Friday, September 11, 2009

Ramadan (Moslem) and Shabbat (Jewish)




Friday, 11 September. The third Friday of Ramadan. Have seen thousands of moslems come and go to the Dome of the Rock and the Alaxa mosque - both right beside us here. This evening at sunset the Jewish Shabbat begins. It finishes to-morrow at sunset. To night at 8 p.m., we go to the Western Wall where large numbers of Jewish people will be praying. Also, Jewish New Year begins in one week's time, followed by the end of Ramadan. So very interesting scenes to observe over the next week or so. Picture is taken from the terrace of Ecce Homo: moslems returning from mosque.