EXPLORING AFGHANISTAN'S ABANDONED JEWISH SITES (Herat Travel Vlog)

[@joejoey7272]

Noor , the most famous tour guide in Afghanistan, I’m glad he was able to get out with his family when the situation got too dangerous

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank G-D he's out

[@LGM996]

Dude I saw him and I thought that I recognized him from yes theory , guys a legend thank gd he’s safe

[@mrconnor5567]

I’m an Religious Education teacher, and one of the things that helped me develop my Knowledge of Judaism is your videos, looking at some of the interesting traditions and events in the Orthodox Jewish life. Brilliant videos, I always find them eye opening in some way or another!

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank you so much! Your message means the world to me

[@elisabethm9655]

Thank you, Shloime. Such a sad and poignant sight…the place seems subdued in so many ways, but it was nice to see the boys playing ball, perhaps a measure of childhood’s joy remains.

[@ShloimeZionce]

Well said

[@amnonambalo2394]

Thank you for sharing Shlomie , our entire family were from Afghanistan, I was born in Kabul, both my father and grandfather were Herati , Im sure this is the Shul where they both had their Bar Mitzvahs. I was fortunate to visit Kabul in July 1977 for my cousins Bar Mitzvah , we never made it to Herat sadly. Im sharing this video with all the family. Thanks and Hashem watch over you on all your travels .

[@Yisaq613]

Thanks Shloime both my parents are from Afghanistan

[@lliselsolis4456]

Shloime thank you for sharing what we would otherwise never be able to see. You are so appreciated!

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank You Llisel! I appreciate that

[@lliselsolis4456]

@@ShloimeZionce please take care of yourself. Your mental health especially, can’t be easy taking in so much despair. If you ever come to Northern California I will be in the first row!

[@EliUnityGoldsmith]

Great video and interesting footage Shloime, a brave soul traveler…

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thanks brother!

[@alow8706]

Prayers for safe travels Shloime!

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank you my friend

[@laurenlovesparis3163]

Really enjoyed the video and the Synagogue was very beautiful

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank you very much!

[@thecatlady6]

Amazing that the synagogue and houses are still standing after a thousand or more years. I would have thought the synagogue would have been destroyed by now. The architecture and tile work is very beautiful. Thank you, Schloime, for these rarely, if ever, seen places! Too bad the man wouldn't let you film in the old Jewish cemetery though I can understand.

[@mlm21]

I enjoyed this video and the music. I've seen the tour guide on Drew Binksy stuff too. I find him very interesting and a calming soul.

[@ShloimeZionce]

Cool, thanks!

[@yossilevy9197]

thank you so much! rare beautiful visiuals of a forgoten place where my family came from! My Father ABRAHAM was born exactly there, in Herat. watching the narrow marekt streets and the ABANDONED synagogue where he must have visited in his childhood was for me - as someone who grew up on the knees of memories and legends - a very emotional experience. pitty the tour was short. i would like to see more of Herat. dont take it personally SHloime- better to turn the camera more to the views outside rather to concentrate on you : we saw you already, nice fellow,...and we would like to see what you SEE and we cant. waiting for more! yossi, vilnius

[@MaloDog]

My grandfather was an Afghan jew. Thank you for this video Shloime

[@sandragrasmuller1693]

Thank you so much for another very interesting and touching report of a place I have not known, that it exists. I really hope and pray for peace and freedom for every single human being all over the world.💙🙏❤️

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank you Sandra!

[@wrongbutton956]

Amazing images Shloime.

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank you! I really appreciate that

[@tsirele1]

This is my family's Shul for generations! My great grandfather was the Chief rav of Afghanistan and lived in Herat!

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thanks for sharing!

[@khalilahmadakbary6019]

Really, your grandpa from Herat, your are Herati, I am too

[@sunshinegirl8216]

Thank you Shoilme, I learn so much more about the world through your videos. Noor is also a great person and really glad he and his family are safe. I just heard more assistance as supposed to get to the Afghan people. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@trialcritic7625]

Thanks Shloime. I never knew about these Jewish sites in Afghanistan. The shul is beautiful and it's so sad to see.

[@chesspuzzle5359]

nice video shloime!

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thanks!

[@yhwh4ps374]

Wow, great footage, very enlightening! Shlome I noticed Your payot are gone…new look!

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thanks! My Peyot are hidden. Not gone

[@CS-rx3yj]

What is the music you play towards the end, at 12:40

[@ShloimeZionce]

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[@susanyager8793]

Wow! Stunning video!!

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@lesleymbusombuli5446]

The background soundtrack is so beautiful.

[@norbertfranz2702]

Thank you for the beautiful travel video. I am happy you had an opportunity to make this journey and visit there. Sad to think that such visits are close to impossible now. Afghanistan is in a worse situation than ever, it seems.

[@happydillpickle]

I remember my grandmother telling me about her visit(s) to Afghanistan. The worst thing she had to complain about was that there were a lot of hippies (tourists) there in the mountains smoking weed! I'm not sure when she was there, possibly the 60s. Such a tragedy that so many beautiful countries have been cursed by the insanity of humans. I would love to visit Afghanistan some day and have hope for better times ahead.

[@norbertfranz2702]

@@happydillpickle That's good to know. Afghanistan has been in the news for obvious other reasons for so long that I tend to forget it was once also a popular destination for Western hippies who just wanted to live a carefree life away from Western society and were known for their drug-taking. I heard that some of them wanted to go to India and decided to stay in Afghanistan. Some were also kicked out of India for their behavior.

[@happydillpickle]

@@norbertfranz2702 Yes: it's such a tremendous tragedy. I'd prefer hippies on drugs any day over war and destruction.

[@webdeveloper8335]

I am a Afghan you are very wrong; after the Crusadors terrorized my country 20 years and want implement SexDrugsRockRoll above my country, the crusaders of NATO flew like coward dogs. We say no to : SexDrugsRockRoll for our society and children; and God Almighty give us the strength to have success against the crusaders❤❤ Alhamdulliah Afghanistan is very safe now to travel

[@amberfierstein1294]

How does eating food while travelling work? Some of these places don’t seem like they’d have kosher food and I’m really curious how you work around that

[@ShloimeZionce]

If the place doesn't have Kosher food, I bring it along with me 😀

[@jackiecorley8942]

It looks like the mosque at Samarkand that had been a synagogue at one point.

[@davidadams9391]

👍 Nice videos! Beautiful architecture on those awesome synagogues!! Stay safe! G-d bless!

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thanks! Yes the Synagogue was beautiful

[@lucindalightbringer8776]

Enthralling, Shloime! Can you remind us what year this was filmed?

[@ShloimeZionce]

This was September of 2019

[@jamesault7832]

Shloime. Thank you so much for allowing us to see the wonderful old Jewish sites! Todah Rabah!

[@superduper1917]

Peace unto those who seek the light! Thank you for the hope!

[@tzviweiss3731]

I love these videos!!! Just saw your channel today from you giving tour to Peter in Boro Park and chaveirim last year. Your channel is so cool!! I wish I could travel the world!! Are you still in Afhghanistan?

[@ItIsJustJudy]

Very cool and informative video, Shloime. Has that synagogue stayed intact?

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank you! As far as I know, it has

[@chaank1069]

Thank you. Stay safe .

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thanks, you too!

[@michaelrahimi8956]

Hello Shloime Thank you for very nice video if you’re still in Afghanistan can you please make a video from Sinegar in Kabul Afghanistan Thank you 🙏

[@danreeder1704]

Thanks Shlomie for the great vid ! What’s the music as you drive the streets ?

[@markrosen5571]

Thanks shlome nice video 👍

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thanks Mark! Good to see you here

[@zznams2426]

Lovely documentary..... Shame you didn't film a bit more of that shul.....

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thanks! It really is a shame

[@mmassehs3251]

Was this recently?

[@GnomeFanboy]

I really love your videos, they’re super underrated! It would be interesting for you to visit maybe a country like Italy which actually has a lot of Jewish history no one really covers!

[@mcusuperheros5052]

Salam bro Love from Afghanistan ❤ 😊 🇦🇫

[@emilyhoffmannopitypilates]

thank you for haring your adventures with us! how do you connect with your guides and find out where to visit, and when is it safe to visit? who protects and cares for these sites?

[@Eli_ahr123]

my great-grandfather (who was a rabbi in Afghanistan) was buried there. His name was Mula Eliyahu-Pinchas Aharon ZT"L

[@bidenhasdementia6804]

As a fellow Jew the resemblance of our Semitic cousins in Afghanistan cannot be denied

[@fredperry9235]

Afghans aren't semitic speakers. I know wbat you mean though

[@fredperry9235]

@@STORYTIME-g1v Muslims haven't won a war in 100s of years

[@fredperry9235]

@@STORYTIME-g1v Lol.

[@BabyBirdFOH]

Could you explain why you hid your payot? This may be a dumb question but I do not know the history but I'm very interested.

[@mce3210]

Hey,how do you get kosher food over there? And do you think it’s safe for me to go to turkey,I have an open ticket to Istanbul and want to get a hair transplant (it’s much cheaper over there for that lol) but am afraid as a religious Jew... do you think I have anything to worry about?

[@Zetoreh]

They didn`t do anything to you. If some people are not agreeing with the politics in israel that doesnt mean they hate you and wants to kill jewish people or because u are looking religious. They would be more suprised instead of something else.

[@tinasuebravard]

Praying for health/safety

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank You Tina!

[@רבקהאברמוביץ]

cold you do preage and others Russia when it is safe???

[@dnnrod1807]

Can you print the prayer in English that you say before you eat or drink something?

[@blackcreekorganicfarm296]

Great video buddy

[@brianfox3092]

amazing work

[@50shadesofNV]

Amazing job, how are you able to film without issues from people? GoPro camera?

[@samlevy2975]

Are there any records which year the synagogue got abandoned? In the 70's or so?

[@tbishop4961]

Wow. I'm very impressed that you went. Thank you for doing this. My afghan refugee friends seem mostly unfamiliar with jews

[@jorgemendez9626]

You are a brave man brother

[@ElisaAvigayil]

Do you do meetups?

[@Lagolop]

When was this vid shot?

[@adrianc8664]

Do you have to pay them to allow you to do this?

[@lavender5765]

Hello Mr. Shlomi, how I loved the synagogue. It is built in the traditional Afghan style and is unique in its kind. I think that any circular indicating that the graves are for Jews has been removed. You know that the country since the eighties has been ruled by Taliban gangs, and so that the cemetery is not exposed to vandalism , any religious relic is removed..

[@goodfoodcominup2816]

What is that guy doing at 525

[@ShloimeZionce]

No idea. I guess that’s what you call bouncing off the walls

[@bsdiyh]

When was this?

[@ecossdefian7473]

What is the beautiful music

[@mrx8080]

hey dude, nice video and i'm quite intrigued to see what you indulge in being a Hasidic jew.. interesting to see that i being Pashtun can say that u look 200% Pashtun. i have heard that the Pashtuns were 1 of the 12 lost tribes of Israel, God knows best

[@mendykrasne1495]

We need more videos

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thanks! I'm trying to make as many as possible

[@k2411871]

You and I might disagree (with civility) on a certain issue, but today (to me) you have shown you have the biggest balls in the world. Most Muslims wouldn't even visit Afghanistan when the last regime was in power but you went when the Taliban, a group not known for warm welcome came into power

[@DanielS-zz4mn]

You are amazing!

[@ShloimeZionce]

You are!

[@rivabenzikri77]

Obviously you are content, because obviously you could have been made into chop suey, I'm grateful you are content because I heard what I heard in Hebrew, but if indeed this was filmed a handful of days ago,total respect, kol hakavod, once again by chance just stumbled upon one video and I already subscribed

[@ElisaAvigayil]

He filmed it like 3 years ago. This video is 1 of several in Afghanistan.

[@jerilynn871]

this is soooo awsom!!

[@carmelabarujel6611]

That's a beautiful synagogue. It's sad that there are no Jews there. 😓

[@ShloimeZionce]

True. Maybe someday the Jews will return

[@svietka202]

@@ShloimeZionce hopefully not...no reason and no point

[@Lilyso4895]

@@svietka202 that's not correct. No reason and no point are the wrong words to choose

[@happydillpickle]

@@Lilyso4895 Which words would be correct from the perspective of your expertise in so many matters?

[@yoni911s]

זה צולם לאחר השתלטות הטליבאן?

[@happydillpickle]

2019

[@mikenogozones]

thanks for posting to remind us of better times, it still breaks my heart on what the Taliban are doing

[@dovfinkelstein4411]

Wow shloime you actually famous he was the same tour guide like yes theory had

[@rivabenzikri77]

Totally astonished on that they let video cameras in

[@Stephen-gn2br]

Meeting your long lost cousins from Bani Israel. Pashtuns are incredible people.

[@lilijan97]

they are not pashtun, they are tajik bukharian jews that lived in afghanistan, they speak farsi

[@donq2957]

If you like Persian architecture, go to Iran and visit Khomeini tomb. It's really shiny.

[@qayumaf]

Jewish 2000 History of Afghanistan 🇦🇫🇮🇱❣️

[@ShloimeZionce]

Fascinating Jewish History

[@rivabenzikri77]

Once again I am the one that was addicted to your velcro donut bag, and that is the first video I just happened to stumble on but watching more of your videos , you are not the boss because trust me you're not the boss over there but reality is is that they gave you the kavod to explore these places, so who are you, Jay Leno's son or Conan. You want to laugh, trust me lock turning in Old City with a hookah

[@juststatingfacts01]

Swear I felt like it was a setup every corner and every stairwell...😰😱

[@RScesium]

Kosher kielbasa? G-d bless. Russ

[@ShloimeZionce]

It's delicious

[@RScesium]

@@ShloimeZionce I was wondering if kosher meat is available there? Is Halal acceptable? (I’m kosher vegetarian BTW). 😊

[@tibast0153]

Shloime your payos in there hats*?

[@tibast0153]

And verry good vidéo m’y friend

[@ShloimeZionce]

Yes they are

[@ShloimeZionce]

Thank You!

[@tibast0153]

@@ShloimeZionce very Nice and its me i messageFB you at 1 week-end hhaha i make payos for m’y personal shabbat ! 🇨🇦

[@jorahkeys9310]

Amazing

[@k.k.5046]

You a brave man to go there .

[@wanifarhatpakhtoonagriindo5094]

Plz, do come to visit Indian admistered Kashmir, I will help you explore many historical sites and beauty of Kashmir

[@zahramokhtar6727]

I was surprised to see the Afghan flag still up. I thought the Taliban replaced the Afghan flag!!! Dec. 26, 2021

[@jackiecorley8942]

One cemetary in Afghanistan thats over 3000 years old

[@mmassehs3251]

You look very Afghan

[@hamidullahhamid8969]

I hope you get back to Afghanistan once again and talk to Taliban rather than making assumptions about them being terrorist organisation,

[@seanvandiijk2889]

So, this footage was from before the Taliban new rule? Hope you can visit again under the new leadership in kabul, from Qatar

[@Starskream3030]

So crazy!

[@israelisraeli2333]

🐐🐐🐐

[@ShloimeZionce]

🙏 😇

[@ceciliaranfagni211]

Mi dispiace mi dispiace per ora non posso fare di più appena possibile tornerò da sirad e alla chiesa anglicana per ora non posso lo farò sono sola Simone no. Verrà non più sono solo io mi dispiace

[@bettyk8105]

How you went there as a Jew is beyond comprehension!

[@juststatingfacts01]

He hid that and blended in. He's looks like he's from there fr. Just light skinned heavy guy.

[@suzannenobel6809]

Ppl in the region don’t have issues with Jews but with Zionists

[@FOREVERLOST-k1]

He is absolutely looking like a heavy taliban guy😅

[@zaharabardavid]

Shloime, I'm curious to find out why so many countries have invaded and occupied Afghanistan. What is the reason? There must be something there they want. Tell your audience, Shloime! What do you know?

[@happydillpickle]

Well the conditions are perfect for growing opium as we know, so lucrative a trade for not only illegal drugs trade but also pharmaceutical industry? It seems absurd that would be all, mind you.

[@HaseebKhan-kb4br]

It's land about which there are many prediction and is land of sons of Issac (as).

[@Lilyso4895]

@@happydillpickle false

[@shmuelg3873]

First time ever seeing a frum jew eat a kielbasa for breakfast! LOL

[@gmariet1391]

It felt stressful and yet you were blessed with a good guide . 🙏🇮🇱♥️🇺🇸

[@The_Wallachian]

Shlome Salam and Shalom from Valahia 🌳 and România 🇷🇴. I invit you to Islam achi. The only way to G-D is across islam

[@FOREVERLOST-k1]

Wow😮. Are you an Afgan jew? Author?

[@shabtay89]

יישר כוח המשפחה שלי מהעיר הזאת

[@ShloimeZionce]

בשמחה!

[@goodfoodcominup2816]

Sorry 5:25

[@mmassehs3251]

Have you seen the Jews of Samarkand? Bukhara Jews

[@matinmoosavi3210]

welcome to afghanisthan we love people of israel