
and looks for a narrow corner to hide in, on the other hand.
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the windows of the empty café a huge sign invites to the "Prayer of Yom Kippur" and children on their bicycles gather around the central cycle of the town. |
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Don't do and don't eat&drink are the two instructions for this holyday/holiday, "Don't do" applies also for Shabbat, every seventh day the whole year round. Still - eating and drinking is allowed on Shabbat, a kind of inconsistency, because even if most of the food has been prepared the day before - and by whom? by the woman , of course - some work is unavoidable, to get the food to the table and the dirty dishes back to the kitchen. Therefore, the "don't eat&drink" is consistent with the period of 24 hours of "Don't do", which symbolizes for me the unfathomable message encapsuled in modern Godchannel's advice: Cease Creating New Manifestations! |
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Mika in the empty café demonstrates the don't eat&drink.
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 Mika plays, with grandma's funny hat, for instance, (photographed by her with one outstretched hand), or with her arm-rings and finger-ring |
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 An empty sofa makes her want to lie down, rest and break the "Don't drink" |
Finally we go outside and enjoy the unbelievable celebration of the car-less streets and squares
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We walk home, always in the middle of the street!
What freedom!
We come to our own street, today rightly called "Ha-Mitzpaeh", "The
View".
What I couldn't dare to photograph, were the many mothers and fathers,
who were sitting on the walls that separate houses and gardens from the side-way
and the street.
A holyday-holiday of not-doing, not eating&drinking,
a day of playing on the street and meeting each other!
 The road-signs are superfluous today |
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 When we passed by one of the many
enjoyment parks for children,
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