One of the highlights of the Jewish Quarter is the renovated Cardo - there old shopping stalls used to be they remodeled them for modern-day shops. There is also an area of the Cardo that is unfinished that shows how the street might have looked originally.
We went there with Rabbis Rick and Susan and then went to the Arab bakery that Rabbi Susan loves for an onion pita (kind of like a pletzel) and a bagela (a large oval bagel-like roll covered in sesame seeds). They were fresh out of the oven and still warm.
We sat on a bench on the sidewalk and ate and talked - hearing of their experiences with Bonia Shur (the composer of the Kiddusha) while in rabbinic school. We so enjoy their company.
I added to my manhole cover collection in Jerusalem - it might be strange, but they're very cool.
We passed the Horva Shul - an orthodox synagogue, destroyed during the various wars, that has recently reopened after being restored.
While walking through the courtyard near the Horva, we saw and heard two young Israeli men playing guitars and singing Hey Jude.
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| Buildings surrounding the courtyard of the Horva Shul |
We also saw one of the "windows" that would have been used by a bowman to protect the old city.
One last walk through the Davidson Center allowed me to get the saying on the wall from Chaim Be'er:
"The Jerusalem stone, so resilient and supple, bows to the transient follies of humankind, bearing testimony like a hundred witnesses, and yet remains silent."
We then walked through the Herodian Street that we had seen earlier that included the ritual bath, quarry and the pillars that supported the Robinson Arch.
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| Where Robinson's Arch connected to the Western Wall. |
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| Large Herodian stones. |
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| Ritual Bath |
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| The Mikveh steps - one side for unclean; one side for clean. |
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| Quarry |
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