1st Samuel 28 describes King Saul seeking a medium (witch) to contact the spirit of the prophet Samuel. His servant said to him "Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor." En Dor was an additional stop on our journey yesterday.
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Wyeth & Betty At En Dor (for the ladies of the Sunday evening Bible Study group)
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En Dor (Ein Dor) is today a working kibbutz which began in 1948. A kibbutz is a "collective settlement"; there are 330 kibbutzim in Israel. Everyone that is a member of the kibbutz shares equally in the income earned, regardless of their job description. Kibbutz Ein Dor's main source of income is selling solar-generated energy, along with agriculture.
Along with a small but very informative archaelogical museum located at En Dor, there is also a collection of tools and equipment used from ancient times to the present in the making of olive oil. It was very interesting to hear and learn about this process.
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| Screw-Type Olive Press |
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| Beam-Type Olive Press |
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Stone wheel used to crush olives
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