Photo Album of Israel
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- Soldiers walking around remind you of the threat that this nations lives under.
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- Muslim man shopping in the Arab Quarter.
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- Playing games, smoking and drinking coffee in front of their shops.
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- Shop owners in the Arab quarter in conversation.
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- Arab men enjoying some coffee in the sun.
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- Christian ceremony in the Old City.
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- Christian monks.
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- Orthodox man sitting in the Old City.
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- Friendly Russian Orthodox Jew.
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- Any spice you can think of. Fresh or grounded, mixed or plain.
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- Fresh fruit and vegetables
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- Fresh eggs
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- Flute player.
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- Lady playing the harp in the streets of the Old City.
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- Musicians on Jaffa street
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- Musician sitting in Jaffa Gate
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- And colors to choose from?
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- Have you aver seen so many different styles?
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- Kippot you can get in any color, pattern or size.
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- The barley next to the wall of the Old City on the way to the City of David.
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- In the Christian and Arab Quarters of the city the bakeries continue as normal.
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- First unleavened bread is ready! Let the feast begin!
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- Shops clearly display that they now sell Unleavened products.
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- Enough products at the market for all the Seder meals happening in the city.
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- Outside the Jewish Quarter, by the outside wall, large fires are started to burn the leaven.
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- All inhabitants of the Old City bring their last leaven plus the palm branches from Sukkot to these fires.
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- The boys always like to play with the fire.
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- Even the car receives a good clean before the feast starts.
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- Trays full of baked desserts are also up for grabs.
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- Selling off all the wonderful baked goods.
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- Buying the last leavened bread at the market.
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- As the shops are being cleaned of the leaven, the sale continues on the sidewalk.
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- The days leading up to Unleavened bread. All bakeries sell off their leavened goods.
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- New sign at the entrance to the Jewish Quarter.
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- As more people arrive the narrow streets of the Old City becomes very busy and difficult to navigate.
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- The streets of the Old City become crowded as the tourists start flocking in.
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- The traffic in front of the Old City blocks up as the police start closing the streets for the crowds expected in the Old City.
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- The light rail is busy and the streets are filled with people. In a couple of hours this street will be completely empty as people celebrate the first day of Unleavened Bread.
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- The streets of Jerusalem are showing the festive mood of Pesach
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- This is an ancient map that depicts Jerusalem as the center of the known world. This is in front of the municipal offices in Jerusalem.