Church of the Sermon on the Mount – Mount of Beatitudes.The Mount of Beatitudes is on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, above Capernaum, and is approached by a special road branching from the main road going up to Rosh Pina (route 90).According to tradition, Jesus taught his disciples the Sermon on the […]
Labels: Ein Avdat, Negev, Ramat HaNegev Also: Ein Ovdat, Ein Abdat or Ein Obodat A canyon in the Negev Desert, south of Kibbutz Sde Boker.
Sha’ar Hazahav or Bab El-Rahmeh.The gate was used by the Turkish through the period of the Muslims in the Seventh Century. There are two entrance ways to the gate: one is called ”The Gate of Repentance” and one is called the ”Gate of Mercy”. According to the Christians, Jesus walked through this gate to Jerusalem […]
1. The Common Oak Forest This is the most typical and common forest and maquis formation of the local arboreal vegetation. It is dominated by the Common oak (Quercus calliprinos), and accompanied by the Palestine terebinth (Pistacia palaestina), Spiny hawthorn (Crataegus aronia), Strawberry tree (Arbutus andrachne), Laurel (Laurus nobilis), green olive tree or mock privet […]
The most beautiful beach in Israel!.A Mediterranean Coastal Nature Reserve including an area of 42.3 ha and 4,825m shore line with a kurkar (Calcareous) ridge & sandy beaches, extending from Tel Dor in the south to Moshav HaBonim in the north.The reserve provides a number of walking routes that pass through the bays, allowing close-up […]
The Menorah is one of the oldest Jewish symbols, found engraved on rocks, depicted on mosaics, coins, and stone sarcophagi. The Menorah, among the loot being carried from the Second Temple, is famously depicted on the Arch of Titus, although some scholars question its accuracy. Outside the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, is a large bronze menorah […]
The centerpiece of Old JaffaThe Square has archaeological remains and is lined with shops, nightclubs, and cafes.
The first area of Jewish settlement in Jerusalem outside the Old City walls. Mishkenot Sha’ananim derives its name from “My people will abide in peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings and in quiet resting places” (Isaiah 32:18). The windmill, adjacent cottages and almshouses opposite the Old City, built by Sir Moses Montefiore, as the executor […]
A large vertical south sundial is mounted on the wall of “Zohorey Khamma” Yeshiva (religious school), in Jaffa Road 92, Jerusalem. Rabbi Shmuel Levi, a Russian Jew living in the United States and active on behalf of immigrants in Jerusalem, built this unusual building, standing on Jaffa Road near the Mahane Yehuda Market. In […]
The tomb of Benjamin, son of Jacob (Yacov’s son).According to one of the traditions the tomb of Benjamin -one of the 12 tribes of Israel- is located along road 55, Kfar Saba East.The Tomb and some of the ruins around it, are from the Mameluke period, built by Governor Emir al-Husami in the 14th century.
access from road 899. Villages and monasteries, oil presses and tombs from the Roman, Byzantine and Mameluke Period hidden in a mountainous region, rich in vegetation and a breathtaking scenery.We start our trip in “Granot HaGalil” (road 899), which is part of Maale Yosef Regional Council (the council was formed by the merging of 21 […]
Both the cenacle and the tomb of David are located in the same building. The Franciscans bought it in 1335 and gave it its present form. In the beginning of the 15th century, Jews attempted to purchase the building. This resulted in a dispute between the Jews and the Christians. The Muslims made it their […]
Class Dicotyledoneae, dicots, מחלקה דו-פסיגיים Family Oleaceae, Olive Family,משפחה זיתיים Trees or shrubs with opposite leaves; flowers, bisexual, regular, 4 united sepals, 4 or 0 (Fraxinus) united petals, 2 stamens; the ovary is positioned superior and consists of 2 united carpels; fruit, a capsule, a pair of winged seeds or sometimes as a berry or […]
The court, where the tombs of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and his son Eleazar are located, was built by Abraham ben Mordechai Galante in the second half of the sixteenth century at the slope of mountain Meron. Further up the mountain is one of the oldest Galilean synagogues, Khirbet Shema, built in the third century. […]
