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The do's and dont's of the mamad

The do's and dont's of the mamad

What is the MAMAD? MAMAD is an acronym for merkhav mugan dirati, or apartment-protected space. There are also buildings in which you have a MAMAK which is a merkhav mugan komati meaning a protected space belonging to a floor in the building. These will come in buildings where there are no mamads in the individual apartments. Any apartment built in Israel after the gulf war (1993) must have a mamad. The idea is that the mamad is conveniently located inside your home so you could...

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?Building in Israel- is it really that different

?Building in Israel- is it really that different

You know how you think some things are so obvious you can't grasp why the other side doesn't see it? I get this feeling sometimes being the go-between my American clients and the Israeli building world. You know what, let's be honest, I sometimes get the same feeling communicating between myself and my clients. When you set out to build a home you come with your habits, your standards, your preconceptions and perhaps knowledge of how things are done. And then- suprise!- it turns out these...

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?Design for the third age- is there really such a thing

?Design for the third age- is there really such a thing

Let’s get right to the facts: Life expectancy for the average Israeli citizen today is 80 years for men and 84 years for women. The age distribution in Israel’s population is about 10% senior citizens (65 and above) and about 28% children under the age of fourteen. By the year 2025 those statistics will be about 13% seniors and only about 24% children. Why am I overloading you with all this data? Because the numbers show that seniors are IN!   For the purposes of this post and...

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How to plan around the kitchen corner? part B

How to plan around the kitchen corner? part B

The subject we will be discussing here is: What do we do about the corner cabinets in the kitchen, the ones that are difficult to get to and tend to become a “cemetery” of lost utensils? In the previous post we looked at straight-cornered and L shape-cornered cabinets. Both of them have two walls that meet at 90 degrees. This time we’re going to look at a third type of corner, the diagonal corner. This type of corner cabinet creates a third front, at an angle of 45 degrees and looks...

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Tipophobia: the fear of giving out tips

Tipophobia: the fear of giving out tips

Recently I attended an event in which our chief rabbi, Rav Lau, was called on to say a few words. One of the many things he talked about (it's never just a few words…) was the risk of answering 'shailos' (halachic questions) over the internet. We all know that different people get different answers. The Rabbi assesses the many aspects of the situation, and of the person standing in front of him, and gives his answer based on the knowledge of Halacha and taking in consideration all of the...

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