Shearim

During the holiday, visitors were separated according to gender on Meah Shearim Street in order to maintain chasteness.

the taliban of meah shearim 2008

On Wednesday evening, a group of yeshiva students demonstrated opposite another store in Meah Shearim, demanding that it stop selling “impure films.”

22 « August « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

However, the past celebration in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Meah Shearim this Sukkot may leave some room for interpretation.

the taliban of meah shearim 2008

Each Sukkot, thousands of people pile into the neighborhood, to participate in the festivities at the synagogues and batei midrash (religious study halls) spread throughout Meah Shearim and its surrounding neighborhoods.

20 « October « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

Another Meah Shearim inhabitant who tried to remain neutral actually cried to YNet about the war between the sides and the fact that it occurred during the Sukkot holiday, in which it is a mitzvah to be joyful.

20 « October « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

However, some of the signs carried by those who assembled after Shabbat at the Meah Shearim square once again boiled the blood of Toldot Aharon.

20 « October « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

On Wednesday evening, a group of yeshiva students demonstrated opposite another store in Meah Shearim, demanding that it stop selling “impure films.”

meah shearim taliban showdown 2008

During the holiday, visitors were separated according to gender on Meah Shearim Street in order to maintain chasteness.

20 « October « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

However, some of the signs carried by those who assembled after Shabbat at the Meah Shearim square once again boiled the blood of Toldot Aharon.

the taliban of meah shearim 2008

However, the past celebration in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Meah Shearim this Sukkot may leave some room for interpretation.

20 « October « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008