I have no more than $50 and I don't know how many Shekelim that is. I want something that is truly israel not just something made there. I had the idea for a land of israel necklace--the kind with the sand from different places--but I'm not sure about that. I don't really want a T-shirt but I want something useful and/or pretty.
Thanks!
2006-12-24 11:17:49 · 12 answers · asked by buy my llama costs $1 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
tell her to avoid the "tourist" shops... espacialy in the old city of Jerusalem... if you want religious stuff there are small shops in Bethlehaem where the carve the stuff you see in the shops...you can get it cheaper from the makers... but you have to get off the main tracks to find them... tell her to go where the local people shop and be polite and they will help her get some "real" Israel stuff...$50 will only get you a $5 t-shirt in the tourist traps.
I Bethlehaem there is a market place not far from Manger Square in the oposit direction from the Church of the Nativity.. about 3 or 4 blocks but you have to get there very early in the morning when the locals are doing business...by 11am it is all tourist stuff... I got some very nice "real" stuff there... go down side streets...that is where the second hand stuff is...lots of good bargins for one on a budget...and it is all "real" I got a cup and saucer for my grandmother for about $1.10 that a dealer in here says is worth over $75.. or more at auction. A hand carved set of camels and a donky cost me $7.50 and the exact same thing sells for a gift shop in the mall here for $95....I saw american tourists paying double what they coulget the same thing for in gift shops in the states... but they had to buy them at the tourist traps...I think Jeruselem is one of the highest markups for tourists any where over there
2006-12-24 11:35:10 · answer #1 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can get a necklace with sand in it from each corner of the Land of Israel. So you can take a little bit of Israel with you wherever you go.
2006-12-25 13:06:08 · answer #2 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my trips there, the main tourist souvenirs seem to be wooden camels, "evil eye" bracelets, and miniature psalm books.
And you might want to reconsider the T-shirts. They've got some of the best tourist T-shirts in Israel. I think they're made by... the Nature Company? Something like that, I think.
2006-12-24 11:29:00 · answer #3 · answered by Melanie Mue 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Find out about the kibbutzes in the area. Most tend to specialize in a certain craft or product. Some aren't exactly practical--the one my friend's sister lives on raises horses, not quite souvenir material--but if she's near one known for, say, weaving or woodwork, she might be able to find some really unique handmade stuff.
2006-12-24 11:25:26 · answer #4 · answered by angk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes what do you prefer a splinter from the cross or an original nail pounded through the palm of his hand? For additional fifty bucks you can get one with blood still on the tip of the spike. This would be expensive of course but what about the garments the Roman guards cast lots far? The Shroud of Turin has already been take of course but I understand the sword that pierced his side goes on the auction block every Monday a 1pm. xx
2006-12-24 11:35:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
How about a rock and a write up about the significant references in scripture about the rock:
Matt. 16:18, "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock (petra) I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it."
Matt. 27:60, "and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock (petra); and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away."
1 Cor. 10:4, "and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock (petra) was Christ."
1 Pet. 2:8, "A stone of stumbling and a rock (petra) of offense"; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed."
The rock shouldn't cost anything
2006-12-24 11:31:24 · answer #6 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are Christian, get a cross carved out of an olive tree; it is pretty and inexpensive.
2006-12-24 12:17:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask her to bring you back a Quran and flush it down the toilet when you get it.
2006-12-24 11:26:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
something from the sea of gallilee or the wailing wall
2006-12-24 11:24:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A rock...it's free and brings back a piece of it...
2006-12-24 11:23:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋