Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Cute Word Play

The 15th of Av is a minor festival day, called Tu B'Av in Hebrew.

Contemporary Israel has made it into the Festival of Love or a Valentine's Day.

Spotted this sign reading "Two B'Av", a neat exploitation of English and Hebrew:


and here's a poster advertising fish, to your door, which is another symbol of the Hebrew calendar for during the first 9 days of Av, until after the Tisha B'Av fast, the custom is not to eat meat or drink wine as a sign of mourning for the destroyed Temples:



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