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What Can you not get in Israel that people ask u to bring ?
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amother
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Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 5:35 pm
My Israeli mother in law only asks for a suitcase full of pre-cut aluminum foil that you can get 30 sheets of at the dollar store !
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advocate




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 5:36 pm
Ziploc bags
Unscented detergent
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Teomima




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 7:06 pm
Now, between everything available in the Israeli supermarkets and online thanks to AliExpress, Next, iherb, and Amazon, I don't ask for anything from visiting family. Of course, I've been in Israel a very, very long time, and likely appreciate what is available here more than most other olim.
ETA- I just realized there is something I sometimes have my sister bring me: children's chewable medicines.
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saralem




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 7:34 pm
I used to ask for skippy peanut butter, Clinique makeup, instant coffee, Reynolds foil ( not cut) , children’s books and tapes.
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MiriFr




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 7:40 pm
advocate wrote:
Ziploc bags
Unscented detergent


The makolet in arzei has ziplocks!

I had a hard time finding skirt steak
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amother
Seafoam


 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 7:42 pm
you can get everything in E"Y
we bring giant salamis Smile
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amother
Amethyst


 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 9:42 pm
What about he other way around? What do you ask people to bring you from Israel?
Mint chocolates from the pitzuchim stores....
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amother
Coffee


 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 9:54 pm
Stella Doro swiss drop cookies, black n white cookies, candy corn, Mike n ikes, Hershey's.
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amother
Forestgreen


 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 10:02 pm
amother [ Amethyst ] wrote:
What about he other way around? What do you ask people to bring you from Israel?
Mint chocolates from the pitzuchim stores....

Creambo desserts, bissli & variety of kosher gum! Also bamba snacks sometimes, and if there was a way to bring chummus.... oh Israel has so much good kosher food.
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shaqued_almond




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 10:20 pm
Make up and designer clothing and shoes.I have a friend who sometimes even resells them for profit
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amother
Seagreen


 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 10:54 pm
I made aliyah 10 years ago. Pre cut foil has been available for years. Same with ziploc bags. Now with Amazon I get my orders in 10 days. Amazon won't deliver food so my DH still brings back treats like Hershey's chocolate and all the weird kinds of chips they sell in America when he travels for work.
Sneakers are expensive here so I do buy a pair or 2 when I am in the states.
Star kist Tuna in the pouches. Although rami Levi sells other brands of this which are pretty good.
Crystal light
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mig100




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 10:57 pm
American danishes. Israeli ones are very different and no where near as good
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momtra




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 11:34 pm
My sister asked me to bring melatonin for her kids- you need a prescription for it in israel
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Rappel




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 11:36 pm
Really big bottles of Advil, cough medicine, etc.

Cheap electric toothbrushes
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Frumme




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 11:38 pm
American cheese. Apparently it's quite pricey in EY!
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littleprincess




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 11:39 pm
We usually take along nurofen painkiller (they dont sell those in israel ???) And Nescafe gold coffee .
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amother
Orchid


 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 11:42 pm
from austria we are asked to bring hungarian paprika powder, balea drugstore beauty products (especially serums and masks, they cost a fraction of similar products in israel and are amazing quality), kids shoes/sneakers and jam.

from israel we bring paper decoration for upsherins, siddurparties, chumashseudot etc.
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amother
Maroon


 

Post Wed, Jan 22 2020, 11:47 pm
momtra wrote:
My sister asked me to bring melatonin for her kids- you need a prescription for it in israel


We got mellochews in a health food store in Geulah.... Is that what you mean?
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amother
Beige


 

Post Thu, Jan 23 2020, 12:00 am
My pumpkin pie. I send it to my son in Isreal every chance I get.
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Elfrida




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jan 23 2020, 12:00 am
You can get almost anything in Israel now. Sometimes the prices make it worth asking people to bring specific items which are much cheaper in chutz l'aretz. If someone wants specific brands, that would also be a reason for asking people to bring them.
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