[Avodah] Davening direction

[Eli Turkel]

I am currently in Newark Airport and got the following instructions on my
phone

Davening direction in Newark
Following a *Rhumb Line* *
<https://www.myzmanim.com/messagebox.aspx?messageid=direction>*
Maintains a constant compass direction
HaRav Yisroel Belsky and others    Bearing *96°* ≈ *East*
Following a *great circle* *
<https://www.myzmanim.com/messagebox.aspx?messageid=direction>*
A straight path of shortest distance
HaRav Yechiel A. Zilber and others    Bearing *54°* ≈ *North-East*
Instinctively it seems silly to me davening north east towards Jerusalem
even though that is the direction a plane would fly

Didn't understand the logic of the rhumb line for davening

Gut feeling is that south east is reasonable even that is based on a flat
earth
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