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At 6:00 PM January 21–22, 1998
Sunrise (local): 6:40 a.m. Sunset (local): 5:02 p.m.	Weather 75°F
Traveled Since Jan. 20 56 mi / 90 km Cumulative 1796 mi / 2892 km	Lat: 32° 49' 27" N Lon: 35° 00' 40" E Elev: NA

[Webmaster's note: This dispatch covers the days from January 21 to January 22. The almanac data refers to January 22.]

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Haifa
Where We're Staying: Re'ut-Sadaqqa headquarters
Places We Visited: ORT schools — Kiryat Tivon, Hanna Senesh, Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Motzkin, and 'Akko
Featured Site: 'Akko
Person of the Day: Ort School System
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: kebabs; Breakfast: bread, zatar pizzas, pastries; Lunch: hotdogs (!); Dinner: humus, falafel, and kebab sandwiches; Olive Count: 1449
Word of the Day: In Hebrew, "good morning" is boker tov , "good evening" is erev tov , and "good night" is lilah tov.
Tech Fact of the Day: Aliya , which means "to go up" in Hebrew (remember the Hebrew directions we learned?), is also used to describe the return of Jews to the State of Israel after their spread throughout the world during the Diaspora. If someone "makes Aliya," he or she moves to Israel and becomes an Israeli citizen.: Flat Count (Cumulative): 8; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 22


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