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First Havdalah ceremony held in Majdal Zon, Lebanon

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First Havdalah ceremony held in Majdal Zon, Lebanon

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TL;DR

A Havdalah ceremony — the Jewish ritual marking the end of Shabbat — was held for the first time in the Lebanese town of Majdal Zon, according to a social media post by Israeli journalist Yinon Magal.

01 · THE DISPATCH

A single social media post by Israeli journalist Yinon Magal reports that a Havdalah ceremony — the brief ritual that ends Shabbat — was held in the Lebanese town of Majdal Zon, which Magal says appears to be a first for that location. No further details, such as the identity of participants or whether Israeli forces were present, are available at this stage. The post does not include images or video. Without corroboration from additional sources, the report remains a single-account, unverified claim.

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