(man) One, two, three, listen.
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Hi. In this episode, we are not gonna show you a specific location.
Instead, we're gonna talk about and show you an event.
- Which event is it? - Yom Kippur!
That's right. The Day of Atonement.
Now, the religious Jews have been keeping it
for the past 3,000 years.
What do they do on Yom Kippur?
Well, it's very much like, um...
- Sabbath. - That's right. Yeah.
But..
But they fast.
Yeah. In Hebrew it's "Tzom."
So, they greet each other before the holiday for this event.
Or before this day, they greet each other "Tzom Kal:"
Have an easy fast.
Which is kinda of funny, everybody laughs about it,
because the fast is not supposed to be easy.
But that's what they say. It's tradition.
But, what happens to the rest of about 70% of the people in Israel
who don't keep the fast
and don't care about committing work on that day?
Because, that day, work shuts down.
You can't turn on the light. You can't turn off the light.
You can't work. You can't drill.
You can't pretty much do anything except praise God,
ask for forgiveness.
- Go to the synagogue. - Synagogue. Yeah.
- Walk everywhere. - Right.
So, it's an official day off in Israel,
but it's more than that.
It is the only day of the year--
and I think this is the only country in the world
that does this--
where the streets, the roads in Israel shut down.
Completely.
(Sergio) Not just your local small roads in the city. No.
In entire Israel, the highways,
the bridges, the interstates, everything shuts down.
(Rhoda) Except for Arabic villages and Arabic places.
- (Sergio) That's right. - (Rhoda) So, downtown in Nazareth,
it still is occupational,
and that's why many Jews come here,
even a day before, so they can do things.
They come to Nazareth. They go to the Arabic cities.
Yeah. Now, think of this.
If there's nobody on the road,
what happens to the 70% of the Jews
that don't keep the law and don't uphold the traditions?
What do they do?
- They play on their bicycles! - That's right.
This is the funnest day of the year for most Israelis.
When I was growing up here,
this day of the year is the day we all looked forward to
because on this day, you take out your bicycle,
you take your scooter, you take your roller blades,
and you go in the streets and you have fun.
You can literally take your bicycle and go on the highway,
something similar to an interstate, on a bridge.
It is incredible.
So, the drone footage you saw in the opening of the episode
was taken by my good friend Mike,
who actually lives in Nazareth Illit.
He got a chance to lay in the middle of an intersection
on a very busy street in Nazareth Illit,
which otherwise would be impossible to do.
But, just on this day, he could lie down,
take his drone and have it hover above him.
It's incredible.
So, this Day of Atonement that the Jews kept for 3,000 years,
it is incredible.
Because, in the Torah, God says to the Jews
to do something very specific:
Take two goats, take one goat, a scapegoat, release it.
The other goat, keep and slaughter it
and then atone for the sins...
There is so much specific details in that day,
which begs the question:
Why all of this? What does it stand for?
And Rabbis throughout generations tried to explain it,
but there is something behind it that is unbelievably incredible.
It points to Christ in ways that makes my hair stand,
in ways that will make your jaw open, drop open,
and the brain go: Wow!
- (imitates an explosion) - Yeah. That's the expression.
So, if you want to find out how and what I am talking about,
you've gotta watch the sermon by Charlie Garrett
from The Superior Word church.
It's down in the link below.
Click that link. You gotta watch that sermon.
I promise you, if you know who Jesus is...
this will blow your mind away.
Yep.
(Fifi) (faint meowing)
(louder meowing)
(Sergio) Hey, girl.
So, it looks like our little cat didn't like the Atonement Day
and got sick.
I think it's a UTI. She had it before.
But luckily, the Israeli veterinarians
are cheaper than American ones.
- I think. - We hope.
Yeah. We'll see now.
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We can't seem to find them.
The address is wrong on the website.
- Hello.
Hello. I'm trying to get to you. What is your address?
(Rhoda) (softly) This is his son.
(boy on phone) Dad, the address. Dad, the address?
- (boy on phone) Atzmaut 6/8.
- (boy on phone) Atzmon 6/8.
- (boy on phone) Welcome. Bye.
So, it sounds like the veterinarian
is still a child, but...
(Rhoda) That's how you speak to a child?
(laughing)
What, I didn't speak nice?
(Rhoda) How are you, cutie-pie? Where is your dad?
Can I speak with the doctor?
Shalom. What is your address?
(both laughing)
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(Fifi meows)
It's okay, girl. That's it. We're done.
So, it looks like a UTI.
We got her a couple of shots that will kill the infection,
and we'll come back later to give her a few more shots
to finish the treatment.
So, it appears to be that Israeli veterinarians
are much, much cheaper.
So, the X-ray in America costs $300.
Here, it's 300 shekels.
- The shot there costs $100. - $100.
Here, it's $35.
And the visit didn't cost us anything.
And in America, the visit costs a minimum of $50.
To a certain office and go through the paperwork.
Oh, yeah. There's no paperwork.
There's no paper trail.
Fifi, you know... it's done.
You be careful what you say.
Yeah.
(Sergio) She's always very excited about the new food.
Don't eat me. Okay. Okay. You're a crazy cat.
- (Fifi hisses)
She's going nuts!
- (Fifi meowing)
You need to step aside, cat.
Let go. (laughing)
Easy, easy.
Don't swallow it. You've gotta chew it, Fifi!
I'm sorry. You're gonna have to go back in the box.
That is not healthy eating.
Please, back in the box.
Whoa.
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Welcome to our studio.
So, this is where it all happens.
Not that exciting,
but I just thought you might be interested to know how it works.
I've got two screens.
On one, I do the timeline.
I drop the footages that I film and the music.
On the other, I've got the monitor
so I can see how it's gonna look like in the final version.
Then, when it's all done, I switch them around.
I put the video here so I can see in full screen
if it looks good or not.
And, it takes about two days on average
with filming and editing to make an episode.
Sometimes it's faster. Sometimes it's longer.
And, yeah. Unfortunately, this week,
we didn't get a chance to go to any ancient historical site.
And that's because I got sick with this Israeli virus.
It's a flu.
I was literally paralyzed in bed for three days.
I couldn't do anything.
Rhoda took great care of me.
Rhoda's mom cooked and brought food,
and it was wonderful.
So, it was kind of a time of rest, actually,
even though it was a terrible time.
But I got to rest, so that was nice.
Yeah. I hope that you still enjoyed this episode with the Yom Kippur
and seeing the Israeli vet, how they work.
Until next time...
I hope we'll get to show you something more exciting.
- Sandwich? - Whoa! Yes.
Thank you!
Bon Appetite.
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If you have noticed, Sergio and I are wearing matching shirts.
They are the shape of a cross,
but they're so clever because they say "grace".
They're beautiful in design, and they feel wonderful.
Yes, they feel incredible.
In fact, you know how most shirts you get
and they're like half synthetic, half cotton?
- Yeah. - These are 100% cotton.
I love cotton. Cotton is a natural thing.
Cotton is in the Law. You can find it in the Torah.
Cotton is awesome. Just don't mix it with wool.
Very important.
No.
You can mix it with wool.
Check out Charlie and Missy's link bellow.
Check out her website.
She does these. They are amazing.
Check it out. And if you like them,
you can purchase from her website.
Yeah. And I think she ships worldwide
- because we got them in Israel. - Yeah.
And it was awesome to get them here.
And we love them. We are big fans of theirs.
Yeah.
We want to take this opportunity
to thank you for your encouragement.
You have no idea how many times
we just wanted to say:
Okay.
This is gonna be hard for a video. That's it.
We don't have time. It's a lot of work and all that.
But it's from your encouragement and prayers that we keep on.
Truly.
We are blessed every week by the comments,
the kindness that comes our way from you.
And we just want to thank you so much.
Thank you for being part of Superior Word,
for being part of Charlie's ministry,
and being part of our lives too.
So...
All the way to Sarasota, Florida,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,
- to Nazareth Israel. - the northern pole.
- Shalom. - Shalom.
And Tzom Kal.
That's right.