> Per my knowledge US is the only country which stubbornly (and illogically) considers Sunday to be the first day of the week; No, in Israel Sunday is the firs

> Per my knowledge US is the only country which stubbornly (and illogically) considers Sunday to be the first day of the week; No, in Israel Sunday is the first day of the week too, because the weekend is Friday-Saturday (Shabbath). In Hebrew, though, the week days are named rather simply - except for Sabbath, they are just "Day 1" (Sunday), ..., "Day 6" (Friday). OTOH, that's exactly how they were numbered in the Bible, so...