http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com Learn Hebrew Online with eTeacher Wed, 09 May 2012 07:54:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-mount-hermon/ http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-mount-hermon/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:00:11 +0000 Iris Dahan http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/?p=4562 After 7 years of drought, the winter is finally returned to Israel. In winter , Mount Hermon is covered with snow During the winter, the lower slopes of the Hermon are used for skiing and snowboarding. Many visitors come to see the amazing view, to play in the snow, to go up in the cable [...]]]> http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-mount-hermon/feed/ 0 http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/the-dead-sea-one-of-7-wonders-of-the-world/ http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/the-dead-sea-one-of-7-wonders-of-the-world/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:00:18 +0000 Iris Dahan http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/?p=4330 Have you ever been in the lowest place on earth? If your answer is yes, you’ve probably been in the Dead Sea. On November 11, 2011 , 7 new wonders of the world will be selected. For the first time, the Dead Sea is among the 28 Finalists. What is the Dead Sea? It was [...]]]> http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/the-dead-sea-one-of-7-wonders-of-the-world/feed/ 1 http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/did-you-know-leave-notes-at-the-western-wall/ http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/did-you-know-leave-notes-at-the-western-wall/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:59:42 +0000 admin http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/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. [...]]]> http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/did-you-know-leave-notes-at-the-western-wall/feed/ 3 http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/9-facts-about-the-western-wall-jerusalem/ http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/9-facts-about-the-western-wall-jerusalem/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:54:51 +0000 admin http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/9-facts-about-the-western-wall-jerusalem/   Picture Courtesy www.JerusalemShots.com Picture Courtesy www.JerusalemShots.com   The Western is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount. The Western Wall is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple’s courtyard and is one of the most sacred sites in Judaism [...]]]> http://blog.eteacherhebrew.com/traveling-in-israel/9-facts-about-the-western-wall-jerusalem/feed/ 8