cost of oil change

In the US 

Typical price ranges

Oil type	Independent shop	Chain (Jiffy Lube etc.)	Dealer
Conventional	$30–$55	$50–$75	$60–$100
Synthetic blend	$50–$75	$70–$85	$80–$120
Full synthetic	$65–$90	$85–$130	$110–$180+

So in the USA, an oil change with conventional oil at an independent shop is $30-$55. In Israel, the cost at an independent shop is 500 NIS which is $163 for conventional oil. That's three to five times the price of the USA but your salary is 1/3 that of the USA. 

Tell me when the aliyah evangelists order you to move to Israel because the Ramban, who lived in Spain, has it on his lists of mitzvahs, do they consider anything practical in the matter? Do they care if you go broke, if you stress out every minute because of money woes? And the answer is that they don't care about you. They are interested only in their ideology. 

And the people who move to Israel because "they always wanted to live there," but don't consider anything practical, what do we say about them? I always wanted to live on the upper east side of Manhattan in a townhouse. Only problem is that I don't have $20 million to buy one. I always wanted to live in a house on Saint-Germain-des-Prés (6th Arrondissement) in Paris, but again I don't have $4 million to spend on it. Problem is that those adventures sound materialistic but living in Israel sounds like a mitzvah. So you get tricked into it even if you are idealistic. But when that mitzvah collapses all your other mitzvahs, it is no longer a mitzvah. It is no different than moving to the UES of Manhattan when you don't have the money and winding up homeless on the street. 

Upper East Side

Paris

Should I move there now and try to break into that house because it's something I always wanted? How will that work out?