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N(ancy) Hannah Torres's avatar

Too few times do we so clearly look at what is common between Jews and Christians (and Moslems )hold in Common

We Shall Overcome!

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Michael Abramowitz's avatar

Correction: Babylonia (now Iraq) was east of Jerusalem; then Daniel must have been facing west.

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Amichai Lau-Lavie (he/him)'s avatar

Fascinating! indeed the Babylonian Talmud always refers to the land of Israel as 'out west' - I guess the orientation shifted though the heart direction always remained the same. Thank you!

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