Category Archives: Traveling in Israel

Did You Know: Leave Notes at the Western Wall?

  The Western Wall is a reminder of the second Temple, destroyed by the Romans. It is actually an external, part of the surrounding walls around the temple. It is the holiest site for Jews. Over centuries a tradition was developed, placing notes between the holy stones, asking for divine support, expressing wishes and prayers. [...]

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Seven Reasons to Learn Hebrew

  1. Key to read and understand the Bible. 2. The official language of the modern State of Israel. 3. You might like to go to Israel for a holiday. 4. The language of the Jewish people. 5. To speak Hebrew with relatives in Israel. 6. The language that first recorded the alphabet. 7. To [...]

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Jerusalem Day, this coming Thursday, a Minor Religious Holiday

  Jerusalem Day is an Israeli national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City in June 1967. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel declared Jerusalem Day a minor religious holiday to thank God for the 6-day victory and for answering the 2,000-year-old prayer of “Next Year in [...]

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