LONG READS Issue 947 · February 1, 2023

Spice of Life

Watered with faith, the world's most valuable spice thrives in the Jerusalem Hills

Spice of Life
Photos: Itzik Belinsky
Watered with faith, the world’s most valuable spice thrives in the Jerusalem Hills

“I didn’t really have a choice,” Moshe says. “Without money, family, support, or even my diplomas, I had to find work, and decided to take the first offer that would come my way.”

And that’s how the artist began to work as a gardener, providing gardening services to public entities, including the Jerusalem Municipality.

“I began from zero, without any knowledge,” he relates. “But I figured out how to hold a hoe and how to clean the area of leaves, and as time went on, I discovered that I actually liked this work. I saw myself connecting to the earth, to growth, to bringing life from the soil. Today I know every stone on Har Hazeisim and Har Hamenuchos, because I was the gardener there.”

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