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In Palestine, a clean plate just gets you more food.
In fact, a frustration when traveling in Palestine is being overfed. I don't like to over-
eat or to waste food. And it seemed I had to do both twice a day. But then my local friend
taught me that, according to Palestinian culture, whenever a guest finishes his plate, it's
only hospitable to refill it. So I found the solution: not to finish my plate.
As in Israel, nearly all tourism in Palestine is religious tourism. And, of course, Beth-
lehem is a hugely important pilgrimage site to Christians as the birthplace of Jesus. While
our image of “no room at the inn” is brick and wood, the “inn” of Bible fame was very
likely a series of caves. And “no room” meant that a woman about to give birth would not
be welcome in the main quarters, as childbirth was considered unclean. Mary was sent to
the manger cave, where the animals were stabled, to give birth to Jesus.
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