[Avodah] Which way to Jerusalem?

[Akiva Blum]

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> [mailto:avodah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org] On Behalf Of Micha Berger
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:38 PM
> To: avodah at lists.aishdas.org
> Subject: Re: [Avodah] Which way to Jerusalem?
> 
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 12:43:27PM -0700, Simon Montagu wrote:
> : It's easy to see from a globe that the same is true, 
> lehavdil, for the
> : distance from Alaska to Jerusalem. Does anyone happen to 
> know in which
> : direction Jews in Alaska pray?
> 
> We here in NY do not face ENE, even though that's the shortest route
> around the surface of the earth. (Ever fly from here to Israel, going
> over New England, Newfoundland, etc...?)
> 
> This is so counterintuitive to some, you might need to see a 
> map 

Google Earth will draw the shortest line (ruler). Try it from anywhere. You can
see the actual route.

Akiva