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BeershevaBubby ↓

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 1:38 am

Other than in Israel...

Last night my husband and I were at the nearby supermarket doing a considerable shopping.

Suddenly, an announcement is made..."Aravit (Maariv) is now being held at the supermarket's Bet Knesset which is located near the paper towel and toilet paper aisle."

My husband went off to make Minyan and I continued my shopping - heading over to the 'feminine hygiene' section where I promptly tossed a box of tampons and 2 packages of Bedikah cloths into my cart.

I love moments like these.

Crayon210

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 1:40 am

Thank you so much for sharing!

smiley:) ↓

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 1:51 am

I'd take it that's Rami Levi? :-)

↑ BeershevaBubby

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 1:53 am

Yep.

But Malcha Mall and Kanyon Hadar in Jerusalem have Batei Knesset, Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv and I'm sure many of the other malls do as well. The central bus station in Jerusalem has too.

Last edited by BeershevaBubby on Thu, Jun 12 2008, 1:54 am; edited 1 time in total

shabri

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 1:53 am

It reminds me of the time DH and I were in the supermarket over chanuka and suddenly there was an announcement over the laudspeaker "we are going to light chanuka licht now. Everyone is invited to the front of the store. They said the brachos, lit and sang maoz tzur (all over the laudspeaker). Then they invited everyone to the bakery section for free sufganiot!

mandksima

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 1:54 am

I love living here and stories like this happen non-stop and they never get old!

I love saying "shalom" and hearing "ubracha" in return by strangers on the street...

Tamiri

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 2:22 am

Alef in Beerot Yitzchak has a whole shul set up (right outside the bathrooms shock

with sforim and if I am not mistaken, an Aron Kodesh too - I wonder if there is a Sefer Torah there?

sarahd

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 3:08 am

Not to detract from your story, but the same thing could happen in many a grocery store in BP. I've heard the same announcement in Friedman's and KRM, and I wouldn't be surprised if you could get bedikah cloths there too.

↑ smiley:) ↓

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 3:20 am

YESHASettler wrote:

Yep.

But Malcha Mall and Kanyon Hadar in Jerusalem have Batei Knesset, Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv and I'm sure many of the other malls do as well. The central bus station in Jerusalem has too.

LOL. "of course" there are shuls in other such places. I guessed Rami Levi because #1 I know there is a shul there, #2 I know it is near the toilet paper. LOL!!!!

↑ smiley:)

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 3:22 am

sarahd wrote:

Only difference is that Boro Park is a city. I dont know if those supermarkets are these Heimish p;laces where frum ppl shop. but Israel is a whole State and it happens all over. Like the minyan I saw on top of Masada. And these are huge supermarkets, malls (and airports!) it happens in. The frummies just like the chilonim shop in these places.

hila

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 4:04 am

Or we are driving home near to shkia, and in the moddle of nowhere see a group of guys davening - or about to daven mincha. No one thinks twice about stopping to join them.

Stand in a crowded place and shout "mincha" and you get a minyan .

ChossidMom

Thu, Jun 12 2008, 4:57 am

Ah, the beauty of living in E"Y.....Ain't no place in the world like it.

Not even Boro Park!

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