Big puffy clouds roll lazily over the sun shading the city from its constant, direct rays. The break from intense heat adds to the relaxing feeling of the day. The sky over Israel is fairly easy to predict: Sunny, clear skies. Every now and then you get some puffy clouds, but for the most part...sunny and big blue, open skies.
It's Shabbat (Saturday). This day is one day out of the week that you live in another world...but just for a day. Shabbat...a day of rest. A day when the world stops, or at least it seems to. Saturday is the one day you forget your living in the middle of Jerusalem. Its the one day that you wake up hearing birds singing, and not cars headed to work. It's the one day that, if you run out of milk, your only option is the neighbors because you will not find a grocery store open. When I say things are shut down...I mean pretty much everything is shut down. (I personally think Lancaster County could learn a thing or two from the way Shabbat is done in Jerusalem) It's the one day you can sleep in and not feel guilty about it. The streets are for the most part silent. Occasionally you hear a car pass, but that is rare. And the sirens (whether police or ambulance)...they are silent! And. its. quiet. everywhere!
Shabbat is an oasis of quiet.
I wish I could transport you all here...just for Saturday so you could fully experience and soak up the amazingness of such a day!
(And since no blog post is complete without pictures...here's a few random ones for you to enjoy)
An attempt at drawing figs
"Here Princess...let me show you how it's done!" ~Bob
P.S. Due to a crazy schedule, and many changes in location throughout the next little bit, blogging will be taking a break. Hoping to be back at blogging by mid-October....hopfully :)!
Enjoy the rest of your September...it's gonna be over far too soon!
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