re: #238 Gus

… why?

I guess it’s good for jokes. Like, “The gift that Moses really wish he had.”

“Nah, that’s showing magnetic Jerusalem. You want to find true Jerusalem.”

But otherwise, unless you somehow don’t know where you are, an ordinary compass would do. If you’re in the US and a Jew praying, you just face East. Apparently God isn’t that picky.

There’s some atoll in the middle of the Pacific that’s the farthest point away from Mecca; a Muslim there could pray in any direction and be cool. Though I have no idea if Muslims require more exactitude in their prayer-direction than Jews do.

Fun fact: If you were in Stockholm, this compass would also point in the direction of Mecca.