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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">In a message dated 8/2/2011 7:42:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
areivim@sba2.com writes:</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>BTW the
DY also writes: "raui lehavin mi nasan shemos lemekomos<BR>halalu...midbar
tziyeh ushemama, velo avar bo ish
me'olom..."<BR><BR><BR>SBA</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>This gets off Mesorah material, but I am sure that there were many
travelers in the desert, caravans that passed through, and they named the places
where they could rest, probably oases and wadis that had water in the
winter. The Sinai is not all endless sand like the Sahara.
There are many desert plants and animals there, and Bedouins, and in the
Middle Ages, several monasteries. An interesting short article about
the Sinai: </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.sharksbay.com/new/english/TheSinaiDesert.html">http://www.sharksbay.com/new/english/TheSinaiDesert.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>"The Sinai desert is the natural land bridge between Africa and Asia and,
with its unique dramatic landscape and the fascinating culture of the Bedouins,
is one of the most impressive areas of the world"</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">--Toby<B><BR>--Toby Katz<BR>================</FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_____________________
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