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Hundreds flock to 'weeping' Mary statue in Israel
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Published: 12.02.14, 15:35
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1. Happened in the U.S., too
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (02.12.14)
In New Jersey, if memory serves, some years ago. The family that owned the "weeping" statue started to charge admission and rented port-a-potties. Then, the fraud was discovered, and they ended up going to prison. C'est la vie.
2. Mary is a myth, Jesus is a myth.
JMK ,   NYC   (02.13.14)
3. I am a myth.
JMK, NYC   (02.13.14)
4. maybe the statue cries because ...
moshe ,   Tivon, Israel   (02.13.14)
Jesus was a religious Jewish carpenter, that spoke Hebrew and couldn't even understand the English, Latin, or Greek: or any of the languages Christianity. moshe
5. Moshe an answer from one of yourown
JS ,   US   (02.13.14)
RABBI MAX answers ... The Common daily language spoken in Jesus day amongst the Israelites was Aramaic. Many people would also have spoken the trade languages of Greek and Latin, these however would have been secondary to the locals. The Religious and Torah educated would also have been fluent in Hebrew.
6. Hummus & pita will be sold aplenty now :-) That's the "mi-
tom ,   tel aviv   (02.14.14)
racle" of Capitalism!
7. Moshe,
walt K ,   Sherbrooke, Canada   (04.01.14)
At the Jesus's time, the jews spoke aramean.
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