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Jerusalem, 2015 Hmmm, who is allowed to use these stairs? Where do the stairs go? Up or Down? Thought for the Day: Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.Mark Twain

Husker Fan

Only two more days until the Nebraska Cornhuskers open their 2019 football season against Southern Alabama. The entire Husker nation, which is world-wide, is excited for this season to get underway, hoping to make last year's 4-8 record a distant memory. Husker t-shirts are even being sold by street vendors in Jerusalem. Is this escapism …

Saint Peter in Gallicantu

  Just outside the walls of Old Jerusalem is the site believed to be where Peter denied Jesus three times.  The Latin word, "Gallicantu" means "cock's crow".  The site is also believed to be the palace of the high priest, Calaphas. The church ceiling on this site is remarkable. Below the church are crypts and grottos …

Wailing Wall Collage

The Wailing Wall is the most holy site of the Jewish faith.  Formally named the Western Wall, it is what remains of the western wall of the Second Temple, the same temple where Jesus scorned the tax collectors and money lenders.  The entire Temple area was leveled by the Romans in 69 AD to quell the …

Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Located in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher is the place that enshrines the location of Jesus' crucifixion, burial and resurrection.  The interesting thing about the Church is that it is maintained and controlled by six Christian denominations, the three predominant ones being the Roman Catholics (called "Latins" in the Holy …

City on a Hill

After a long, steep and sometimes winding road, the tour bus finally crested the hill where Jerusalem could be seen spread out before us on a hillside across a deep valley.  Located in the Judean "mountains", Jerusalem has been called the "city on a hill". The city of Jerusalem is over 5,000 years old and to say the …

Shabbat 2

This picture has nothing to do with the story I'm about to tell, but it is the same location where I learned about Shabbat.  I talked about the bartender that taught me about Shabbat in a previous post. After finishing my beer in the previous post, I returned to my room using the bank of elevators in …

Shabbat

I learned a lot from the bartender at Jerusalem's Grand Hotel Bar.  After a full day of sight seeing, I went down to the bar for a beer.  It was 5:58 PM on a Friday; I figured the place would be rockin', you know, TGIF and all that.  The place was deserted. The bartender ask me …