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Shabbat Shalom

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January 7th 2012
My first full day in Israel was Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest. It begins a few minutes before sundown on Friday and ends when the first cluster of three stars can be seen on Saturday night. On this day, the Torah commands Jews to refrain from performing any kind of work. Specific forbidden activities include kindling or extinguishing a fire, building or tearing down a house, and writing or erasi ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Givat Ze'ev

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more