tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453762785578435050.post2818671245971720877..comments2023-04-01T18:25:57.162+03:00Comments on smamitayim: Pre-Shabbos rushabayyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981283506380434140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453762785578435050.post-47594366199448419522008-11-27T00:43:00.000+02:002008-11-27T00:43:00.000+02:00The reason we light candles earlier in Jerusalem h...The reason we light candles earlier in Jerusalem has to do with the mountains. We used to calculate the sunset according to the disappearance of the rays over the horizon, and ones view of the horizon is effected by being in the mountains. There is a very long discussion of this in our sources, and a good article in http://www.daat.ac.il/DAAT/kitveyet/shana/rabinovits-2.htm but I personally think it was planned that way to drive the Yerushalmim nuts. hugs!R. Meidelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10777598979804589670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453762785578435050.post-70389469894707828062008-11-22T20:39:00.000+02:002008-11-22T20:39:00.000+02:00Ah, I see. Interesting. I did check out a time zon...Ah, I see. Interesting. I did check out a time zone map though, and it does look like Israel and its immediate neighbors are GMT+2 when they're really more in line with +3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453762785578435050.post-4553094865554334702008-11-22T18:09:00.000+02:002008-11-22T18:09:00.000+02:00Interesting! But I think the deal here is Jerusal...Interesting! But I think the deal here is Jerusalem specific. Tel Aviv and the rest of the Jewish world start Shabbat 18 minutes before sunset. But J-lem is a full half hour before that. I thought maybe it was because it was considered a walled city and in Jewish law walled cities have some other special customs associated with them, but I haven't been able to get a good answer.Minnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15893398187111863553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453762785578435050.post-76540174894027568862008-11-21T15:16:00.000+02:002008-11-21T15:16:00.000+02:00Is Israel, like, in the wrong time zone? Because I...Is Israel, like, in the wrong time zone? Because I have heard other comments about how early the sun sets there in the winter, which doesn't make sense to me either, since it's pretty far south. Like, are the clocks set an hour or two behind where they would be according to local solar time, maybe to be more in sync with Western Europe for business purposes? (In western Russia, it's the opposite, the clocks are too far ahead and the sun rises and sets much later than it should, which drove me crazy when I lived there because in the darkest part of winter the sun doesn't rise until 10am and do you know how much harder that makes it for a non-morning person?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com