Hilarious! 10 Ways to Know Your Aliyah Is Successful.

This list comes from Ilene Rosenblum and was written in the spirit of Purim.  It's very funny.   Ilene is an olah and an incredibly talented freelance writer and digital media developer.   She has a very interesting blog, Aliyah L'Torah, which is worth following.    Thanks, Ilene.

10 Ways to Know Your Aliyah Is Successful

Israeli culture can be difficult to adjust to, but it gets easier with time. Here are some signs that you are blending in well:

#10. You met your 70-year-old Shabbat host when she shoved you aside in order to get on the empty bus.

#9. Your chain-smoking sherut driver doesn’t stay in the lane, but, Baruch Hashem, he says Tehillim.

#8. All of your 5 sons carry a gun. And so does your rabbi.

#7. Your morning commute involves hitchiking.

#6. Your Russian is coming along nicely.

#5. You wear a winter coat and hat when it is 18 degrees C outside. Sandals, however, are appropriate in any weather, or during any lifecycle event.

#4. You were set up on a shidduch during a job interview.

#3. You have no problem using a storage closet as a dressing room even though it doesn’t have a mirror, or a door. The cab driver idling by the storefront will tell you if the clothes are mat’im.

#2. You have eaten schnitzel for breakfast.

#1. You really begin your grocery shopping once you’ve put your cart in the checkout line.

A commenter to Ilene's blog added another one:

"The men mending the roof opposite, when they heard me ‘kvetch’ about the rain “Gveret, zarich le’hagid Baruch Hashem le’kol ha’geshem” – and I’m not even sure they were Jewish !!"