Even though I was a woman living at the temple, I have never felt isolated or emotionally distanced as a result of it. I remember one Israeli man that I met told me about the “holy men” in Israel, how they will not even look a woman in the eyes and tends to avoid them to a great extent. But it has not been this way at all at the temple for me. My experience has been quite to the contrary. I can say that the people I knew at the temple were among the most loving, friendly, and kind-hearted people I have met. Every one at the temple has always been friendly and smiling. With the novices, especially at first,anytime the three of us volunteers would walk by and say hi,