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Israeli wedding halls install credit card facilities for guests' gifts By Reuters Tags: wedding, israel, gift  Guests at an Israeli wedding hall can now insert a credit card into a machine at its entrance, tap in a sum and leave a gift for the bride and groom. "It's new in Israel and the world," Aya Alon Kaufman of the Gan Oranim hall in Tel Aviv said on Israel's Channel 10. "It's very convenient ... guests can give a gift even if they forget their checkbooks." She said couples pay NIS 500 ($155) to rent the device, which resembles an automated teller machine, and the recorded funds are transferred into their bank account the next day. Advertisement The machine, shown being used in the television report, prints out a "deposit" slip with the guest's name, which can be put into an envelope along with a congratulatory note and inserted into a slot in the device for the couple to retrieve. Rather than bring boxed gifts, guests at Israeli weddings usually leave cash or checks in envelopes they slip into a safe placed at the reception hall's door. Related articles: From here to eternity Hard look / How the credit companies squeeze the public Study: Israel leads the world in number of computers per capita Bookmark to del.icio.us   West Bank drought Palestinian Water Authority calls on Israel to rethink its water policies. Death of an artist Egyptian filmmaker's controversial work earned him international recognition.   1.   With this machine it has become official 06:07  |  Doreen 11/07/08   2.   Toz 11:32  |  Aounist 11/07/08   3.   Credit Card 13:43  |  Arthur 11/07/08   4.   Wedding gifts 15:03  |  Wise Saba 11/07/08   5.   I thought such horrible things only happens in turkey 17:00  |  mehmet 11/07/08   6.   Credit Card for Gift 18:48  |  Poppy 11/07/08   7.   VERY COOL! 20:16  |  American 11/07/08   8.   A wonderful idea! 21:05  |  Sam C 11/07/08   9.   anti-theft device 22:12  |  Mike 11/07/08   10.   How tasteless 22:49  |  Gali 11/07/08   11.   SIMILAR TO THE ITALIANS CASH IN HAND BEATS A CREDIT CARD. 01:32  |  PETRA 12/07/08   12.   Where, how, since when? 01:45  |  Aviva 12/07/08   13.   Shai Be`ashrai 00:37  |  Gil 28/07/08

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