Oldest Man in the World Lives in Israel
An envoy from the Guinness Book of World Records is due in Israel any day now to formalize 115-year-old David Pur’s title of Oldest Man in the World. Three of Pur’s nine children are still alive, along with 18 grandchildren and 56 great-grandchildren.
Born in 1895 in what was then Persia and today is Iran, Pur became an adviser to the Shah, who admired his mastery of languages, including Persian, Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic and French. He later added Tagalog, while learning to care for Filipinos. He and his family came to Israel in 1948.
Pur still listens to the news of the day on radio and television, and discusses current events with his grandson, Israel Defense Forces Gen. Yoav Mordechai.
The old man is known for his smiles and for laughing and joking with the various members of his large family, who visit him daily. “The main thing is not to lose your optimism,” he says.
Today, the man who smoked for nearly 110 years and has a glass of brandy and some nuts for breakfast seems to know instinctively what recent Israeli research has proved - that increasing vegetables and cutting out trans fats and processed foods can reverse hardening of the arteries. “I avoid meat and fried foods, and eat as many fruits and vegetables as possible,” he says.
{Israel21c/Yair Alpert-Matzav.com Israel}
10 Responses to “Oldest Man in the World Lives in Israel”
2. Comment from lakewood mama
Time March 9, 2010 at 9:49 AM
ad meah v’esrim and then some!
3. Comment from Old “logic”
Time March 9, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Ben porat yosef ben porat alay eyin.
4. Comment from Shmuel
Time March 9, 2010 at 11:36 AM
for the safety of this man (Neged Ayin Harra) perhaps this news should be removed , as we just heard Harav Elyahsiv is making a seuda to remove Ayain hara on his B day
5. Comment from Kish ka
Time March 9, 2010 at 12:46 PM
Wow! I’m starting to smoke today. What brand does he recommend?
6. Comment from Nigerian Rebbe
Time March 9, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Bli Ayin Hora
7. Comment from nu
Time March 9, 2010 at 1:54 PM
He should be gibenched! Is he shomer torah umitzvahs?
8. Comment from Smart girl
Time March 9, 2010 at 3:35 PM
Fascinating I just wonder what zchus he has for such arichus yumim and as far as his diet well its very intresting
9. Comment from mOSHE
Time March 9, 2010 at 5:41 PM
He died and came back to life. It’s a famous story. Does that count against him?
10. Comment from no smoke
Time March 9, 2010 at 10:59 PM
#5 don’t you DARE start smoking machmas this guy.
1. Comment from really?
Time March 9, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Today, the man who smoked for nearly 110 years
Starting the smoking habit at5 (or younger) is earlier than most