עומק ים המלח

Dead Sea Depths

פרק ראשון | Chapter One

The lowest place on Earth. Eyal felt even lower.

"אתה מתוח מאוד," said Yael, the spa therapist. "You're very tense."

"עבודה. לחץ. תל אביב." "Work. Pressure. Tel Aviv."

"כאן, אתה שוכח את הכל." "Here, you forget everything."

Her hands were coated in Dead Sea mud, warm and healing. He lay on the table, exposed.

פרק שני | Chapter Two

"המינרלים פה מרפאים הכל," she explained, working his shoulders. "The minerals here heal everything."

"גם לב שבור?" "Even a broken heart?"

"בעיקר לב שבור." "Especially a broken heart."

Her fingers found knots he didn't know he had. Years of stress, melting away.

"?מה קרה לך" "What happened to you?"

"אשתי עזבה. החברה קרסה. הכל." "My wife left. The company collapsed. Everything."

פרק שלישי | Chapter Three

"תסתובב," she instructed. "Turn over."

"אבל..." "But..."

"אני ראיתי הכל. אל תתבייש." "I've seen everything. Don't be embarrassed."

Her hands moved lower, the mud warm against his skin.

"זה עדיין חלק מהטיפול?" "Is this still part of the treatment?"

"זה חלק מהריפוי שלך." "It's part of your healing."

פרק רביעי | Chapter Four

In the private treatment room, with Dead Sea salt in the air, she showed him what surrender meant.

"!יאל... זה לא" "Yael... this isn't—"

"שקט. רק תרגיש." "Quiet. Just feel."

Her body above his, moving like the ancient sea itself once moved before it became still.

"!אני לא מאמין שזה קורה" "I can't believe this is happening!"

"האמן." "Believe."

פרק חמישי | Chapter Five

Afterward, they floated together in the salty water, weightless under the desert stars.

"אני מרגיש כמו אדם חדש." "I feel like a new person."

"זה מה שים המלח עושה." "That's what the Dead Sea does."

"לא. זה מה שאת עשית." "No. That's what you did."

"אז תחזור שוב." "Then come back again."

He did. Every month. The lowest place on Earth became his highest point.

הסוף | The End

בים המלח, הגוף צף. הנשמה שוקעת לעומקים חדשים.

In the Dead Sea, the body floats. The soul sinks to new depths.