Day 23 (2 August) A quiet Shabbat in Beijing + BONUS
August 2nd 2014 The sabbath morning service at Chabad in the 'upper east side' of Beijing started at 11am which is late by any standards. However, the service was over before 12:30. Now for those familiar with Shabbat shacharit services you will know that you can expect at least 2 hours if not 2.5 to 3 hours - so you can see it was quite speedy.
Fortunately our suite in the Traders Upper East hotel allowed us
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