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Sunrise, sunset: Shabbat near the North Pole

The rules for the duration of Shabbat are pretty clear: Roughly 25 hours and a few minutes after candlelighting on Friday night. 
 Unless you are in a place like Reykjavik, Iceland. There, Shabbat can sometimes last a lot longer.

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