Shearim

B"H Most of Yom Kippur I spent in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. At the new and super posh AISH HATORAH complex right...

B"H Exactly a year ago, the LELOVER REBBE (Bnei Brak) passed away. Here are some great photos from the Yahrzeit: http://www.bhol.co...

B"H Haredi Internet sites are reporting about an agreement between Mea Shearim's Sikarikim ( crazy fundamentalist) and certain ...

B"H Last Thursday, I went to three Zaddikim (righteous) grave in Tiberias (northern Israel). Here are some photos from the grave of R...

B"H How the "poor" Palestinians live around Umm - al - Fachem !   Umm - al - Fachem is a Palaestinian town in northern Is...

B"H Early this morning I took the bus from Jerusalem to Tiberias in the Galilee. The trip usually lasts for 2,5 hours including a 15 ...

B"H This Yom Kippur is falling on a Shabbat and thus causing us additional prayers during the service. Sorry, for thinking so terribly...

B"H The grave of the great famous Kabbalist, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, 1534 - 1572, (known as the ARI) at the Safed cemetery (northern Is...

B"H Last night, I went to see the Yom Kippur Kapparot done with chickens. Especially kabbalistic literature is referring to this way ...

B"H The KAPPAROT before Yom Kippur are nothing more but a custom !  Some great Rabbis say it is a foolish custom others see it as a ...

 Kikar Shabbat junction (Mea Shearim / Ge'ulah) in Jerusalem. Photo: Miriam Woelke

B"H On Sunday morning, I took a state - owned EGGED bus from Safed back to Jerusalem. The ride usually takes about 3,5 hours with a 15...