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Close up of the clean dome above
the Empty Tomb |
Surprise ... but the beautiful blue and white marble on the of the Empty Tomb is not a reconstruction but the ORIGINAL that was covered by centuries of dust and grime. I went to see it this morning for my self. It is amazing. It's marble. And with the morning sun shining through the "navel" above, the Tomb looked incredible. One thing surprising though is the golden cross above it, It wasn't there in the photos I saw last week. Found out the Greek Orthodox and secretly put it up at midnight without consulting the other churches. The Armenian Orthodox are furious ... since this act would mean an exclusive claim to the Tomb by the Greeks. The Franciscans have no comment. As long as our rights are not breached, the Greeks can do what they want.
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Sahlab and Haman's
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I'm feeling much better with the change of medication. I still tire out easily when I walk distances but I don't have the chest pains, dizziness and breathlessness. In fact I have not had an asthma attack so far, and fainting spells have also gone. The thing the docs insist is that I must not be stressed. What?? With the number of work and classes I'm teaching .... everyone is saying how could anyone with my health problems take on so much. I don't know ... but my body and mind are breaking down. Luckily my students at Ratisbonne are very kind. All 41 of them. They bring me water, cookies during class ... offer to accompany me home after class ... to drive me home (it's 2 kms away from my home). Well I prefer to walk home ... only thing is I have only half an hour to get home because I must close the university library at 5pm and I never make it back on time. It takes me at least one hour to walk 2 km.
Yesterday after class, I decided to take a detour and go to Rimon Cafe at Hillel Street for a sahlab. A student decided to accompany me. We had a cup of sahlab ... probably the last as Spring has started and this winter beverage will no longer be sold. We also had some "Haman's Ears" ("hamantaschen" in german/yiddish) ... triangular cookies stuffed with dates or poppy-seeds or nowadays with chocolate, toffee and anything else imaginable. It's the typical cookie eaten during the feast of Purim which is next Monday. The villain Haman has his ears memorialized as cookies.
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