Pictures of Israel (only taken yourself)

[YitzyS]

I recently shared some pictures I took in Eretz Yisroel years back, and it evoked a flood of nostalgia. I went back and looked through my old pictures, and I found many that I think others would appreciate. So I started this thread.

It's not necessarily a single trip report. But it contains pictures that capture something about Eretz Yisroel.

I'm posting a few to start, but I hope to post more when I have more time.

[YitzyS]

Here are some sights that you will only see in Israel. Signs asking people to dress modestly, pointing the way to a bomb shelter, or asking people to deposit a coin to keep the air conditioner running for another few minutes...

[YitzyS]

A small plaque on a old door in a nondescript alley off Me'eh She'arim. If you came by at the right time, the door was open, and you were able to enter and talk to the posek hador. (been there, done that BH)

[Euclid]

So far these are pictures of 1 neighborhood in 1 city in Israel

[YitzyS]

I wrote this post a while back.

I'll explain why I am so enamored by the Churva, though this reason may not be universally appreciated.

The Old City has unfortunately become almost a tourist center. As most people know, even the Kosel can only really be appreciated at night, when tourists are sleeping and frum people are basically the only one's flooding the holy area. The Yiddish feeling has almost been completely erased from the Old City's outward look, as every landmark and holy site has been overtaken by throngs of camera-toting foreigners or Zionist ideologicals who don't represent the yeshivish mindset.

The Churva should be the quintessential destination of that sort. It's very name and history tell the story of how it was destroyed and then rebuilt - a Zionistic legend, and the impressive, tall structure can impress any sightseer. Indeed, hundreds of tourists pass through it every day.

But...

The tourists cannot enter the bais medrash. They merely peek in from the hallway outside, or ascent to the balconies above and look down at it. In the bais medrash, a mere two minute walk from the kosel, there is a vibrant kollel of yeshivaleit learning, each member involved in a Rashba or lost in a Rav Chaim Brisker. I've personally spent numerous sedorim in the bais medrash while I was learning in Eretz Yisroel, completely tuning out the stream of tourists looking in from the hallway. (There is a back door that goes directly into the Bais Medrash, which the kollel-members use, and I've gotten the combonation when I was there.)

The oasis of pure Torah learning in the epicenter of what has unfortunately become tourist-land is something that has always been so alluring to me. And it is why my Churva recommendation did not say, "visit the Churva," rather, "learn a seder in the Churva."

This simple picture conjures up all those memories. It doesn't show the magnificent edifice the shul is. It shows that there is a vibrant schedule of regular Torah and Tefillah that takes place under the noses of the visiting tourists.

[YitzyS]

Again, pictures that evoke memories.

The sign on the bus: next stop Kosel HaMaravi.




Random Patchkevilin. This one includes some on the asken Reb Shlomo Gross, but I've photographed hundreds of them. Each is a little time capsule.

[YitzyS]

So far these are pictures of 1 neighborhood in 1 city in Israel

I want others to be able to post their own pictures...

[ExGingi]

Here are some sights that you will only see in Israel.

If only we could see this in 770.... היינו כחולמים. It would turn the AC into a moneymaker for the shul rather than an expense, but unfortunately there's a screening test to be able to get a position of authority in 770, anyone capable of thinking or reasoning is automatically disqualified.

/rant

[EliJelly]

Random Patchkevilin. This one includes some on the asken Reb Shlomo Gross, but I've photographed hundreds of them. Each is a little time capsule.

Do they really call in yerushalyim pashkevilin all the street posters or is it your incorrect yiddish? Pashkevilin is usually for bashing posters only.

[ExGingi]

Do they really call in yerushalyim pashkevilin all the street posters or is it your incorrect yiddish? Pashkevilin is usually for ANONYMOUS (or some made up name or vaad) bashing posters only.

FTFY

[EliJelly]

FTFY

Right

[Something Fishy]

So far these are pictures of 1 neighborhood in 1 city in Israel

I mean, what would you rather, my pictures of Israeli birds ?

[ExGingi]

I mean, what would you rather, my pictures of Israeli birds ?

Please. No pictures of the Israeli פייגעלאך from recent days.

[yelped]

I would post some of my pictures in this thread, but they don't belong together with pictures that have nothing to do with ארץ ישראל like Pashkevilin (in the real definition as @EliJelly pointed out) and הפגנות.

[yelped]

I would post some of my pictures in this thread, but they don't belong together with pictures that have nothing to do with ארץ ישראל like Pashkevilin (in the real definition as @EliJelly pointed out) and הפגנות.

To follow up, this is what we should be seeing and sharing: https://twitter.com/StandWithUs/status/1536362761352949762

[ari3]

To follow up, this is what we should be seeing and sharing: https://twitter.com/StandWithUs/status/1536362761352949762

So please go ahead and share! Looking forward to seeing your pic's

[JlmBoi]

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[YitzyS]

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Is that in the old city of Jerusalem?

[yelped]

So please go ahead and share! Looking forward to seeing your pic's

If we can keep the LH about EY out of this thread, and stay focused on the beauty of EY and its inhabitants, then will do.

@YitzyS Do you care to delete those posts, please?

ETA: actually it's only one post.

[YitzyS]

If we can keep the LH about EY out of this thread, and stay focused on the beauty of EY and its inhabitants, then will do.

@YitzyS Do you care to delete those posts, please?

ETA: actually it's only one post.

The 3-hour limit for me to edit/delete posts long passed. I'll be more than happy for a mod to delete it though.