On Friday I went to שׁוּק מַחֲנֶה יְהוּדָה - "The Shuk" in Jerusalem (shouk mah-khah-NEH yeh-HOO-dah - pronunciation colloquial) - to buy some items in preparation for a Shabbat dinner I hosted for a couple of friends.
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I was looking for some corn chips to spice up the garden salad, when I happened upon Eli's Shop.
Eli didn't have corn chips, but he did have some crackers that he handed to me just because. He also offered me a glass of water on that hot day.
Eli also had some boxes behind the counter, as everyone seems to have in the Shuk.
Such a box or a crate, in Hebrew, is an אַרְגָּז (ahr-GAHZ). An ארגז usually contains commercial material or freight, such as food to be sold or clothes being moved from the old house to the new one.
A synonym is קֻפְסָה, a word used more often to refer to that which contains items of great value - such as a locket or other jewelry.
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