PHOTOS, PHOTOS, AND MORE PHOTOS!

For those who don't know what a Kipa or kippah, here is a picture of the kipas I bought for Noel and my sons, Nethanial, Jaden and Nahshon :

I did pay a bit too much for them....I thought I was a seasoned enough shopper, not to be caught buying at the first shop, but I failed miserably this time! But when shopping in Israel, we always are in the mind to bless the people (especially when we find that there are many more shops selling at a cheaper price....!!) and whatever ministries that reach out to bring the message of salvation...whether it is to the Jews or the Gentiles. Noel requested that I buy one for him...he told me on my 3rd day in Israel that he wore one (the one that we got free from the Wailing Wall when we were here the last time) to One Utama shopping centre and everyone was looking at him, wondering whether he was a Muslim! The last time when we were here, we were told that the Jews wear this as a reminder that God is in heaven above, and that we are on the earth....I guess to keep us grounded. : ). I am sure it is also a sign of respect to remind us that God is there looking over us!

Today is a free day for us, and Praise God that I was able to buy all that I needed to buy with whatever money that was left!! We went to a wet market near the hotel and I bought some figs and a box of matzo. Matzo (Click here for a Biblical explanation of what matzo signifies) is the communion bread that is without leaven. It points to Christ who was without sin (leaven is a picture of sin), with holes. The Jews eat matzo to remember the suffering that they went through when they were liberated from the Egyptians, they did not have time to let the yeast rise. But we know that Jesus is the bread of life...without sin, and was pierced for our transgression....bringing freedom from sin into our lives.

 Look how orderly everything is arranged in the wet market! 

All sorts of olives!

We have these too....but the skin of the Israeli dragon fruit looks 
rather lumpy.....

Look at those HUGE pomegranates!! It is about 3 times bigger
than the ones we have in Malaysia! Smaller ones are normally 
used for juicing, and the bigger ones sold as fruit for eating

This is how pomegranate juice is extracted.....cut the fruit into
 half, and put it on the juice extractor, press and viola!!

Yums! Everyone keeps telling me....lots of antioxidant!

We then took a shuttle bus from the hotel and went back to the Old City where there were lots of shops that you can bargain. Finally got 5 of these T-shirts :

THE END.......looking forward to going home!!