The best Humus in Israel

So it was suggested that I offer suggestions in my blog about where to find the best Humus in Israel but if you are someone who has spent any significant time in this country, you should already know that the best humus is in Abu Gosh. Just go yashar, yashar ad hasof and you will find it. If you haven't then apparently it wasn't so yashar ad hasof, in which case- good luck!

Last week was great! Spent some quality time with Hannah on her kibbutz (although no cows gave birth while we were watching) and met her kibbutz family. I ate Poyke for the first time (stew with some sort of meat or chicken and veggis and potatoes cooked in a caldron on a fire, generally served over rice- http://www.mochiller.co.il/scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=136). DELISH! Hannah also took me shopping on Wednesday where I bought real dishes and a plata for my apartment. Then Thursday we went to Haifa where we spent the day with Yael (Elaine) and Gavriel (Gavriel). I am such a good "doda" to Gavriel that I even gave him one of the empty beer bottles from making beer bread with water in it so that he could have a "drink."

Hannah went back to her kibbutz that evening and on Friday morning Yael, Moshe (Matt), Gavriel and I drove to Jerusalem where they were my shabbat/chag guests.

I think that celebrating the chaggim in Israel is such a cooler experience because I feel like the holiday greetings actually apply to me. Rather than being wished a Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas, the busses and the flashing signs on the highways say Chag Sameach.

Shabbat and Chag made way for some good and tiring dancing and good meals with even better company (soup was a great hit) and all of a sudden, shabbat and chag was over.

One of the funny moments of the weekend was our trying to translate into English AND use Israeli slang, idioms and phrases. I am looking for others if you have.
Examples include:
I'm Dying on Him! (Ani met Alav- To die for/ I am dying for him)
I'm working on you! (Ani Oved(et) alayich- I am pulling your leg)
Shame on the time! (Chaval Al Hazman- Whoa what a great time/worthwhile)
On the Faces! (Al HaPanim- horrible/disasterous)
Return to Answer (Baal T'shuva- rereligious)
Way the Back (Derech HaGav- by the way)

So tonight, I went skirt shopping with Yael on Ben Yehuda. In the cab on the way back, the driver (wearing a kippah) asked if we were friends. Then he wanted to clarify that Yael was married and that I was not. He then gave me a bracha that I should be married within a year and have lots of babies. I asked him to clarify if the babies were also supposed to be within a year in which case, it would take a lot of Mazal. I then asked if he was asking for himself. He said that he is to get married within 6 months but he has a good friend (is it a problem that he is not religious?) and maybe then he could come to the wedding. I gave him my JTS e-mail and he gave me his card. What the hell? Doing this for you emah!

Shavuah Tov!