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Israel stamps honor sage craftsman with tales of scribe blacksmith and lecturer
Israel's annual High Holy Days issue dedicates three stamps to ancient sages who were craftsmen. Rabbi Meir Baal Ha-Nes, a famed scribe. Rabbi Joshua Ben Nananiah, a teacher and blacksmith. and Rabbi Jonathon of Alexandria, a lecturer and shoemaker. A second stamp set promotes Dead Sea and Tiberius Hot Springs health resorts. A third honors the Jewish Agency for Palestine on its 50th anniversary with a light-beam motif. The Stamps & Stories sixth edition, updated for 1979 U.S. stamps, is on sale.
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