{"id":30041,"date":"2012-11-16T15:49:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T15:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=30041"},"modified":"2012-11-16T15:54:37","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T15:54:37","slug":"not-your-normal-shopping-carts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/israel\/not-your-normal-shopping-carts\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Your Normal Shopping Carts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m at the grocery store trying to buy food for Shabbat. Trying, because half the check out counters are empty. Many of the checkout people didn&#8217;t show up. Usually its packed with people, but not tonight. All of the other stores in the strip mall are closed; only Rami Levi is open. After all, war or not, rockets or no rockets, you still need food for Shabbat.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/israel\/not-your-normal-shopping-carts\/attachment\/shopping-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30048\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-post-30041 wp-image-30048\" title=\"shopping\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/shopping2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"shopping\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/shopping2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/shopping2.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;re waiting on line alarms sound over the radio. The first rush of adrenaline passes quickly, when you hear that the alarm is for somewhere else: Ashdod, Netivot, anywhere but Kiryat Malachi. Everyone seems nicer than usual. The lines at the checkout aren&#8217;t competitive. Everyone gets it. We all just wait for our turn to check out, and get the heck out of dodge.<\/p>\n<p>Then, another alarm &#8211; but this time, the announcer does say &#8220;Kiryat Malachi.&#8221; Most people sprint for one of the two sealed rooms &#8211; actually not so much sealed, but at least concrete reinforced. The first time, I didn&#8217;t make it into the room when I heard the boom in the distance. The second time I did.<\/p>\n<p>On the way back to the checkout line (yet again), we passed through a storage area, and I noticed one of the workers pointing to three shopping carts with a sign that said, &#8220;Don&#8217;t touch. Don&#8217;t move.&#8221; She explained that the three equally loaded carts &#8211; mostly with drinks and cups and such, were put together for the three shiva homes of the three people killed today in Kiryat Malachi.<br \/>\nNot your regular shopping carts.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Rueven Spolter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m at the grocery store trying to buy food for Shabbat. Trying, because half the check out counters are empty. Many of the checkout people didn&#8217;t show up. Usually its packed with people, but not tonight. All of the other stores in the strip mall are closed; only Rami Levi is open. 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