Ramadan

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High Holidays 2018
Faith and fasting: A look at the practice ahead of Yom Kippur
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman09.08.2018
Food abstention and restrictions are ancient practices whose purpose and benefit span across the three Abrahamic faiths—Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, at the end of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays. Israel came to a standstill for 25-hours during the high holiday of Yom Kippur when observant Jews fast and Israelis are prohibited from driving. Photo by Flash90
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Fast or no fast, life-saving volunteers observing Ramadan keep up with their work
United Hatzalah14.06.2018
Despite a marathon of fasting that makes managing a daily routine extremely difficult, nearly 400 Muslim volunteers for United Hatzalah respond to emergency calls every day.
Muslim volunteers of United Hatzalah and the local ambulance team of Kfar Kara pose together after a training session. Sanaa Mahameed is third from right. Credit: United Hatzalah.
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