[Avodah] Which way to Jerusalem?

[Zev Sero]

On 13/09/2010 3:52 AM, David Riceman wrote:
> RMB:
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> We use plumb line directions, meaning -- you get to Israel by heading east
> then south, or south than east, without looking at diagonals.
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> When I was young I was told that we use the reverse of the course our ancestors took to get here, which is why we don't use the great circle route.

 From which direction did Jews (let alone "our" ancestors -- whose?) arrive
in San Francisco?  Did they come from the east or the south?  Should shuls
in Texas and surrounding states point towards Galveston?


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