Transcript [00:03] Then he says means he's going to send a [00:05] he's going to send a gift basket to here [00:09] it says [00:11] this year we're going to eat [00:14] ears as opposed to Hmon ears we're going [00:18] to be eating his the bad guys ears. So [00:20] he's sending out this signal. [00:22] >> Okay. And people are taking pictures [00:24] with it. People are having fun with it. [00:26] Okay. There's good energy out here. [00:28] People are uh And so if you think that [00:31] you know folks are scared, this is [00:32] definitely uh [00:35] this is definitely the atmosphere that [00:36] they have here which is not folks that [00:38] are scared. [00:39] >> Hey folks, see Fisher here. Just got off [00:42] the light rail in Jerusalem and I'm [00:45] heading towards the shook the Mahane [00:48] Yehuda [00:50] uh it's called the uh outdoor market [00:53] Mahak Yehuda Central Market here in [00:54] Jerusalem. It's one of the funnest [00:56] places in Jerusalem. And the reason that [00:58] I'm uh in Jerusalem today going to the [01:01] market uh is because I got to pick up [01:03] some stuff for Malika for Shabbat and I [01:05] got to get ready for Purim. And I [01:07] thought to myself, how fun it would be [01:10] to go with you to the outdoor market, [01:13] hang out here in beautiful in one of the [01:15] most fun places, one of the most [01:16] colorful places, one of the most [01:18] energetic places, uh the outdoor market [01:21] here in Jerusalem. So join me for a [01:23] little walkabout, a little walkabout, a [01:26] little walk through that beautiful and [01:28] awesome shook, the sights and the [01:30] energies of this place and getting ready [01:32] for Shabas and getting ready for Purim [01:33] as well. All right, let's do it. [01:41] All right, let's walk into the market. [01:48] Hold on one second. Let's stop and do [01:51] the mitzvah of charity. Here is a five [01:54] shekele coin. Okay. Let's start by let's [01:57] start this trip by doing a commandment [01:59] and not to walk past an opportunity to [02:02] do a commandment. So, just one second. [02:14] >> Thank you for letting me do a mitzvah. [02:16] Let me do the commandment of giving [02:17] charity. And now let us go into let's go [02:21] into the market and we take a right [02:23] here. Now this is Jaffa Street, right? [02:25] The big street in Jerusalem is Jaffa [02:27] Street. That's like the main market [02:28] street. Uh and that's out there. And now [02:32] we're going to take a right into the [02:33] shook. Usually there's some music. [02:36] There's usually some kind of music being [02:38] uh played. Let's check out these guys. [02:42] Hold on. Let's see what they're playing. [02:44] They're playing interesting instruments [02:46] there. [02:48] Lord, [02:53] >> there's the man proclaiming the oneness [02:55] of God at the shook with a lot of [02:58] people. Now, the one thing I can't [02:59] convey too well is the smells. [03:02] >> There is an awesome smell of liveless of [03:06] life of bakery stuff. Now, because I'm [03:09] filming, I'm not going to be able to buy [03:11] the stuff that I want to buy right now. [03:13] But we got to get back here [03:16] and get some of this. This is the This [03:18] is the Shabbat breakfast thing. And this [03:20] is one of the things that Mala One of [03:22] the things that Mala told me to buy is [03:24] right here, which is the breakfast [03:26] cakes, the Hungarian breakfast cakes. [03:28] So, we're going to get back and get some [03:29] Hungarian breakfast cakes uh on the way [03:32] out. Don't let me forget. Okay. Okay. [03:37] Okay, guy. Give me a thumbs up. All [03:39] right. But and he wants me to buy some [03:40] stuff. So, I'm going to have to get back [03:42] here and buy some of the Hungarian [03:44] cakes. Now, one of the things that [03:46] happens in the shook is the is the way [03:49] of calling out for people to purchase. [03:51] >> Okay. Guy with an [03:55] air. Come here. [04:01] >> Okay. So, we are being told to buy THESE [04:04] GORGEOUS OH MY GOD. BUT I'VE NEVER seen [04:07] berries like this. Lord in heaven. Have [04:10] you ever seen berries like this? Oh my [04:13] god. These berries are awesome. I'm [04:16] going to get some on the way back as [04:18] well. Wow, [04:19] >> look at the color. That's exploding. [04:23] Old school. Okay, they measure out the [04:24] cost. [04:26] >> Oh, [04:30] they're singing today. They're singing. [04:32] There's energy. And you know what? I [04:35] really wanted to come to the shook and [04:36] share with you. And it's even better [04:38] than I imagined. More energetic, more [04:40] beautiful than I even imagined. I just [04:42] love it here. People are looking at me [04:44] at the camera. Hi. [04:44] >> Hello. [04:46] >> Okay. Not a lot of people bring the [04:47] camera here. I don't know why cuz it's [04:49] so incredibly photogenic. [04:53] Okay. Let's take a look at some of the [04:54] baked goods here. Okay. Pre- Shabas [04:57] ready baked goods, I guess. Uh I guess [05:00] prepared goods. Okay. Schnitle. all [05:04] kinds of um fried stuff. That's good. [05:08] All right. Now, the shook has got the [05:10] and the word shook means market. Uh and [05:13] the shook has got a few different um [05:18] like streets of it. Okay. It's got the [05:20] main This is one of the main open [05:22] market. That's what they call the open [05:23] shook. And then there's the closed [05:25] shook. And then there is these like side [05:28] streets and and various other like [05:30] markets that are uh that are very very [05:33] active uh including like um the Iraqi [05:38] shook and others. Okay. So here's the [05:40] kabat folks. Kab is called kavod. Thank [05:42] you very much. You see what they're [05:45] handing out? They're handing out uh [05:47] style. [05:48] >> That's right. Very good. Good for you. [05:50] And help people do mitzvot. [05:52] >> I don't know. [05:53] >> God bless you guys. God bless you. All [05:55] right. I don't know. You know, I I know [05:58] that the Sherebi was pushing us to do [06:00] more commandments and to get closer to [06:02] Judaism. That's the part that I connect [06:04] with. Uh who is Messiah? That's above my [06:07] pay grade. I'm not working on that so [06:09] much. Okay. First thing in Purim Purim [06:13] time here, there's like the store that [06:15] has more like costumeumy type of stuff. [06:17] And if you come in here, you see there's [06:18] a lot of people in the store looking for [06:21] hats, uh looking for, you know, there's [06:23] all kinds of fun hats here. And there's [06:26] uh a lot of um options. The famous uh [06:30] Charwal pants. Uh Bob Marley doesn't [06:34] know. Bob Marley does not know how much [06:36] of an influence he has here in Israel. [06:38] Uh but the Charal pants are very famous. [06:41] Okay. And of course there's the [06:42] Betaralim [06:44] uh the soccer team symbolism. Okay. Pot [06:48] store. Pots. Pots. We don't have a pot [06:50] store here. We have pot store. Okay. So, [06:53] as you can see, the um there are [06:56] definitely Ooh, maybe I should get this [06:58] for Leia. [07:00] Oh, that looks like a good one to get [07:02] for for my daughter. She might enjoy [07:04] that. Okay, that might be a good one. [07:06] Okay, spice store. Classic. [07:10] Okay, classic spice store here. [07:14] Okay, spices, [07:16] glasses. Now, one of the things that has [07:18] happened is that the shook has become [07:20] more uh shi-i and more sit-downish. So, [07:25] there's definitely more sit-down [07:26] options. Uh there's more cafes. [07:30] All right, here's more fried stuff. [07:35] Oh, there's another com the competing [07:37] fill-in stand. The competing fill-in [07:40] stand over here. All right. Hi, guys. [07:44] Shabbat shalom. God bless you. Okay. [07:46] Porc. And here we have what is a very [07:50] important uh brand, [07:54] iHeart Jewish Boys. [07:57] Uh I guess this is for girls to wear [07:59] this or for fathers like me who have two [08:02] Jewish boys. Uh but I think it's more [08:04] meant for girls actually. And here to [08:06] the right is see we have very seamless [08:08] here. Religious Jews, Jewish boys. A [08:11] little Bob Marley action here in the [08:13] pants. Awesome. All right. Let's keep [08:16] going and see what else we can find [08:18] today at the shook. There's definitely a [08:21] very positive energy. And I have to [08:23] think about what I want. Should we go [08:24] inside here for a second? [08:28] Check out this bread. Oh yeah, that's [08:31] good bread. Okay, I'm seeing that here [08:35] this place called Kad Mafia, which is [08:39] some kind of a cheese fil uh cheese fil [08:44] um [08:45] something or other is very very very [08:49] loved here. I wonder why people are so [08:51] excited about this thing. Let's take a [08:54] look. [08:56] Oh my gosh, look at the energy of the [08:58] people just love it here. They're [08:59] standing here. They want this thing so [09:01] much. Amazing. [09:04] >> I had no idea this is such a tasty and [09:06] important treat, but there's obviously a [09:08] huge line of people for this treat. [09:15] Wow. [09:16] >> Okay. Lady just got her order and she's [09:18] going to go eat it. [09:20] >> Okay. [09:24] >> Awesome. [09:28] Okay, let's keep going. [09:30] Okay. So, this guy's got a sign that [09:32] says [09:36] then he says means he's going to send a [09:38] he's going to send a gift basket to and [09:42] here it says [09:44] this year we're going to eat [09:47] ears as opposed to Hmon ears. We're [09:51] going to be eating his the bad guys [09:52] ears. So, he's sending out this signal. [09:55] >> Okay. And people are taking pictures [09:57] with it. People are having fun with it. [09:59] Okay, there's good energy out here. [10:01] People are uh and so if you think that [10:04] you know folks are scared, this is [10:06] definitely uh [10:08] this is definitely the atmosphere that [10:09] they have here, which is not folks that [10:11] are scared. Okay, that's part of the [10:13] thing. People are not scared. People are [10:15] energetic. They're alive here. And [10:17] that's what Jerusalem feels like. Look [10:18] look how packed it is. Look how many [10:20] people are in Jerusalem. Okay, look how [10:22] many people are in Jerusalem having fun. [10:25] This guy is, you know, bringing the [10:27] sign. Everybody's coming here and [10:28] enjoying his sign and taking selfies [10:30] with it. Fun. [10:40] >> All right, we got the jazz guy. [10:48] >> All right, somebody dropped a nice bill [10:50] on him just now. That's nice. [11:16] Nice. Fun. Fun jazzy stuff. Okay, now [11:20] let's go to the uh to the uh I don't [11:22] even know what these things are called. [11:24] They probably have an awesome name, but [11:25] I have no idea what the name is. [11:29] And not only do they have these winchime [11:31] things, but you also have the rabbi [11:33] version. Only in Israel are you going to [11:35] get the rabbi version of the winchimes. [11:41] Okay, that's Vaja. Let's modo. [11:45] That's [11:47] fought. Who would be uh in which [11:50] position? Then you have the IDF version [11:53] of the windshine. Okay. Paratroopers, [11:56] Magav, Border Patrol, Givati. [12:01] Fun. And if you look in here, they have [12:05] um [12:06] they have beautiful psalms on a cutting [12:09] board. [12:11] That's fun. It's the psalm of thanks. [12:16] Wow. This store could give you uh you [12:18] know uh you could get a epileptic fit [12:21] from this thing from all these lights [12:22] and things that are turning. [12:25] This is the more breast levy version. [12:29] Awesome. Okay, [12:32] now if we go out to the outside of the [12:34] shoe. [12:37] Oh, there's the Let's go look at the [12:39] telephones. These are excuse me, these [12:41] cell phone covers. I use the Hebrew word [12:43] here. Okay. Cell phone covers. Also got [12:46] labrabby, but you got also Rome and and [12:49] they fight. Okay. And then you have here [12:52] uh I don't know, Snoop Dogg and Betar [12:55] stuff. [12:57] Okay. This angry kid. [13:01] Uh a lion. [13:03] Uh a more colorful [13:06] labbe. [13:08] Fun. [13:10] >> All right. [13:14] You can get easily run over here, so you [13:16] got to be careful. Now, this bar serves [13:18] both juice [13:21] uh and uh also uh see they're like [13:24] juicing up stuff over here. Look, she's [13:26] like mashing up the juice. Hey, man. [13:30] She's mashing up like fruits. And I [13:32] guess they're going to add some liquor. [13:34] That's the way to do it. I might have to [13:37] pop by here and get myself a little uh [13:39] get my day going right here. People are [13:42] very alive, very beautiful, very lively [13:46] indeed. [13:47] Let's see what what people are eating [13:49] today. People are hungry. It is Friday. [13:52] >> And this Sabik stand looks like it's [13:54] doing well. Sabik is like pa [13:59] with salads inside. [14:05] Okay, girls are having fun. [14:15] Good energy. [14:18] >> Let's keep going. [14:21] Kids are here. [14:26] >> And of course, we have protection. We [14:28] got the border patrol here. [14:30] They're looking for something, thinking [14:32] about something. [14:35] Wow, the energy is awesome. [14:38] The energy is awesome. [14:44] >> Uh there's a famous drinks place here, [14:46] right? There's the famous drinks place. [14:50] Now, let's take a look because there's [14:52] already uh amazing [14:56] um um pomegranates. So, this place has [15:01] pomegranates. Oh my gosh. [15:05] And paya [15:08] And one of my favorites, which is [15:09] papaya. I love papaya. Big papaya fan. [15:12] Look at these awesome smoothies and [15:15] things. [15:16] Oh my gosh. And they're just sitting [15:18] there colorful like [15:20] just go get one. Have fun. Hi mom. Okay. [15:24] So that is just a lot of fun here for [15:26] the juices. And I'm now when I start [15:28] recording, I'm going to get myself some [15:29] stuff. It's just very hard to hold it [15:31] and to uh record at the same time. [15:35] But I'm going through the closed shook [15:37] now. We'll get a little bit more [15:38] flickering. Of course, there's meat. [15:41] There's meat. Yep. [15:46] You know what? I'm feeling like I should [15:48] have brought Monica here today. Okay. [15:50] There's, you know, liquor is uh not [15:53] taboo in Israel and especially wines. [15:56] So, there's a lot of wines here. [15:59] Here. This one's called Erits, which is [16:02] land. [16:04] Wait a minute. See, it's called Erits. [16:07] Beautiful. [16:10] So, food is a big thing around here, [16:11] obviously. [16:13] I mean, I guess that's obvious. [16:18] Have I seen the Purim atmosphere totally [16:21] rocking here yet? [16:24] >> It's there. Oh, of course. Let's not [16:26] forget the kalva. Let's not forget the [16:29] kalva. [16:31] Oh, look at these kalva bricks. That's [16:33] sweetened sesame [16:36] paste turns into a hardened thing. Look [16:38] at these. Oh my gosh. Everybody loves [16:42] these. Kava is the best. They give out [16:44] free samples then you're done for. [16:46] There's no way you're walking away. [16:50] >> See you nice lady's having a piece of [16:53] $50, dude. [16:56] Okay, as you can see, I am in the [16:58] outdoor market in the shook. By the way, [17:00] Jerusalem is not the only city that has [17:02] a shook. There's a shook in Beer Cheva [17:05] and in Yafo and in Tel Aviv, Ramlet. Uh, [17:08] these are very famous. They're all [17:10] great. They all have tons of energy. [17:12] They're all really fun, but there's only [17:14] one. And Jerusaleamites are proud of [17:16] being Yushami. And so, there's an [17:18] incredible excitement here and energetic [17:21] excitement, lots of liveless. And I want [17:23] you to consider that this is at the eve [17:26] of a war. Um supposedly we're meant to [17:29] be scared and this nation is not scared. [17:32] This nation is full of strength, full of [17:35] uh liveless, courage, babies, energies, [17:39] people getting married, people building [17:41] homes, people eating obviously, and [17:44] people getting ready for porum. So I'm [17:47] just having fun being here right now, [17:49] and I wanted to bring that energy to [17:50] you. I hope you're feeling it. I hope [17:52] you're feeling a little bit of that [17:53] shook energy, that Jerusalem energy, and [17:56] that fearless life energy that Israel is [17:58] exuding, right? You feel it? [18:02] Go, go, go. Yeah. [18:07] It's really good fun and good energy. [18:09] There's a lot of good folks here. Cool [18:11] dudes, cool ladies, cool everybody. All [18:15] right, let's do a little bit more [18:16] walking. Okay, and we have, of course, [18:18] the frozen fish. There they are. They [18:22] just wanted to say hi from the sea. [18:24] Hello fishies. [18:26] God bless you fish. Thank you so much [18:29] for coming here to um to bless us with [18:32] the blessings of fish. This is a quieter [18:35] street. Okay. I think I ate here one [18:37] time. I think I ate here one time. Yeah. [18:47] >> Okay. Jerusalem artichoke or just plain [18:49] artich choke. I don't know [18:57] >> and colors [19:01] pistachio. I like pistachio. And I also [19:05] love shook popcorn. I'm definitely going [19:08] to start getting some some popcorn. All [19:10] right, I think it's time for me to start [19:11] doing actual shopping. What do you guys [19:13] think? Is it time for me to actually get [19:15] some stuff? I think it's time for me to [19:17] get some stuff for myself. And so maybe [19:20] we can go now in this next part of the [19:22] journey to try to actually do some [19:24] shopping and see how that works out for [19:27] us. Okay, so stick with me. This nice [19:30] man wanted me to stop and interview him. [19:32] He asked me, do I have a YouTube [19:33] channel? Yes, sir. [19:35] >> Ishai. My name is Isai. Hello. Nice to [19:38] meet you. [19:38] >> Your name is Ishai? [19:39] >> Yeah. [19:39] >> My name is Ishai. So my name is Isai. [19:42] >> My name is Ishai. [19:42] >> Ishai. It's a very nice name. It is a [19:44] beautiful name. Beautiful. What does the [19:46] name mean to you? [19:48] >> My name there is not a not not [19:55] >> not not many people [19:55] >> not many people [19:58] that [20:00] the gimmor says in [20:01] >> that passed away only from the bite of [20:03] the snake but was perfectly perfect in [20:05] other ways [20:06] >> without sin. Isai is one of one of them. [20:10] >> That's right. Okay. Are you are you like [20:12] that? Are you similar? [20:14] It's father of King David. [20:19] >> As the messenger of redemption, [20:24] >> I want to send a shabbat shalom to [20:25] everybody. [20:27] >> God bless you. [20:29] >> Nice name. God bless you. Bye. [20:31] >> Okay, that was fun. You know, somebody [20:33] stops you and they they're like, "I [20:34] interview me." I'm like, "You got it, [20:36] buddy. You get my interview. I'll [20:38] interview you. You got it." [20:41] All right, let's get some of this [20:42] popcorn here first. Let's start with [20:44] this. Okay, I'm going to get some [20:46] popcorn. [20:49] Popcorn. Popcorn. Popcorn. [20:52] >> Popcorn. [20:53] >> In Hebrew, we don't say popcorn. We say [20:55] popcorn for some reason. Okay. So, we're [20:58] going to get a little bit of popcorn. [20:59] We'll start with that. Okay. Guy's got [21:01] to load it up for me. And hopefully I'm [21:03] going to be able to manage with all my [21:05] different things. [21:06] I have one bag of stuff right now, but I [21:09] need more stuff. Okay, I definitely I [21:11] know that Maka adjured me to get bread. [21:15] Oh, where was that bread store? Oh, [21:17] fooy. I got to get back to find that [21:19] bread store. And she also jured me to [21:22] get like
