Tourism to Israel - a cultural experience through urinals

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A post discussing men’s urinals ?

An educational ?

A cultural exposure?

Are you pulling our leg, or what ?!

Watch this photo:

Can you read clearly what the blue sign says, once a man stands in front of one of these urinals, ready to unzip?

I'll make your life easier. 

Here is a photo of the sigh itself:

In other words:

Once you step off - the automatic flushing would take place.

GOD FORBID !!!!

Activating an electric device on the Saturday is interpreted as work. 3,300 years ago - Moses executed those who worked on Saturday. 

So what if one really has to go ?

Look (as fast as you can) for a place which does not flush automatically, in order not to violate the Jewish laws of the Sabbath.

The toilets and the sign were photographed in a hotel in the city of Netanya, a beach town north of Tel Aviv.

In many of the Israeli hotels there is a manual (older style) faucet, next to the infra red operated faucets - for religious guests.

There are rooms with old key opening systems - bypassing the need to release the latch of the hotel room door by a magnetic card. The use of a magnetic card on Saturday is an abuse of the mosaic law.

Need less to say - the majority of the hotel guests do not need these tricks to go around the Mosaic law, they couldn't care less. but why lose those religious clients who do care?

I thought you would be amused to see what a difference in culture / liberalism is between Israel and the Netherlands.

As I was waiting for the train to Paris in the main railroad station of Rotterdam - still having few minutes tor the arrival of the train - we went into the nearby cafe.

In the lower level of the cafe one could get rid of the cafe overflow, which had been the case with me.

Here is a souvenir of my visit to the Rotterdam cafe toilette

    

Some difference....

I mean... not between the middle position and the two side positions...

Between Israel and the Netherlands....

Traveling is a never ending learning experience. You can learn something even from a hotel toilette in Israel.

Don't miss.

(I mean - a visit to Israel... Toilette you wouldn't miss anyway once nature calls...)

Ze'ev Back

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