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Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others) |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sun Mar 20 08:25:45 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Mar 20 05:38:07 2011. Excellent pictures -- could you tell me where along the line your picture of bus route 2 is? |
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Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others) |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Mar 20 08:28:56 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others), posted by New Flyer #857 on Sun Mar 20 08:25:45 2011. Bus route 2 is actually the 22, the refresh rate on those LEDs is such that none of the photos have the sign showing 22. All of the photos from this morning that I posted were taken on King George Street between Keren Kayemet L'Yisrael and Jaffa (I took a few on Derech Azza that weren't worth posting). That one is of a Talpiot bound (southbound) bus on the short block between Ben Yehuda and Be'eri. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others) |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Mar 20 08:31:42 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Mar 20 08:28:56 2011. Slight correction: The photo of 44404 on the 22 was taken on Azza, but the rest are all on King George. I just missed getting a light rail shot after getting the last of the bus photos on King George, the trains are now displaying destinations on their exterior displays in Hebrew, English, and Arabic and not just "CITADIS" as you've seen in my previous photos.The photo of the 21 with the McDonalds sign on the side of the photo was taken from the same place as the photo of the bus on "Route 2". The 22 was further back in the photo relative to the 21 however. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Mar 20 08:40:37 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Mar 20 05:38:07 2011. Super photos and Purim sameach to you too! Wish I was there!!!! |
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Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others) |
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Posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Sun Mar 20 09:55:35 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Mar 20 05:38:07 2011. Great bus pics, and Purim sameach.Today, Purim is celebrated by all Jewish communities of the world except for Jerusalem, where it will be celebrated tomorrow. Why is it celebrated on a different day in Jerusalem? Wikipedia says something about city walls, but why is that important? |
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Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others) |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Mar 20 10:08:55 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others), posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Sun Mar 20 09:55:35 2011. Thanks!Were you reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim#Shushan_Purim on Wikipedia? If so, here is what it says: Purim is celebrated on the Adar 14 because the Jews in unwalled cities fought their enemies on Adar 13 and rested the following day. However, in Shushan, the walled capital city of the Persian Empire, the Jews were involved in defeating their enemies on Adar 13-14 and rested on the 15th (Esther 9:20-22). In commemoration of this, it was decided that while the victory would be celebrated universally on Adar 14, for Jews living in Shushan, the holiday would be held on Adar 15.Later, in deference to Jerusalem, the Sages determined that Purim would be celebrated on Adar 15 in all cities which had been enclosed by a wall at the time of Joshua’s conquest of the Land of Israel. This criterion allowed the city of Jerusalem to retain its importance for Jews, and although Shushan was not walled at the time of Joshua, it was made an exception since the miracle occurred there. In other words, the celebration in Shushan was delayed, but this meant that a city other than Jerusalem had elevated status with regard to celebrating Purim, so the Rabbis developed the rule about walled cities in the time of Joshua so that Shushan's inclusion was the exception, not Jerusalem's. Since there are no Jews in Shusha or cities such as Jericho where Purim would also be observed tomorrow, Jerusalem is the only city left meeting that criteria. However, some maintain that one should observe Purim today if living outside of the Old City walls (as most people do, modern municipal borders aren't the determining factor however for what defines Jerusalem in this instance) and there are some cities (Hebron, Safed, Tiberias, Acre, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beersheva, Beit She'an, Beit Shemesh, Gaza, Gush Halav, Haifa, Jaffa, Lod, Ramlah and Shechem) where if there are Jewish communities in those cities, certain Purim observances take place today but will also be repeated tomorrow to be sure that the observances took place on the correct day. Does this explanation help? |
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Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others) |
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Posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Sun Mar 20 11:05:57 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Mar 20 10:08:55 2011. Yes, thanks. Very interesting. |
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Posted by artenn3164 on Sun Mar 20 15:52:28 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others), posted by New Flyer #857 on Sun Mar 20 08:25:45 2011. You've got a couple of great pictures of the new Euro IV buses - for those who have never seen them, they are the first buses in Israel to feature dot-matrix side destination signs. They also have a complete low floor from front to rear, 4 doors, and LED interior lighting. (the engine is mounted vertically at the left rear) |
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No evil eye? |
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Posted by gbs on Mon Mar 21 00:49:43 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Mar 20 05:38:07 2011. Does the bus in the third photo (route 75) say something (in white script letters on the green background right under the windshield) about an evil eye? I don't recognize the first word ("bli"?), but the second two look familiar. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others) |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Mar 21 07:27:26 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Purim Greetings from Jerusalem (& Some Others), posted by artenn3164 on Sun Mar 20 15:52:28 2011. I've posted some photos of them here before, and I have photos on my website.The side signs are a nice touch, but they are practically unreadable due to the tint of the window. I've also heard the buses have automated announcements, I rode one bus that had the system but it wasn't working, I've only been on them one other time (they don't run the routes that I take, though I've seen them more lately on a route near my apartment, and there are plenty on that route today, but that may be due to the holiday). |
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Re: No evil eye? |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Mar 21 07:30:42 2011, in response to No evil eye?, posted by gbs on Mon Mar 21 00:49:43 2011. Yes, בלי/bli means without. For more on where the saying comes from, click here.I've photographed that bus before: 
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Re: No evil eye? |
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Posted by gbs on Tue Mar 22 00:00:46 2011, in response to Re: No evil eye?, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Mar 21 07:30:42 2011. A sheynem dank! |
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