Tram

When you’re found in Israel with no needs of transportation, and the bus for the day is already over, what do you do? You Tram! No, this does not mean that there is a train/street car that travels you around the country. It means you got to the town entrance/main road, and hitch-hike. I got to experience this last Thursday on my way to the hippy gathering, and was blessed with a ride, but I did learn something. Hitch-hiking in Israel is a little different then hitch-hiking in America. First of all you don’t use your thumb, but you just stick your index finger out as a sign showing you need a ride. Then second of all, you are way most likely to get a ride within 15 minutes here in Israel then in the States in this day and age. Here, most of the Jews try to pick up hitch-hikers to perform more mitzvah (good deed/God’s commands). In their thinking and in Judaism at the end of the year God weighs our you good deeds with the bad you’ve done and then sees if you’re eligible to have your name written in the book of life for the next year. Kind of funny thinking, some might say, but not far from the way most people think today. Remember as Isaiah tells us in chapter 64 that all our righteousness(good deed) are as filthy rags, we can only conclude that no matter what we do, we won’t be good enough. He is our Mitzvah, He alone is Good, and through His Good gift of grace through faith in Him, Jesus Christ can we then only have our names written in the book of life.