“Mea-She’arim is blessed with many synagogues and schools for the learning of the Torah and its commentaries. Its inhabitants have retained the mode of life practised and the garments worn in the ghettos of Europe.” (Guide to Israel - Zev Vilnay)
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We didn’t go to Mea-She’arim on Saturday
because they throw stones at cars there on the Sabbath.
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Poignant and sad. Religion can be a terrible price to pay for slavation.
A different culture, and no doubt different customs and a perception of a strange male, , are masterly interwoven into the poem. The preempt was gratefully received by me, and your questions allowed me to wonder why you are puzzled and what the religion actually teaches. 10 Karin Anderson