When his friend from yeshiva, Berel Hahn, “had a revelation that we need to paint the whole thing, the whole shuk, to change the environment, I agreed.” One woman gave him permission to paint the shutters on her storefronts, which he did in a single night, and “it just snowballed, it really picked up. The next day all her neighbors wanted theirs painted. Everyone took quite well to it.”The idea was to give the shuk some life on Shabbat when all the shutters were closed, “and it was so quiet and empty, such a contrast to the bustle and life on the weekdays... so this gave it a splash of color.” Although everyone seems to love his murals now, the Municipality forbade him from continuing and one point, “I was arrested and they dragged me out in handcuffs.” The local shop owners in the shuk, who supported his work, got together to prove that the shuk was privately owned and that they had invited him to decorate the shutters.“We were supported by our family and friends, but not by the Municipality, although I hear they boast about my paintings now,” he said.When he’s done in Goa, he’s heading home, which is currently Tel Aviv, “but I’m trying to move back to Jerusalem. I’ve got big ideas for the Holy City.”