"... One Who Learns from Every Person." (II)

Another "only in Israel" post.

We have a little shop (makolet) near the school where I work which is owned and operated by a older gentleman who has been in Israel since he was born.

How nice it is to have someone who speaks with the students about the "olden days"- pre-1967, etc. They hear what it was like to live in an aluminum-walled "house" on a small yishuv near Bet Shemesh. They are riveted with stories of the Six Day War and how he heard the shells and bullets while he worked! And on and on and on! The stories never end.

It is simply fascinating to acquire a wealth of history with every soda that I buy.