Max Brody: A SURPRISE ENCOUNTER AT A JERUSALEM BAR

Living in Israel awards you with many unique experiences, here's one of my best ones.
I was desperate for a bathroom one day in Jerusalem, and the only store in sight that would have one was a bar. As a religious person I never usually got anywhere close to a bar, and I quickly debated in my mind if I should make a one time exception for my current bathroom emergency. It took me less than a second to come to the obvious conclusion: I had no other choice, I would have to enter the bar to use the restroom.
Feeling quite embarrassed, I pushed open the door to the bar and asked the man behind the counter where the bathroom was. My plan was very simple: get in and out of that bar as fast as humanly possible, and hope that no one else sees me.
The bathroom was down a flight of steps so I quickly descended towards the bathroom. Suddenly the flash of a camera went off just bellow me, what was that I wondered?
It didn't take long to figure it out. There was a big time VIP in the bar, and he was being photographed with every move that he took. With his royal-looking up-hat and long jacket, it became increasingly clear that it was none other then the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yona Metzger!
He was in the neighborhood checking out the kashrus of all the restaurants, and this bar was one of his stops. I asked one of the men in his entourage if I could get a bracha from him, and before I knew it I was being introduced to the Chief Rabbi of Israel, and I got a bracha from the Rav as the cameras continued to flash in front of me.
Not bad for a first time bar experience, don't you think? Only in Israel my friends, only in Israel.