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Bazaar at Damascus Gate packed
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Today is the Feast of the Sacrifice ... which according to the muslims is Abraham's sacrifice of Ishmael (not Isaac) on the rock that is inside the Dome of the Rock. Each muslim family kills a sheep and the meat is distributed to the poor. The Old City is full of muslim pilgrims from all over the country as well as from overseas. I hear the Israelis did not close the checkpoint at Bethlehem even though it's also the Jewish celebration of the death of Rachel whose tomb lies directly next to the Bethlehem checkpoint.
So with all my recent sickness, some of the muslim shop owners opposite my house are telling me someone has cast an evil eye on me. They're certain of it.
And now the weather ... cool and breezy as should any autumn day. But we hear next week will bring back the heatwave. Not looking forward to it.
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