L'chaim !

Day 7 (13 Sep) Shabbat

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September 13th 2014
Shabbat could be summed up in a few words: service in the hotel, breakfast, service in the big synagogue (for those unlike me who wanted to attend), lunch at the Golden Cafe, sleep, rest, seudah (late afternoon meal) at the Golden Cafe and Havdalah. So I will use this space to write about the history of the Jews in Russia and particularly St Petersburg and then describe our party! In 1703 the J ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more