This is my backyard.



No. I'm kidding. But seriously is it snowing by you yet? Should I leave my dood on tonight so it doesn't freeze?

Not yet. Is it snowing by you?

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I really don't understand all the commotion about this. Yes, it's howling outside and the windchill makes it feel very cold, but the temperature is no where near the freezing mark!

Very nice


I wish it snowed in Maryland

Sorry, I wouldn't dare open my tris to check. My feet are ice.



Last week was below 0.

They say tomorrow night it will hit J'lem and vicinity. Tonight will mainly be the north and exceptionally high areas...

You don't have to leave it on, you can leave the (hot) water running a tiny bit and it won't freeze....

the picture is beautiful - did it really snow this much by you?

there was only light snow, once this year so far (my daughter was scared to walk on it and to catch the snowflakes).

I dont think its cold enough to snow yet.


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That was then; this is now.

Last winter, via text message, when my husband (from Miami) and I were dating:

Him: Do you want to walk to the kotel?
Me: Only if it stops snowing.
Him: Nevermind.

Well either it will snow tomorrow or we will get 1 - 2 inches of cold rain.

Mmmmm cold rain...

Canadians...

it prob wont snow in tel aviv cuz my plane has to land!!!!!!!!!!!
i remember it snowed last year - it was such a bugout - there was like maybe an inch and there was still yeshiva

Your plane might land, but as for getting to Tzvat...

im actually going to tzfat after shabbat
im staying in j-town for shabbos so opefully after shabbos ill be able to get up there

K-Rebbe has an empty car and an empty wallet.....

Seriously, if it snows I am going to come to J'lem and be a Gypsy Cab. Last time it snowed people were fighting over the few taxis that were working, and the streets were perfectly fine......

wanna drive me t tzfat after shabbos?

My house sounds like it's blowing down. It's cold. I hope it doesn't snow, that would mean being trapped unless you walk everywhere.

Or pay K-Rebbe to drive you (not that anything is open)...

Ahhh, one of the joys of working close to home.

I work even closer. That's not the issue. It's the feeling of being trapped at the end of the world, which is basically where we live...

I wish it snowed in New York!

I don't know what I'd do with myself if my 'dood' froze.

mosheshmeal
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I remember that. We had just come back from a very boring two days in the Dead Sea, and just about made it back to J'lem before the snow. My married kids were separated from each other (DIL had gone to visit a friend) and there were no taxis anywhere. People were literally jumping on the hoods of the taxis to force them to stop, even if they already had passengers inside.

I wonder whether this is why the water in our J'lem house has been turned off; to stop the dood bursting and flooding the house. My son said it was turned off when he went to the house to check.

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hmm..and I always thought it was bad to turn it off as any remaining water in the pipes could expand when it freezes and burst..(want me to check tomorrow? I'm in the neighborhood 3x a week anyway).
I've seen quite a few burst dudai shemesh on the street this past week after the below-freezing temps last week..slightly comical, yet sad no one was prepared.

Bring on the snow! (hopefully it'll insulate things a bit as the wind is so raw even with mirpeset trissim all the way down the wind sounds brutal)

Yeah...my house sounds like it's going to blow down, and I'm on the machsan floor, I can't imagine what it sounds like on the top floor.

My neighbor's dud burst the other day, and I was definitely unprepared for the genius fixing it to mistakingly turn off my water while fixing it, being as I was enjoying my hot shower immensely.

This is not the view from my backyardSeriously.

wth? stupid thing put the wrong quote in the wrong place....

Anyways, I really meant to comment on the water thing....
I guess I'm lucky that my dud is inside of my apt, cuz it can't burst from the cold weather. Although the truth of the matter is that on mtz''sh after I washed the dishes I turned the dud off for some stupid reason and didn't realize until I was in the shower...but last night I had really hot water. I don't use my heat, tho...I have a stuffed (not down) microfiber blanket from home (my mommy brought it for me in August) and a fleece sweater that's like wearing a fleece blanket, and I sleep with my slippers on, so I'm fine.

Seriously. It's windy, and somewhat cold, but snow? Not yet.
We got this whole note from cheder outlining SOP for a snow day. My son was like, 'right when it snows, you can't drive?' So I said, 'Actually, you can drive in the snow...' The whole panic of It's snowing!Stop the world! is so amusing.

I was actually worried about ur daughter blowing away when I heard how high the wind speeds were...she's really small, and the wind is really strong, I really thought she might blow away.

Its Israel. Besides the fact that there is nothing amusing about Israel, this is not the only thing that they wanna 'stop the world' for, so why the big deal?

Yeah...it's Israel not Canada!

Anyway I wouldn't drive in the snow in Israel if I were you. While you might know how to pump the brakes I can guarantee that Israeli speeding behind you doesn't know how to!!

No worries- no license, no car = no driving for me.

So move. I'm happy where I live.


I tried making an appointment this morning, but:

Me: Can I please make an appointment for this afternoon?
Lady: No, you can't, it's going to snow!
Me: Ok, but just in case it doesn't, can I please make one for this afternoon?
Lady: No, didn't you hear the weather? It's going to snow a lot!
Me: Can I just make the appointment and if it snows you'll cancel it?
Lady: No, we're going to be closed. If you want to come this afternoon, call then and if we're open, we'll take you.
Me: (Starts looking up another number to make an appointment elsewhere...) Ok, thanks.

do you think my flight is gonna get cancelled?
its leaving tomm - but its not gonna snow in tel aviv,is it?

My friend is flying home to Israel tonight...hope she gets there...

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/140620

Flight Delays at Ben Gurion International Airport

(IsraelNN.com) At least eight flights were delayed by late afternoon Tuesday as the worst storm of the season roared into the country.

One incoming flight, Iberia Airlines, chose to return to Lanarca. A number of others cancelled out at their points of departure.

Ben Gurion International Airport was closed temporarily and reopened a short time later. Travelers are advised to check with their airlines to check for delays and cancellations due to the severe weather.

nu, is it snowing in yerushalaim today or not?



hey, you are in the center of the universe (sorry, NY, i love you, but it's israel we are talking about here)



as if in NY there is no such panic - schools being closed, etc.

Yeah, but that's for like feet of snow, not a couple of centimeters.

True...but her particular neighborhood is pretty isolated...

What time is it now in E"Y?

When you posted, it was 8:18 pm. Now it's 9:26 pm.

thank you... Im trying to keep tabs on my parents flight this evening....

They say it started snowing here.

And school is canceled so the hype did its job!


Anyway here's more hype.

This IS my backyard!



No. Seriously, it IS!

Just so no one gets any bright ideas......

בישיבות המקובלים מחכים בכליון עיניים לשלג המטהר אבל מזהירים: לא כל אחד יכול להתגלגל בשלג בעירום, מדובר בסכנת נפשות, רק צדיק "שהגוף שלו זך מאוד, לא מרגיש את הפגיעה"

גם המקובלים נרגשים לקראת השלג, נערכים לגלגולים הנהוגים בשלג בעירום, אך מזהירים: לא כל אחד יכול, מדובר בסכנת נפשות, ורק צדיק "שהגוף שלו זך מאוד לא מרגיש את הפגיעה, הגוף שלו רוחני מאוד אז הוא לא נפגע ולא קורה כלום".

בראיון מיוחד לקראת השלג בתחנת הרדיו החרדית "קול חי" אמר הרב יצחק בצרי מישיבת המקובלים "השלום" לשדר מרדכי לביא, כי המקובל הירושלמי הרב סלמן מוצפי נהג לומר כי ימי שלג הם ימי חג למקובלים.

הוא הסביר כי נהוג להתגלגל בשלג תשעה גלגולים, אך הזהיר: "אין שום היתר לעשות את זה, אלא רק לאדם שהוא בקדושה, בצדיקות ובפרישות עצומה. להיכנס עירום לשלג ולהתגלגל תשע פעמים הלוך ושוב זו סכנת נפשות. הכניסה לשלג בגוף ערום גורמת לכוויות מסוכנות מאוד ואנשים שיעשו כן עלולים לאבד את הנשימה".

הוא הדגיש כי "לאדם אסור לעשות מעשה שמעל להשגתו", ואמר כי ההמלצה לאנשים שיודעים שהם חוטאים או סתם כאלה שאינם מספיק צדיקים היא לקחת שלג בכפות הידיים ולהעביר אותו תשע פעמים על הזרועות ושלוש פעמים על המצח. העברת השלג על המצח נחשבת לסגולה לשיפור הזיכרון.

עוד אמר הרב בצרי, בנו של הרב המקובל דוד בצרי, כי אביו נוהג לקחת שלג מירושלים בדליים לטובת אנשים שבאים לעשות תיקונים. עוד אמר: "אני רואה צדיקים שעושים את זה ולא נפגעים, והם בריאים וחזקים כמו אריות".

המקובלים מסבירים כי לגלגולים בעירום בשלג סגולה לתיקון אישי וכלל-ישראלי על ארבע עבירות: שימוש בקבלה מעשית, יחסי מין עם גויה, יחסי מין עם נידה ומשכב זכר. בנוסף הם אומרים כי כשם שיש גיהינום של אש שורפת יש גיהינום של שלג מקפיא, שנועד לתקן עבירות המצריכות לקרר את גופו של האדם וכי המתגלגלים בשלג ניצלים מגיהינום השלג.

Free translation: Don't roll around naked in the snow unless you're such a tzadik that you probably don't need to......

I guarantee the na nachs are in gan sacher rolling rite now