Inside the World’s Most Interesting Jewish Book Store | Show & Tale: Mizrahi Book Store

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we're standing outside mizrahi bookstore which is like the mecca part of the analogy of jewish bookstores but what's so exciting about mizrahi is not just the books but the people the culture all around it we're here with my dearest friend israel mizrahi and one of my oldest friends in the whole wide world shimon steinmetz he literally just walking by this is mizraki bookstore these are the people around it brace yourselves we're about to go in one of the most incredible bookstores in the entire world brace yourself our series show and tale will take you inside some of the great libraries both public and private to explore books and treasures from jewish history hi there holy smokes okay it's very cozy super cozy is there an order here is there is there a method to the madness definitely an organized chaos alphabetized everything is catalogued it's a pretty straightforward system i just mark down where it is and you pray that nobody moves it generally it works how long have you had this store here almost 15 years now 15 years yeah it doesn't take long to fill it up clearly it's three floors of similar nature and a little bit more why did you start collecting and selling rare books or books it's not i mean it's not all rare incorrect i wasn't really planning on

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