Rabbi Samuel Altschul, Shosha and Isaac & Yoel

Day 15 (25 July) winding down toward Shabbat

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July 25th 2014
Woke up realising that I had no cooking to do for Shabbat - this was somebody else's problem this week. We had a leisurely breakfast and decided not to be energetic. So we caught up on our blog and did a couple of pages of daf yomi and got ready for our walk to Greys Avenue to meet Rabbi Samuel Altschul and his wife Shosha and kids Isaac and Yoel. Lunch was ice cream even though the weather was ve ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more