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I can answer questions on Jewish history and religion, especially the relationship between Judaism and other religions and questions about every aspect of Israel

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I've been a tour guide for more than 25 years in Israel and I've taught Jewish History and Religion in various schools at high school level

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Israel Tour guides association

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BA in comparitive Semitic Languages and 5 years of university study in Jewish philosophy

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Recent Answers from Leon Gork

2009-11-07 ancient burial practise:

The archaeologist claims the coins were found in a Jewish Burial site in Jericho. See The Biblical Archaeologist http://www.jstor.org/pss/3209825 for more details on this subject. I don't know of seed

2009-11-06 Dividing of days past and present:

One should ask untill complete clarity is achieved. Thanks for asking. The experts on the matter of the calendar and everything else in Judaism are the Rabbis of the Mishna and the Talmud and later clarifications

2009-11-04 Dividing of days past and present:

Obviously the day begins with the dawn not with sunset. This is the meaning of "and it was evening and it was morning, one day" that means morning and evening is one day. Each day consists of a period

2009-08-26 Jerusalem-Dead Sea driving:

Have a good trip. The distance between Jerusalem and Bethlehem is very short only about 5 kM. The distance to Massada is about 100 KM and from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv is only about 60 KM. It might be easier

2009-08-19 account of King David's affair with Bathsheba:

I haven't heard this before but it's well known that history was created by the one who authorized it to be written. It's almost sure that the Bible like other books of those days were written and published

 

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