Concocting a cure

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Who knew simple glass bowls could make such interesting shadows.
Good ones to share at Shadow Shot Sunday.
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It pays to enlarge this photo and read about how a prince in A Thousand and One Nights was miraculously cured by a concoction of ingredients bought in the spice-handlers market in old Jerusalem.
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This display is part of the Materia Medica exhibit in Shaare Zedek Hospital.
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Although I can't find proof, I imagine Spicehandler is an old Jewish name.
American Rabbi Ezra Spicehandler comes to mind.
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Till today the Arab souk of the Old City has big spice shops full of exotic and fragrant spices and incense.
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