Traditional Shabbat

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On my way behind the green line for Shabbat. Since I will be joining Rivka's family for the night and they keep Shabbat, I will not be able to blog while I am there. So I thought I would write a little bit on the way. This is my third time in the West Bank. I love it here. There are mountain villages and miles of beautiful lush green landscape. I know how worried everyone gets when I come here but it really is very safe. The Jewish villages are miltary guarded and separated from the larger Arabic communities. One odd and unique fact I learned in my past trips... The Arabic and Jewish villages use different colored lights. I know it sounds weird but it's true. The Arabic villages use halogin looking white lights and the Jewish villages use yellowish colored ones. Talk about profiling huh? That type of thing would never happen in America. But it keeps the people here a little safer so I'm ok with it.

I am excited to see where Rivka grew up. I will try to make a blog about it after Shabbat and maybe add a few more photos.

Shabbat Shalom and Happy Purim!