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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a"><FONT face=Arial>R. Simon Montagu wrote:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a"><FONT face=Arial>: It's easy to see from a globe that the same is true, lehavdil, for the<BR>: distance from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on">Alaska</st1:State> to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:City></st1:place>. Does anyone happen to know in which<BR>: direction Jews in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alaska</st1:place></st1:State> pray?</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>See R. Elozor Reich's article at </FONT><A href="http://www.aishdas.org/articles/mizrach.htm"><FONT face=Arial color=#800080>http://www.aishdas.org/articles/mizrach.htm</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>. From his article, it appears that the Emunas Chachamim (R. Aviad Sar Shalom), the Yaavetz and the Baal Hatanya favoured the Great Circle over the Rhumb Line in determining which way to face. The Levush (who was "an expert in mathematics and astronomy" - RYLevine: there's another one to add to you list!) apparently favoured the Rhumb Line. Ayen sham.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>G'mar tov</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>Dov Kaiser</FONT></P></SPAN> </body>
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