Every year the teachers give out lists of all school supplies that the children and youth, age 3 – 17, are required to show up with at school.  Yet, with 25% of Israelis living under the poverty line, where is the money going to come from to buy school supplies?  Adding up everything, it’s expensive!  And that’s not including the expensive books that they are required to buy, as nothing is provided by the schools, nor class fees for annual activities!

As is the case with most household goods, furniture is expensive in Israel.  That goes for outdoor seating as well. 

Shavuot is a major Israeli holiday that begins this year at dusk on June 4 and ends nightfall June 5. It is held during the Hebrew month of Sivan on the 6th (and usually the 7th), 50 days after the first day of Passover. It was originally a harvest festival, but now also commemorates the giving of the Law (the Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) seven weeks after the exodus of the Hebrews from Mitzrayim (Egypt).