Metropolitan Opera House New York

Some impressions of the New York Opera

After the outbreak of the Covid 19 epidemic, it is good to move out of the voluntary quarantine home. I was at the New York Opera. The "Metropolitan" is an opera house located on Broadway at Lincoln Square in New York City. Part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The performance, which I …

Bővebben: Some impressions of the New York Opera

Lake Placid

Where there have been Winter Olympics twice – Lake Placid

I was curious to see how the mountains, where the Winter Games was organized twice. I looked, what kind of place this is, at the beginning of the summer. The official website of Lake Placid published: "Lake Placid is a village near the lake of the same name, in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. It's …

Bővebben: Where there have been Winter Olympics twice – Lake Placid

The city is empty

Following the January 6 attack on the Capitolium and the January 20 Presidential Inauguration, Washington is empty. Car traffic is rare, there are very few pedestrians, there is no tourist traffic. Museums, public buildings are closed. Many shop windows still have boards with them to defend against possible mass attacks. The photo report was taken …

Bővebben: The city is empty

SIYUM HASHAS of DAF YOMI

The 13th Siyum HaShas on January 1, 2020 took place in MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. With 2,711 pages in the Talmud, one Daf Yomi cycle takes about 7 years, 5 months. The completion of each tractate is typically celebrated with a small siyum, and the completion of the entire cycle is celebrated at an event known …

Bővebben: SIYUM HASHAS of DAF YOMI