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Absalom
According to the Bible, Absalom or Avshalom () was the third son of David, King of Israel with Maachah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur. (, )
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Ahron Soloveichik
Rabbi Ahron (Aaron) Soloveichik ;(May 1, 1917 - October 4, 2001) was a renowned scholar of Talmud, Halakha and a Rosh Yeshiva; known especially within circles of Orthodox Judaism.
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Ammon
Ammon (; ), also referred to as the Ammonites and children of Ammon, was an ancient nation which, according to the Old Testament and other sources, occupied an area east of the Jordan River, Gilead, and the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan. The chief city of the country was Rabbah or Rabbath Ammon, site of the modern city of Amman, Jordan's capital. Milcom and Molech (perhaps one and the same) are named in the Bible as the gods of Ammon.
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Avigdor Miller
Rabbi Avigdor Miller (August 28, 1908 - April 20, 2001) was a Haredi rabbi, author and lecturer in the United States. He served simultaneously as a communal rabbi and as the mashgiach ruchani ("spiritual advisor/supervisor") of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin and as a teacher in Beis Yaakov for many years.
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Avraham Shapira
:This article is about the rabbi. For the politician, see Avraham Yosef Shapira.
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Baal Shem Tov
Rabbi Yisroel (Israel) ben Eliezer (רבי ישראל בן אליעזר August 27, 1698 (18 Elul) – May 22, 1760), often called Baal Shem Tov or Besht, was a Jewish mystical rabbi. He is considered to be the founder of Hasidic Judaism (see also Mezhbizh Hasidic dynasty).
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Ben Ish Chai
Yosef Chaim (1 September 1832 – 30 August 1909) (Hebrew: יוסף חיים מבגדאד) was a leading Hakham (Sephardic Rabbi), authority on Jewish law (Halakha) and Master Kabbalist. He is best known as author of the work on Halakha Ben Ish Chai (בן איש חי) ("Son of Man (who) Lives"), by which title he is also known.
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Boris Schatz
Boris Schatz (בוריס ש"ץ ) (1867 – 1932 ) was a Russian-born Jewish artist and sculptor who founded the Bezalel School in Jerusalem.
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Chaim ibn Attar
Chaim ben Moses ibn Attar also known as the Ohr ha-Chaim after his popular commentary on the Pentateuch, was a Talmudist and kabbalist; born at Mequenez, Morocco, in 1696; died in Jerusalem July 7, 1743. He was one of the most prominent rabbis in Morocco.
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David
David () was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible. He is depicted as a righteous king, although not without fault, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet, traditionally credited for composing many of the psalms contained in the Book of Psalms.
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda (אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֵּן־יְהוּדָה, Eliezer ben-Yehuda; 7 January 1858–16 December 1922) was a Jewish lexicographer and newspaper editor. He was the driving spirit behind the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era.
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Eliyahu Asheri
Eliyahu Pinchas Asheri (February 2, 1988 – June 25, 2006) was an Israeli student from the village of Itamar, in the northern West Bank who was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) on June 25, 2006, hours after the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli corporal, that led to Operation Summer Rains. [http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/israeldiary/Signs_of_the_Times.asp]
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Else Lasker-Schüler
Else Lasker-Schüler (February 11, 1869 – January 22, 1945) was a Jewish German poet and playwright (1869-1945) famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin. She was one of the few women affiliated with the Expressionist movement. Lasker-Schüler fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem.
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Ephraim Urbach
Ephraim Elimelech Urbach (Hebrew: אפרים אלימלך אורבך) (born 1912; died 1991) was a distinguished scholar of Judaism. He is best known for his landmark works on rabbinic thought, The Sages, and for research on the Tosafot. He was an unsuccessful candidate to be President of Israel in 1973.
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Harry Fischel
Harry Fischel (c.1865 - 1948) was an American businessman and philanthropist based in New York City at the turn of the 20th century.
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Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold (December 21, 1860 – February 13, 1945) was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women's Organization.
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Israel Dov Frumkin
Israel Dov Frumkin (; born in Dubroŭna, Russian Empire, October 29, 1850 – 1914, Jerusalem) was a pioneer of Hebrew journalism, author, and builder of Jerusalem.
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Issamar of Nadvorna
Rabbi Isamar Rosenbaum (1886–1973) was a Hasidic rebbe, and the progenitor of the extended Hasidic dynasty of Nadvorna and Kretshniff. He was the son of Rabbi Meyer Rosenbaum of Kretshniff, who in turn was a son of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna.
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Jacob Israël de Haan
Jacob Israël de Haan (December 31, 1881, Smilde, Drenthe - June 30, 1924) was a Dutch Jewish literary writer and journalist who was assassinated in Jerusalem by the Haganah for his anti-Zionist political activities and contacts with Arab leaders. He is believed to be the first victim of Zionist political violence. De Haan is revered as a martyr among certain sections of the Haredi Jewish community, particularly the Neturei Karta and Edah HaChareidis.
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Jacob Meir
Jacob Meir, (1856-1939), was the first Sephardic Chief Rabbi appointed under the British Mandate of Palestine. A talmudic scholar, fluent in Hebrew as well as five other languages, he enjoyed a reputation as one of Jerusalem's most respected rabbis.
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Jacob Saul Elyashar
Jacob Saul Elyashar, (1817–1906), was a Palestinian Sephardi rabbi who became the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Palestine in 1893.
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Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth (c. 5 BC/BCE – c. 30 AD/CE),
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King Hussein
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King Solomon
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Levi Yitzchok Bender
Levi Yitzchok Bender (1897–1989) was a rabbi and leader of the Breslov community in both Uman, Ukraine and Jerusalem, Israel. Many Breslover Hasidim regarded him as their spiritual mentor, especially baalei teshuva ("returnees to the faith") who joined the Breslov movement in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Maiden of Ludmir
The Maiden of Ludmir, (full name: Hannah Rachel Verbermacher), (1805-1888), also known as the "Ludmirer Moyd", was the only female Rebbe in the history of the Hasidic movement [http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Maiden_of_Ludmir] [http://books.google.com/books?id=K4WylwfJNOoC&dq;=biography+maiden+ludmir&source;=gbs_navlinks_s].
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Meir Auerbach
Meir Auerbach (1815–1877) was appointed by Rabbi Shmuel Salant for a number of years as the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem .
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Meir Feinstein
Meir Feinstein (; October 5, 1927 - April 21, 1947) was born in the Old city of Jerusalem. His parents, Bela and Eliezer, immigrated from Brisk. He was an Irgun operative who was injured while planting an Improvised Explosive Device in the railway station in Jerusalem, and was subsequently captured and sentenced to death by the British authorities in Palestine. At his trial, Feinstein refused legal counsel and refused to recognize the authority of the British court or participate in the trial, other than to speak at the summation. Before the reading of the verdict Feinstein broke his silence, saying:
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Menachem Begin
(, , , 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician and the sixth Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Before independence, he was the leader of the Zionist militant Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. He proclaimed a revolt, on February 1, 1944, against the British mandatory government, which was opposed by the Jewish Agency. He played a significant role in Jewish resistance against the British control in the waning years of the mandate, leading the more militant faction within Zionism.
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Menahem Begin
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Meron Benvenisti
Meron Benvenisti ((), born 1934) is an Israeli political scientist who was Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem under Teddy Kollek from 1971 to 1978 and administered East Jerusalem and its largely Arab neighbourhoods[http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/6390.html]. He has long been a critic of Israel's policies towards Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and is an advocate of the idea of a binational state.
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Meyer Rosenbaum (II)
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Moab
Moab (; Greek Μωάβ Mōav; Arabic مؤاب, Assyrian ''Mu'aba, Ma'ba, Ma'ab ; Egyptian Mu'ab'') is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan running along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. In ancient times, it was home to the kingdom of the Moabites, a people often in conflict with their Israelite neighbors to the west. The Moabites were a historical people, whose existence is attested to by numerous archeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over an unnamed son of King Omri of Israel. Their capital was Dibon, located next to the modern Jordanian town of Dhiban.
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Moshe Barazani
Moshe Barazani, also Barzani (1928-1947), was an Iraqi Jew and a member of Lehi ("Freedom Fighters of Israel," aka the "Stern Gang"). He was born in Bagadad to a Jewish family from Northern Iraq that moved to Jerusalem when he was an infant. He joined Lehi at an early age and took part in sabotage operations. He was arrested during a curfew, charged with conspiracy to murder British Brigardier A. P. Davis and sentenced to death by hanging by a British military court on April 21, 1947. However before the execution, he and his comrade Meir Feinstein committed suicide in their cells in the central prison in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem with improvised grenades which had been smuggled inside oranges. The story of Feinstein and Barazani became one of the most famous tales of heroism in the history of Zionism. Menachem Begin was so moved by the deeds of the two men that he requested in his will that he be buried next to them on the Mount of Olives, which he was.
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Moshe Halberstam
Rabbi Moshe Halberstam (April 1, 1932 – April 26, 2006) was the son of Grand Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam of Tschakava, a scion of the Sanz dynasty, and of the daughter of Rabbi Sholom Moskowitz of Shotz of London. He was the Rosh Yeshivah of the Tschakava Yeshivah in Jerusalem and one of the most prominent members of the Edah Charedis Rabbinical court of Jerusalem. He was known as a well-versed Torah scholar and a decisor of Halachic law. He wrote approbations to many works of Torah literature.
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Moshe Hirsch
Moshe Hirsch () (born 1923—May 2, 2010) was the leader of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta group in Jerusalem. He had a close relationship with Yasser Arafat, and visited him in Ramallah, in whose government he served as Minister for Jewish Affairs. Following Hirsch's death during the week of the shiva, visitors paying a home visit to the mourners included many senior Fatah members, including Adnan al-Husayni (who brought a personal letter of consolation from Mahmoud Abbas), Hatem Abdel Kader and Bilial A-Natsha.
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Nahmanides
Nahmanides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Nachman Girondi, Bonastruc ça Porta and by his acronym Ramban, (Gerona, 1194 – Land of Israel, 1270), was a leading medieval Jewish scholar, Catalan rabbi, philosopher, physician, kabbalist, and biblical commentator.
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Nissim Behar
Nissim Behar (1848 - 1931) was a Jewish Palestinian educator, born in Jerusalem, and long associated with the Alliance Israélite Universelle, both there and in the Diaspora. After receiving his pension, he became a propagandist, in 1899. for the Alliance, and later for early Zionism.
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Pesach Stein
Rabbi Pesach Yitzhak Stein (1918 - 2002) was a renowned Rosh Yeshiva at the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Robert Maxwell
Ian Robert Maxwell MC (10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Member of Parliament (MP), who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire. His death revealed huge black holes in his companies' finances, including the Mirror Group pension fund, which, it was alleged, Maxwell had misappropriated.
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Shalom Sharabi
Sar Shalom Sharabi (), also known as the Rashash, the Shemesh or Ribbi Shalom Mizraḥi deyedi`a Sharabi (Jewish Sharab, Yemen 1720 - Jerusalem 1777/(10 shevat 5537)), was a Yemenite Rabbi, Halachist, Chazzan and Kabbalist. In later life he became the Rosh Yeshiva of Bet El Yeshiva. He was one of the Jewish world's foremost masters of Kabbalah, Torah, Talmud and Halacha in the 18th Century, and one of the first Yemenite Jews to have a major influence on the wider Jewish world. He is now considered to rank among the Acharonim, to be the direct successor to the Ari and one of the most important Oriental Rabbis in history.
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Shimon Hakham
Rabbi Shimon Hakham (1843, Bukhara- 1910, Jerusalem) was a Bukharian rabbi residing in Jerusalem who promoted literacy by translating Hebrew religious books into Bukhori.
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Shlomo Elyashiv
Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv ( Eliashoff ) (January 5, 1841 (12 Tevet 5602) - March 13, 1925 (27 Adar, 5675) ) () , also known as the Leshem or ''Ba'al HaLeshem'', was a famous kabbalist, who lived in Šiauliai, Lithuania.
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Shlomo Goren
Shlomo Goren (Hebrew: שלמה גורן) (born 3 February 1917, died 29 October 1994), was an Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi in Israel who founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces and subsequently as the third Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983.
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Shmuel Salant
Shmuel Salant (January 2, 1816 – August 16, 1909) served as the Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for almost seventy years. He was a renowned Talmudist and Torah scholar.
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון, July 17, 1888 - February 17, 1970) was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (ש"י עגנון). In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.
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Sholom Schwadron
Sholom Schwadron () (1912–1997) was a Haredi rabbi. He was known as the "Maggid of Jerusalem" for his fiery, inspirational mussar talks. Some of the stories he told about the character and conduct of Torah leaders and tzadikim of previous generations were incorporated in the "Maggid" series of books by Rabbi Paysach Krohn, whom Rabbi Schwadron mentored.
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Simcha Bunim Alter
Simcha Bunim Alter (6 April 1898 – 6 August 1992), also known as the Lev Simcha after the works he authored, was the fifth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1977 until 1992.
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Solomon
Solomon (, Sulaymān; ; Solomōn; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a King of Israel. The biblical accounts identify Solomon as the son of David. He is also called Jedidiah in 2 Samuel 12:25, and is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, and the final king before the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah split; following the split his patrilineal descendants ruled over Judah alone.
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Tomb of Zechariah
The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient stone monument adjacent to the Bnei Hazir tomb.
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Uri Zvi Grinberg
Uri Zvi Grinberg (also Uri Zvi Greenberg) (, 22 September 1896 – 8 May 1981) was an acclaimed Israeli poet and journalist who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew.
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Yad Avshalom
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Yechezkel Sarna
Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna (1890–1969) was the successor to Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka, as the spiritual mentor of that Yeshiva. He moved it from Europe to Hebron in 1925 and following the Hebron Massacre of 1929 to Jerusalem. In 1934 he assumed the position of Rosh Yeshiva. Over the years, he produced thousands of students, many of whom became prominent roshei yeshiva and Rabbis in Israel and abroad.
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Yehoshua Leib Diskin
Yehoshua Yehudah Leib Diskin (1818–1898), also known as the Maharil Diskin, was an important rabbi, Talmudist and Biblical commentator. He served as a rabbi in Łomża, Mezritch, Kovno, Shklov, Brisk and finally Jerusalem after moving there in 1878, where he became the spiritual leader of a part of the Yishuv haYashan.
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Yisrael Alter
Yisrael Alter, (12 October 1895 – 20 February 1977), also known as the Beis Yisroel after the works he authored, was the fourth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1948 until 1977.
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Yisrael Salanter
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Yosef Leifer
Yosef Leifer (1891 – 7 March 1966) was the first Rebbe and founder of the Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty) Hasidic dynasty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which he led for 42 years. Known as the Tzidkas Yosef after the name of his posthumously-published sefer, he was a scion of the Nadvorna dynasty.
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Yossele Rosenblatt
Josef "Yossele" Rosenblatt (May 9, 1882 - June 19, 1933) was a Ukrainian-born chazzan (cantor) and composer. He was regarded as the greatest cantor of his time.
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Zundel Salant
Yosef Zundel of Salant (1786-1866) (also known as Zundel Salant) was an Ashkenazi rabbi, and the primary teacher of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter.
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Bethany (Israel)
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough with approximately 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area.
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City of David
The City of David () (Ir David) (), biblical Jerusalem, is the oldest settled neighborhood of Jerusalem and a major archaeological site. It is a narrow ridge running south from the Temple Mount. It was a walled city in the Bronze Age and, according to tradition, it is the place where King David built his palace and established his capital. The City of David was naturally defended by the Tyropoeon Valley on its west, the Hinnom valley to the south, and the Kidron Valley on the east; although over time the once-steep valley to the west has been largely filled in.
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Cuba
The Republic of Cuba (; , ) is an island country in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos.
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Damascus
Damascus ( , commonly known as الشام ash-Shām also known as the "City of Jasmin" ) is the capital of Syria as well as one of the country's 14 governorates. The Damascus Governorate is ruled by a governor appointed by the Minister of Interior. In addition to being widely known as the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, Damascus is a major cultural and religious center of the Levant.
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Gethsemane
Gethsemane (Greek ΓεΘσημανἰ, Gethsēmani Hebrew:גת שמנים, Aramaic:גת שמני, Gath-Šmânê, Assyrian ܓܕܣܡܢ, Gat Šmānê, lit. "oil press") is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem most famous as the place where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night before Jesus' crucifixion.
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Jordan
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Mary's Tomb
'''Mary's Tomb''' is a tomb located in the Kidron Valley, on the foothills of Mount of Olives, near the Church of All Nations and Gethsemane garden, originally just outside Jerusalem. It is regarded as the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus by most Eastern Christians (many of whom refer to her as Theotokos), in contradistinction to the House of the Virgin Mary near Ephesus.
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Mercaz HaRav
Mercaz HaRav (, lit. center of The Rabbi (Rabbi Kook), more properly, Mercaz HaRav Kook ), is a national-religious yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1924 by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. It has become synonymous with his teachings.
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Moab
Moab (; Greek Μωάβ Mōav; Arabic مؤاب, Assyrian ''Mu'aba, Ma'ba, Ma'ab ; Egyptian Mu'ab'') is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan running along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. In ancient times, it was home to the kingdom of the Moabites, a people often in conflict with their Israelite neighbors to the west. The Moabites were a historical people, whose existence is attested to by numerous archeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over an unnamed son of King Omri of Israel. Their capital was Dibon, located next to the modern Jordanian town of Dhiban.
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Mount Herzl
Mount Herzl, (), also Har HaZikaron, הר הזכרון (lit. "Mount of Memory"), is a hilltop and national cemetery in Jerusalem, named for Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism. Herzl's tomb lies at the top of the hill. Yad Vashem, which commemorates the Holocaust, lies to the west of Mt. Herzl. Israel's war dead are also buried there.
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Pakistan
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Safed
Safed (, ''Tz'fat; , Ṣafad''), also known as Zefat (Ashkenazi: Tzfas; Biblical: Ṣ'fath), is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an altitude of , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and of Israel. Due to its high altitude, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters. Since the sixteenth century, Safed has been considered one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Tiberias; since that time, the city has remained a center of Kabbalah, also known as Jewish mysticism.
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Seven Arches Hotel
The Seven Arches Hotel (formerly the Intercontinental Hotel) is a hotel in the Arab neighborhood of A-Tur on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. The hotel was built by the Jordanians in 1964 on top of the Jewish cemetery that covers the slopes of the mountain.
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Silwan
Silwan, or Kfar Hashiloah, (; ) is a predominantly Arab neighborhood adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem, extending along the Kidron Valley and running alongside the eastern slopes of Jabal al-Mukaber. Silwan has a population of roughly 45,000.
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Slabodka yeshiva
Slabodka yeshiva, also known as Knesses Yisroel, and later as Hebron Yeshiva or Yeshivas Hevron, was known colloquially as the "mother of yeshivas" and was devoted to high level study of the Talmud. The yeshiva was located in the Lithuanian town of Slabodka, adjacent to Kovno (Kaunas), now Vilijampolė, a suburb of Kaunas. It functioned from the late 19th century until World War II.
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Tomb of Benei Hezir
The Bnei Hazir tomb () is the oldest of four monumental rock-cut tombs that stand in the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem and date to the period of the Second Temple. It is a complex of burial caves. The tomb was originally accessed from a single rock-cut stair-well which descends to the tomb from the north. At a later period of time a additional entrance was created by quarrying a tunnel from the courtyard of the Tomb of Zechariah. This is also the contemporary entrance to the burial complex.
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Tomb of Zechariah
The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient stone monument adjacent to the Bnei Hazir tomb.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
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West Bank
The West Bank (, , , ''HaGadah HaMa'aravit'') is a landlocked territory and is the eastern part of the Palestinian territories; on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the country of Jordan. The West Bank also contains a significant coastline along the western bank of the Dead Sea. Since 1967, most of the West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation as what it calls the Judea and Samaria Area. A smaller part of the West Bank is administered by the Israeli civilian authorities as part of Jerusalem District.
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Yad Avshalom
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- Absalom
- Ahron Soloveichik
- Ammon
- Aryeh Kaplan
- Ascension of Jesus
- at-Tur (town)
- Avigdor Miller
- Avraham Shapira
- Avrohom Blumenkrantz
- Avshalom
- Baal Shem Tov
- Beit Orot
- Ben Ish Chai
- Bethany (Israel)
- Book of Ezekiel
- Book of Zechariah
- Books of Kings
- Books of Samuel
- Boris Schatz
- Brest, Belarus
- Brooklyn
- Chaim Berlin
- Chaim ibn Attar
- Christian
- City of David
- Cuba
- Damascus
- David
- East Jerusalem
- Edah HaChareidis
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
- Eliyahu Asheri
- Else Lasker-Schüler
- Ephraim Urbach
- First Temple
- gas station
- Gavriel Holtzberg
- Gethsemane
- Gospel of Luke
- Gospel of Matthew
- Haaretz
- Hadassah
- Haganah
- Harry Fischel
- hazzan
- Henrietta Szold
- idolatry
- Irgun
- Islam
- Israel Dov Frumkin
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The Mount of Olives
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- Duration: 5:17
- Published: 29 Nov 2007
- Uploaded: 04 Jan 2012
- Author: calvarybooks
Mount of Olives & Kidron Valley
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New Jewish Neighborhood in Eastern Jerusalem
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- Duration: 2:18
- Published: 31 Jan 2011
- Uploaded: 28 Dec 2011
- Author: IsraelNationalTV
The cornerstone laying ceremony for a new Jewish neighborhood on the northern slopes of Mt. of Olives was held this afternoon, in the presence of past and possibly future US Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, Knesset Members, rabbis, and Jerusalem city council members. www.israelnationalnews.com
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Jerusalem - Holy Land - Mount of Olives' Churches - Israel
The lookout point on the Mount of Olives is one of the most impressive in the world. The mount has great significance in Christianity, Judaism & Islam especially in the vision of the end of days. The mount also plays an important role in the last week of Jesus' life: It's the place from which he entered Jerusalem for the last supper on Passover, the place where he mourned the future destruction of the city and the Temple, the place where he was handed over before his crucifixion, and the place from which he arose to heaven and from which he was supposed to return.
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"Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Old City" Abarnes's photos around Jerusalem, Israel
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- Duration: 2:40
- Published: 11 Nov 2010
- Uploaded: 19 Nov 2011
- Author: TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
Preview of Abarnes's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Jerusalem, Israel Entry Title: "Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Old City" Entry: "Sunday morning after breakfast our group made our way to the Mount of Olives to view "golden" Jerusalem. Mount of Olives, Dominus Flevit, is the traditional site where Jesus wept over Jerusalem before His triumphal entry. (Luke 19:41-44) In antiquity, the Mount was covered with olive trees but the Romans cut most of them down to build a rampart for the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD The mountain is first mentioned in the Bible in II Samuel 15:30 when King David was fleeing from Absalom, "and David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up..." Here Zechariah prophesied the End of the Days: "and his feet stand in that day upon the mount of Olives..." (Zec. 14-4) Legend tells that the Messiah will enter the Temple Courts through the Golden Gate, opposite the mountain. For many years Jews have chosen to be buried here to be among the first to follow the Messiah on the Day of Redemption. This is the oldest and largest Jewish cemetery in the world. After getting our group picture taken on the Mount of Olives, we proceeded down Palm Sunday Road. This steep road on the western slope of the Mount of Olives descending toward the Kidron Valley is the path Jesus took to the Temple on Palm Sunday <b>...</b>
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Israel - 11 Mount of Olives 1 of 2
From Rich's 2007 trip to Israel. Insights on Mount of Olives and Jerusalem from Tour Guide Amir Tsarfati. Part 1 of 2.
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Israel - 12 Mount of Olives 2 of 2
From Rich's 2007 trip to Israel. Insights on Mount of Olives and Jerusalem from Tour Guide Amir Tsarfati. Part 2 of 2.
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Mount of Olives - Jerusalem, Israel
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- Duration: 2:31
- Published: 10 Dec 2010
- Uploaded: 21 Apr 2011
- Author: TripAdvisorTRIPWOWa
tripwow.tripadvisor.com - Created at TripWow by TravelPod Attractions (a TripAdvisor™ company) Mount Of Olives Jerusalem Located east of Jerusalem, this holy spot is associated with many events in Jesus' life including ascending to Heaven (Chapel of Ascension) and teaching his disciples the Lord's prayer (Pater Noster). Read more at: www.travelpod.com Travel blogs from Mount of Olives: - "... The views facing the Old City, Mount of Olives and the Hinnom Valley are truly special, particularly as the light changes throughout the day ..." - "... The olive tree is to signify the Mount of Olives where Jesus was to be betrayed shortly after this supper ..." - "... Palestinian Chistian Scouts led the procession from the Mount of Olives to Bethany, where the Patriarch of Jerusalem spoke of peace between Israel and Palestine, echoing what the Pope said of the violence ..." - "... Tio pointed behind the Wall to the dome-shamed Mount of Olives, grassy with white graves ..." - "... Last stop on the list of Christian things to do - Mount of Olives ..." - "... Then went to the Mount of Olives, where a few churches are at various spots including the Garden of Gethsemane, the ascension, ..." - "... Tomorrow we visit the Garden of Gethsemane, the Garden Tomb, the Upper Room, Mount Zion, and the Mount of Olives ..." Read these blogs and more at: www.travelpod.com Photos from: - Jerusalem, Israel Photos in this video: - "Jewish grave yard at the mount of Olives" by Dinoshona from a blog <b>...</b>
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Day 3: Touring the Mount Of Olives in Jerusalem (05.10.10)
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- Duration: 9:14
- Published: 13 May 2010
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- Author: TheREALAvengerr
I took a tour of the Mount of Olives, a very biblical place. I don't say much, and had the tour guide do most of the explaining. =P But, I'll do a description here of where I went: First, at the top, we were at the "Dome of the Ascension" - which inside holds a slab of rock where there is the last footprint (if you call it that) from Jesus on Earth before he ascended into Heaven. Unfortunately, I THOUGHT I had a video clip of it, but I guess I did not. I'll link to a picture in the future. Below it is the Church of the Pater Noster, where you can see the Lord's Prayer written in over 100 languages. Some of those languages are extinct today. Following that was the Jewish cemetery. This is explained more in the video. Then was the Dominus Flevit Church (Also translates to: "The Lord Wept") is shaped like a teardrop. It symbolizes the tears of Christ, apparently. In all basicness, this church marks the site where Christ Wept. Yes. Protip: If you have annotations turned off, or didn't see it, this church (and many others as well, actually) DO NOT let men or women onto their grounds if you are wearing shorts that do not cover the ENTIRE knee. To be safe, just wear pants when touring the various churches. (I was wearing board shorts, but the other guy in my group had shorts that were MAYBE 2cm shorter than mine, and he was not allowed in.) Also, women must cover their shoulders. After that was the Garden of Gethsemane (Geth-sem-an-ee) which was where Jesus and his disciples <b>...</b>
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Temple Mount - Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives
Temple Mount. Randall Niles views the Temple Mount of Ancient Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives across the Kidron Valley. The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the location of the first and second Jewish Temples, the first built by King Solomon in the mid-900s BC, and the second by the returning Jews from Babylonian captivity in the early 500s BC. In the first century BC, King Herod rebuilt and expanded the second temple, doubling the area of the Temple Mount and surrounding it with four massive walls. The western retaining wall is the longest and still used today as a sacred area for Jewish prayer. Herods Temple Mount is the Jerusalem of Jesus time. It was this Temple where Jesus taught the people and rebuked the Jewish leadership during holy festivals. The Temple Mount during Jesus time was an awesome site, taking 1000 Jewish priests and 10000 laborers nine years to complete under Herod. In 70 AD, the Jerusalem of Jesus time, including the Jewish Temple, was totally destroyed by the Romans. Since the 7th century AD, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem has been the site of two major Muslim religious shrines, the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Remarkably, the Temple Mount, also known as Mount Moriah, is the holiest site in Judaism, the third holiest site in Islam, and a primary site of historical significance for Christianity. Thus, it has been, and continues to be, one of the most volatile sites on the globe. Visit www.allaboutarchaeology.org to further explore the <b>...</b>
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20101105 4 Mount of Olives Chapel of the Ascension Pater Noster Dominus Flevit Church Convent of St Mary Magdalene
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"Hallelujah" (Christ on the Mount of Olives): WTW Chorale
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- Duration: 4:22
- Published: 22 Jun 2008
- Uploaded: 27 Dec 2011
- Author: terryism1960
Well, a few months later, here's the spring concert version of the piece that already has more than 1300 views. Not sure it can compete ... except they've had more practice! (Of course, this one was performed after a tornado passed through and the choir had just returned from being evacuated. I'll say, Hallelujah!)
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Beethoven Oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op.85 (1)
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- Duration: 5:41
- Published: 09 Jan 2010
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- Author: whomakemefeel
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 † 1827) Work: Oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op.85 1.Movement: Introduktion. Grave - Adagio (Orchestra) Performed: Ann Petersen (Soprano) Adam Zdunikowski (Tenor) Ole Stovring Larsen (Bass) Conductor: Knud Vad Torun Chamber Orchestra & Chorus Soranus Composition März 1803 Throughout his life, Beethoven was always looking for good librettos to compose dramatic works and operas on. As early as the 1790s did he dream about writing a great opera. Still, he started the project with caution and thorough preparation. First he took lessons in dramatic composition with one of the grand masters: From 1802 onwards, he studied with Antonio Salieri. Additionally, he tried a related genre, the oratorio, which also uses dramatic effects and deals with texts. Beethoven's only oratorio "Christ on the olive mountain" op. 85 is based on a subject quite frequently set to music in the Alpine region, the introduction to the passion: Scared Jesus who after the final supper with his disciples withdraws to the gardens of Gethsemane for prayer but is then betrayed by them and captured. Beethoven said he composed his oratorio in March 1803 in just two weeks. The oratorio was performed for the first time at the "Theatre an der Wien" on April 5th, 1803, together with the third piano concert op. 37 and the First and Second Symphony op. 21 and op. 36. The anonymous reviewer of Vienna's general musical newspaper from May 25th, 1803, was quite angry about the <b>...</b>
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Mt. of Olives, Bethlehem, Herodian, Tekoa
American students visit Mt. of Olives, Bethany, Gethsemane, Ketef Hinnom tomb, Bethlehem, Herodia, Tekoa
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"Glenn Beck visits Mount of Olives Community in Jerusalem" Eye On Zion - Israel TV
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- Duration: 7:54
- Published: 14 Jul 2011
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- Author: EyeOnZionTV
July 11, 2011: American broadcaster Glenn Beck visits eastern Jerusalem community of Ma'ale HaZeitim. During a reception for Beck, Yishai Fleisher speaks regarding the traits of courage, truth, and independence in the face of the adversity that Jews face living in eastern Jerusalem. Please click "thumbs up" if you like the video.
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"DAYS OF ELIJAH" Dance - Mount of Olives, Israel
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- Duration: 5:45
- Published: 21 Nov 2010
- Uploaded: 02 Jan 2012
- Author: IDanceatHeart
During Sukkot/ Tabernacles On October 6th, 2009, Believers danced to "Days of Elijah" on the Mount of Olives in Israel, the exact location where Scripture and many Biblical scholars say the promised Messiah will set his feet on & fight against the Nations that come against Israel. (Zechariah...
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Beethoven's Hallelujah from Mount of Olives
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- Duration: 4:13
- Published: 04 May 2008
- Uploaded: 06 Jan 2012
- Author: boundaryless
Beethoven's Hallelujah from Mount of Olives - UMBC Jubilee Choir Spring 2008
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Beethoven: Hallelujah (Mount Of Olives)
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ (westside.org)
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Holy Land Tour Mount of Olives Jerusalem
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- Duration: 5:37
- Published: 26 Jun 2011
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- Author: seahorsecruising
Holy land tour by Tom Shanley. This video covers Gethsemane, Basilica of the Agony, Western Wall, Mount of Olives and more.
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Mt. of Olives, Bethlehem, Herodian, Judean Foothills (Shephelah)
American students visit Mt. of Olives, Bethany, Bethlehem, Herodian, Sorek Valley (Samson), Elah Valley (David fought Goliath), Lacish
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Jerusalem: Mount of Olives & Gethsemane Church
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- Duration: 8:32
- Published: 04 Dec 2009
- Uploaded: 29 Dec 2011
- Author: hoosiertim
Recorded October 29, 2009. I begin my tour of Jerusalem by visiting the Mount of Olives which overlooks the city of Jerusalem. Next I visit to Gethsemane Church and the Garden of Olives. The video concludes at the Tomb of Mary. From: timvp.com
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Mount of Olives Visit in Jerusalem, Palestine
A nice video that was taken of me on my first visit to Palestine, Im riding the camel for the first time in the summer of 05, this was located about 10 minutes away from our hometown of Beit Hanina, Jerusalem
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Reclaiming the Mount of Olives with Aryeh King
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- Duration: 5:40
- Published: 18 Dec 2011
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- Author: JewishPressTV
Aryeh King (Founder and Director of the Israel Land Fund) takes Yishai Fleisher to a special plot on the Mount of Olives to plant new olive trees and work on revitalizing Jewish property neglected for the past seventy years. This is a unique look at Jerusalem from the ancient olive groves of Jerusalem, overlooking the Temple Mount. Yishai Fleisher (Managing Editor of Jewishpress.com) interviews Aryeh King about his organization's work to revive critical areas belonging to Jews in eastern Jerusalem. more video, interviews, articles, and news at jewishpress.com visit Yishai Fleisher at yish.ai learn about The Israel Land Fund at Israellandfund.org United With Israel http The music in the video is the song "Olat Ha'Tamid" by the Israeli band "Orphaned Land". The lyrics to "Olat Ha'Tamid" are from a piyut or poem written by 11th century Hebrew poet Shelomo ben Yehuda ibn Gabirol.
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Hallelujah Chorus from Christ on the Mount of Olives, Beethoven
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- Duration: 4:27
- Published: 09 Jan 2009
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- Author: bassie987654321
Fairview High School Orchestra (the Classic Knights), and present Hallelujah Chorus from Christ on the Mount of Olives, Beethoven in Boulder, CO, 2007. The orchestra is the non audition orchestra (anyone may join) and the Choir is the "Festival Choir" Fairview is a public school, part of BVSD school district
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Apprentice’s school-record season-opening win streak ended at 10 with a 71-47 loss Friday at Division II Mount Olive (N.C.). The Trojans took control midway through the first half, though Apprentice’s Courtney Collins had 10 points. Apprentice's Tamara Davis and Danita Whitaker each had...
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The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, , Har HaZeitim ;, Jebel az-Zeitun) is a mountain ridge in East Jerusalem with three peaks running from north to south. The highest, at-Tur, rises to 818 meters (2,683 ft). It is named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes. The Mount of Olives is associated predominantly with Jewish and Christian traditions but also contains several sites important in Islam. The mount has been used as a Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years and holds approximately 150,000 graves.
History
From Biblical times until today, Jews have been buried on the Mount of Olives. The necropolis on the southern ridge, the location of the modern village of Silwan, was the burial place of the city's most important citizens in the period of the Biblical kings. There are an estimated 150,000 graves on the Mount, including tombs traditionally associated with Zechariah and Avshalom. On the upper slope, the traditional Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi is situated. Notable rabbis buried on the mount include Chaim ibn Attar and others from the 15th-century to present.
Roman soldiers from the 10th Legion camped on the Mount during the Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 CE. The religious ceremony marking the start of a new month was held on the Mount of Olives in the days of the Second Temple. After the destruction of the Temple, Jews celebrated the festival of Sukkot on the Mount of Olives. They made pilgrimages to the Mount of Olives because it was 80 meters higher than the Temple Mount and offered a panoramic view of the Temple site. It became a traditional place for lamenting the Temple's destruction, especially on Tisha B'Av. In the mid-1850s, the villagers of Silwan were paid £100 annually by the Jews in an effort to prevent the desecration of graves on the mount.
During the Islamization of Jerusalem under Jordanian occupation from 1948 to 1967, Jewish burials were halted, massive vandalism took place, and 40,000 of the 50,000 graves were desecrated. King Hussein permitted the construction of the Intercontinental Hotel at the summit of the Mount of Olives together with a road that cut through the cemetery which destroyed hundreds of Jewish graves, some from the First Temple Period. After the Six-Day War, restoration work began, and the cemetery was re-opened for burials.
Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin asked to be buried on the Mount of Olives near the grave of Etzel member Meir Feinstein, rather than Mount Herzl national cemetery.
Religious significance
Old Testament references
The Mount of Olives is first mentioned in connection with David's flight from Absalom (II Samuel 15:30): "And David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up." The ascent was probably east of the City of David, near the village of Silwan. The sacred character of the mount is alluded to in the Ezekiel (11:23): "And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city." According to the Old Testament, Solomon built altars to the gods of his wives on the southern peak (I Kings 11:7–8). During the reign of King Josiah, the mount was called the Mount of Corruption (II Kings 23:13). An apocalyptic prophecy in the Book of Zechariah states that Yahweh will stand on the Mount of Olives and the mountain will split in two, with one half shifting north and one half shifting south (Zechariah 14:4).The biblical designation Har HaMashchit derives from the idol worship there, begun by King Solomon's Moabite and Ammonite wives "on the mountain which is before (east of) Jerusalem" (Kings I 11:17), just outside the limits of the holy city. This site was infamous for idol worship throughout the First Temple period, until king of Judah, Josiah, finally destroyed "the high places that were before Jerusalem, to the right of Har HaMashchit,..."
New Testament references
The Mount of Olives is frequently mentioned in the New Testament (;26:30, etc.) as the route from Jerusalem to Bethany and the place where Jesus stood when he wept over Jerusalem. Jesus is said to have spent time on the mount, teaching and prophesying to his disciples (Matthew 24–25), including the Olivet discourse, returning after each day to rest (Luke 21:37), and also coming there on the night of his betrayal (). At the foot of the Mount of Olives lies the Garden of Gethsemane. The New Testament, tells how Jesus and his friends sang together – "When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives" Gospel of Matthew 26:30. Jesus ascended to heaven from the Mt of Olives as recorded in the book of Acts 1:9–12.
Status since 1948
In the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jordan occupied East Jerusalem, including the Mount of Olives, and held it until the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. During this period, Jordan annexed its part of the city, but this was recognized only by the United Kingdom and Pakistan. Jordan had obligated itself within the framework of the 3 April 1949 Armistice Agreement to allow "free access to the holy sites and cultural institutions and use of the cemeteries on the Mount of Olives,". While Christian pilgrims and non-Israeli Jews were allowed to visit the Mount, Israeli citizens were barred from entering Jordan and therefore were unable to travel to the area. This was in direct violation of the agreed-to armistice.By the end of 1949, and throughout the Jordanian occupation of the site, some Arab residents uprooted tombstones and plowed the land in the cemeteries and an estimated 38,000 tombstones were damaged in total. During this period, four roads were paved through the cemeteries, in the process destroying graves including those of famous persons. Buildings, including the Seven Arches Hotel (formerly Intercontinental Hotel) and a gas station, were erected on top of ancient graves.
Israel captured East Jerusalem, along with the rest of the West Bank in the 1967 Six-day War and has occupied those territories since. In an act condemned as a violation of international law and ruled null and void by the UN Security Council in UNSC Resolution 478, Israel unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem in 1980.
Landmarks
The Arab neighborhood of at-Tur is located on the mountain's summit, and the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem abuts the mount on the north. Landmarks on the Mount of Olives include Yad Avshalom, the Tomb of Zechariah, the Church of all Nations, the Church of Maria Magdalene, Dominus Flevit Church, Gethsemane, Mary's Tomb, Church of the Pater Noster, the Seven Arches Hotel, Orson Hyde Park and Beit Orot. At the foot of the mountain lies Emek Tzurim National Park and the Temple Mount Antiquities Salvage Operation.
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ar:جبل الزيتون bg:Елеонски хълм ca:Mont de les Oliveres cs:Olivová hora da:Oliebjerget de:Ölberg (Jerusalem) es:Monte de los Olivos eo:Olivarba monto fr:Mont des Oliviers ga:Cnoc na nOlóg it:Monte degli Ulivi he:הר הזיתים mk:Маслинова гора nl:Olijfberg ja:オリーブ山 no:Oljeberget oc:Mont dels Olius pnb:زیتون دا پعاڑ pl:Góra Oliwna pt:Monte das Oliveiras ru:Елеонская гора sk:Olivový vrch sl:Oljska gora sr:Маслинова гора sh:Maslinova gora fi:Öljymäki sv:Olivberget tr:Zeytindağı (tepe) uk:Оливкова гора vi:Núi Ôliu yi:הר הזיתים zh:橄榄山This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
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