David's Israel Adventure

This blog will chronicle the adventures of me, David Weinfeld, as an Otzma fellow in Israel, from August 21st, 2005 to May 29th, 2006. I hope this is as exciting for you as it is for me (though that would be a tad bizarre, now wouldn't it?).

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Falafel Tokens

In Israel, there is a 10 shekel coin. It looks sort of like a smaller version of a toonie: it is about the size of a quarter, but it has a silver trim with gold in the middle (is the toonie the other way around? I can't even remember). One US dollar is 4.5 shekels, so the 10 piece is a bit over 2 bucks US. Of course, I don't call it a 10 shekel piece anymore. I call it a falafel token. After all, a Falafel Hagesher, with our new discount, Falafel costs 9 shekels, down from 10. So you even get a shekel back for your Falafel Token. Am Yisrael Chai.

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