Rechov SumSum - Original Israeli Characters

Original Israeli Characters

Rechov Sumsum (The original series):

• Kipi Ben Kipod (Sarai Tzuriel) – a hedgehog equivalent of Big Bird on Sesame Street.
• Moishe Oofnik (Gilles Ben David) – a brown grouch, similar to Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, who lives in a broken car.

Shalom Sumsum (The second series):

• Kipi Ben Kipod (Guy Friedman) – This series featured a new design of Kipi.
• Moishe Oofnik (Gilles Ben David)
• Dafi (Irit Shilo) – a female relative and Kippy's best friend; a happy young purple muppet; she joined in the second season

Rechov Sumsum/Shara'a Simsim (The third series):

• Karim
• Hanin

Sippurei Sumsum (Spin-off):

• Noah (Jil Ben David)
• Brosh (Avi Yakir)

Rechov Sumsum (The fourth series):

• Moishe Oofnik (Jil Ben David) – Moishe now lives in a green garbage can. (seasons 1–3)
• Noah (Gilles Ben David) – a curious red muppet, he is Mahboub's best friend. (season 1)
• Brosh (Avi Yakir) – an orange muppet, he likes cleaning. (seasons 1–2)
• Mahboub (Yousef Sweid) – a young blue muppet who speaks both Hebrew and Arabic. (seasons 1–3)
• Abigil (Shani Cohen, Guni Paz) – a young Purple Muppet, she likes to play and is happy with everyone. (seasons 1–3)
• Sivan (Efrat Gonan) – a handicap purple Muppet in a wheelchair. (seasons 2–3)
• Grover (Gilles Ben David, Yoav Heyman) – a blue Muppet from Sesame Street. (seasons 2)
• Elmo (Ariel Doron) – a little red Muppet from Sesame Street. (seasons 3)