Subject: Day 1 morocco
It is now 10 pm
We began today at 3 am meeting the bus in London driving to gatwick, davening in the airport, and catching our easy jet flight to Marrakesh.
We arrived here at 11am and from then till now we have been touring Jewish sites in Morocco
It is the Eid which is an Islamic festival commemorating the slaughtering of Yishmael by Avraham .... Sort of a twisting of history
So to mark this event all families have to shecht a lamb tomorrow
As a result they are all shlepping their lambs on their bikes, scooters, trucks or NY hand
Over 6 million lambs will meet their fate tomorrow ....seriously!!!
We stopped first at the shul in Marrakesh where we davened mincha and ate Lunch
Here we visited an amazing Jewish museum and then went to a magnificent shul called Bet El where we davened Maariv
We then visited a wonderful glatt kosher restaurant for dinner where we feasted on fish chicken and lamb
Morocco had 500000 Jews before 1960 but most have emigrated despite very good relationships with the king
There are now about 3000 Jews left mostly in Casablanca
There are 40 people on this tour and I actually met the daughter of my mohel Dr Chaulk from Gateshead who remembers my mother
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