Ecce Homo Arch
Hadrian’s building operations in Jerusalem. The Ecce Homo Arch forms the 2nd station of the Cross, commemorating the site where Pontius...
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leon gork tour guide
- Feb 1
- 1 min
The Wailing Wall
The Jewish religion does not leave the two important activities in life, mourning or wailing and rejoicing to chance. The fact is that...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jan 31
- 4 min
The Spread of Christianity.
The expansion of Christianity was not simply an example of another successful cult within the Graeco-Roman world, but a development that...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Shull - The place where Jews go to worship God.
The tall white building was entered from the western side. I looked up at the Star of David-shaped window in the gable above the...
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leon gork tour guide
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
Wisdom
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! Proverbs 6:6 The ant isn’t wise and I am not born wise. The question is...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 27, 2022
- 4 min
Back to school
"Put your child back in school", my old uncle Louie, looking through half-shut eyes, filled with smoke, hurled this command, at his...
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leon gork tour guide
- Mar 4, 2022
- 4 min
Going to Heaven.
The first time in my life that I set eyes on a dead human being was a month ago in Toronto. Raymond’s wife had told me he was in the...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jan 13, 2022
- 6 min
The Disagreement
Tues 14th Dec 2021 Evelyn now used a walker. Holding on to it, she came to the door and there I stood. After not seeing her for about 2...
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leon gork tour guide
- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min
My Succah
With the bamboo covering, my Succah was ready for guests. The list was very long, and they had been invited many centuries ago. The size...
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leon gork tour guide
- Sep 4, 2021
- 2 min
Happy New Year
The History of Prayer God is attentive to the prayers of the weak and downcast, especially on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, according to...
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 15, 2021
- 5 min
My Life 3 Learning and Wits University
I passed Matric. Successful me, from now on smooth sailing, the world at my feet, like a sweet apple waiting for me to take a bite. No...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 11, 2021
- 1 min
The Festival of Tisha B'Av
The month of Av is the saddest month of the Jewish year.When the temple was destroyed on the 9th of Av.Which works out to Sunday 18th...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 30, 2021
- 1 min
Disappointment
By what right or law do I expect tomorrow to be brighter than today? Where is it written that tomorrow will bring me happiness? Who told...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 17, 2021
- 2 min
Lag B'Omer 2021
Noga and Etti screamed with delight at the sight of the bonfires all over the city. The people were celebrating Lag B’Omer. Singing and...
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leon gork tour guide
- Apr 30, 2021
- 2 min
Lag B'Omer
Noga and Etti screamed with delight at the sight of the bonfires all over the city. The people were celebrating Lag B’Omer. Singing and...
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leon gork tour guide
- Apr 15, 2021
- 4 min
Jews don’t fight wars of conquest.
"Of no use are the men who study to do exactly as was done before, who can never understand that to-day is a new day". [1] This statement...
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
All things Bright and Beautiul
Last night it happened. A song I used to sing at the daily morning gathering in Krugersdorp Town School, came to me, and together the...
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
My Bar-Mitzvah
Every Jewish boy has one, but I was scared as hell my parents expected me to have a barmitzvah.
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 28, 2020
- 2 min
Tisha B'Av 5780
2000 years have passed since the destruction of the Jewish temple and they continue to lament But is this because of its loss.
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leon gork tour guide
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
The Holy Sepulchre - A Jewish View
Visitors don't really come to see the church, but to gape at the tomb inside. Some fall to their knees. In the shopping mall or the...
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