07 March 2010

Sabbath in Jerusalem

On Saturday we attended our Sabbath day meetings at the beautiful Jerusalem Center.
The view from the center was so great and the sun was shining.



The organ is very impressive.
Part of our group walked back to the hotel while the rest of us rode the bus. Following are some of the sights along the way back to the hotel.



The jewellery is made of silver with glass from the roman period. It is sold by weight. The national synagogue was near our hotel. On Friday evening many Jewish people came to stay overnight at the hotel we were at. Shabbat started at sunset on Friday so they wouldn't have to cook on the Sabbath and they didn't have to walk over 100 steps to get to the synagogue. At supper they did a lot of singing of prayers.

2 comments:

Amber said...

Anne, you are going to laugh, but the picture of the bracelets resemble the bracelet that you were suppose to get. :)

gdad said...

The turned over and burned dumpsters and the rocks in the photo were from Friday's excitement after the Muslim group moved from the Dome of the Rock and back into their neighbourhood--
gdad