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A Shabbat in Jerusalem – some photos of a visit to the walled city and with friends:
Shabbat morning after breakfast, we went to the Hebrew Union College for services. There wasn’t much space so some of us had chairs in the doorway until some left and we had seats within. The rabbi spoke of the religiousity of Einstein and space and time, rabbinical and cantorial students led parts of the service, and there was a kiddush in their courtyard at the end. It was a rainy morning near the King David Hotel and it cleared by noon in time to return to the hotel for lunch.
After lunch, Rafi took a few of us into the Christian quarter and to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. We followed the last stations from the mount to the cave. One of our group claimed that her tooth ache went away when she entered to cave and asked for help – a joke that will last for years. We then had some time to shop and our family bought lots of magnets and other small souvenirs for our friends.
We returned to the hotel for havdalah in one of the hotel’s secure room. to prepare to meet friends from Buffalo who had made aliyah to Israel in the last decade, people we knew from Buffalo and California. We took a taxi to Center I near the bus station and met our friends for some pizza. Our friend had married into a religious family and found a home in a new community on the edge of Jerusalem. Her mother had come to Israel to be nearer her children and grandchildren. They gave us chocolates with toys within that was very popular with children in Israel. Our friend drove us back to the Grand Court through Mea Shearim, recognizing the bit older Novotel but not our hotel.
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