Showing posts with label Ezekiel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ezekiel. Show all posts

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Found in Ezekiel's Tomb ✡ "Ezekiel the Priest, the Son of Buzi"

The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.

EZEKIEL (1:3)
 

הָיֹה הָיָה דְבַר יְ-הוָה אֶל יְחֶזְקֵאל בֶּן-בּוּזִי הַכֹּהֵן בְּאֶרֶץ כַּשְׂדִּים--עַל נְהַר כְּבָר וַתְּהִי עָלָיו שָׁם יַד יְ-הוָה

יחזקאל א:ג

ha-yo ha-ya d'-var a-do-nai el y'-khez-kayl ben bu-zee ha-ko-hayn b'-e-retz kas-deem al n'-har k'-var va-t'-hee a-lav sham yad a-do-nai

Today's Israel Inspiration

The prophet Ezekiel was buried outside the Land of Israel, in Iraq, during the first exile. In an incredible discovery, a pair of tefillin was found buried with him. On the wall above his tomb remain the Hebrew words: "This is the monument of our master Ezekiel the Prophet son of Buzi the priest, may his merit defend us and all Israel. Amen." May the merit of our prophets and the fulfillment of the biblical command to don tefillin continue to protect the nation of Israel. In India today, Jews are reconnecting and learning about this important commandment. Help them fulfill the mitzvah!
 

The Tefillin Booth

This short animated film presents all the steps to "bind them as a sign upon your arm" (Exodus 13:16, Deut. 6:8).
 

More Snubs by Obama

Apparently, refusing to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his upcoming visit to Washington to speak before Congress is not a strong enough expression of discontent.
 

Wood Purim Grogger

In Jewish communities around the world, the Grogger is used during public readings of the Book of Esther to make noise when the Haman’s name is read in order to fulfill the Biblical mandate of “wiping out” his memory and the memory of Amalek for all generations.

Today's Israel Photo

Adam Ingalls captured this image of a rabbi dedicated to helping people don tefillin in Jerusalem.
 

Thank You

Today's Scenes and Inspiration is sponsored by Kim Cheeseman from Apple Valley, California. Toda Raba!
 

“I So Look Forward Each Day”

It’s great to hear from so many of you - stay in touch and let us know where in the world you are enjoying Israel365!
 
I so look forward each day to the beautiful photo of Israel and the verse of Scripture in English and Hebrew. I am a Christian, but I am trying to learn to read and speak Hebrew; so the Hebrew language along with the phonetic transliteration is very helpful. Thank you so much for sending this to me. Have a blessed day, John Concienne

Hello my name is Lynda, I really enjoy reading your emails daily. With my Jewish history I adore the pictures as well. I went to Israel a few years ago. My heart was stretched, I fell in love with Jerusalem, its never far from my thoughts. Regards- Lynda Dries
Shalom,
Rabbi Tuly Weisz
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

I will settle you... - ISRAEL365

I will settle you as in the past and will make you prosper more than before.

EZEKIEL (36:11)
 

וְהוֹשַׁבְתִּי אֶתְכֶם כְּקַדְמוֹתֵיכֶם וְהֵיטִבֹתִי מֵרִאשֹׁתֵיכֶם

יחזקאל לו:יא


v'-ho-SHAV-tee et-KHEM k'-kad-mo-TAY-khem v'-hay-ti-vo-TEE may-ri-sho-TAY-khem

Today's Israel Inspiration

How privileged are we to witness the words of Ezekiel come true in our days, as the cities of Israel are settled and developed after more than 2,000 years of desolation. With growth comes the huge responsibility of ensuring that all of Israel's citizens are safe and thriving. The Summit Institute rescues and cares for over 1,200 of Israel's most disadvantaged young people through its family-based foster program for infants and youth at risk, and in-community rehabilitation of young adults coping with mental illnesses.

Arab-Israeli Conflict in Cartoon

The world is not elementary school. Sometimes you just have to defend yourself.
 

Broadening the Horizons of Love

Meet a special emergency foster family in Southern Israel, who are now caring for three refugee children from Africa, ages 6, 4 and 2.
 

Ram's Horn Shofar

In the Hebrew month of Elul, we begin to blow the shofar to prepare for the Jewish New Year in just one month. Get this authentic ram's horn shofar from Israel in time for the New Year!
 

Today's Israel Photo

Boruch Len's photo of the Tel Aviv skyline from the Mediterranean.
 

Yesterday's Photo Trivia

Yesterday's photo showed one of Israel’s most fascinating spots and what is known in Hebrew as יָם הַ‏‏מֶּ‏‏לַ‏ח - yam ha-me-LAKH, which literally means, “Salt Sea” but is more commonly referred to in English as the Dead Sea, יָם הַ‏‏מָּוֶת - yam ha-ma-VET

Thank You

Today's Scenes and Inspiration is sponsored by Ma Corazon Abuan of Spring, Texas in honor of Lorenzo Joshua Abuan. Toda raba!
 

“Love it, Love it, Love it”

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Dear Rabbi Tuly,  We prayed this morning in our Sunday school class for the State of Israel. May HaShem grant you success and no more loss of life. May He keep you and all of your loved ones safe from harm. We believe that we are seeing some of Ezekiel 38 begin to come to pass. Shalom, Mick and Elaine Neace

Good morning - I look forward to Israel365 every morning with great anticipation. The pictures are wonderful, I have been to Israel once and long to return someday, and I am trying to learn Hebrew so it is great to practice along with your texts.  Thanks so much, love it, love it, love it. Keith
Shalom,
Rabbi Tuly Weisz
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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) - Rare Century-Old Photos of Golden Gate and Temple Mount

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)


Posted: 30 Nov 2013 10:51 PM PST

Golden Gate [Shaar HaRachamim in Hebrew] of Jerusalem's Old City 
(Oregon State University Archives) See more on the Golden Gate here

We continue with more photos and original captions from the Oregon State University Archives.  View Part 1 here.  The captions provide a fascinating commentary on historical understanding of areas in the Holy Land a century ago, including a comment about "Jewish Zionists."  The pictures are dated as "circa 1910."

View the Oregon State University Archives' complete collection here.

The Archives' captions appear in blue below.

Golden Gate image (above] description from historic lecture booklet: "The Golden Gate is in the East wall of the Haram or temple area. Ezekiel, the prophet, says that it was shut in his day and must not be opened for any man, "for the Lord, the God of Israel hath entered in by it , therefore it shall be shut." Ezekiel 44:1,2. Traditionally, this is the Beautiful Gate of Acts 3:2, but that gate was evidently much nearer to the Temple. But actually dates from the fifth or perhaps the seventh, Christian century. It was restored in 1892; it is still architecturally interesting from the inside, where a staircase ascends to the roof."
 

Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount of Jerusalem
(Oregon State University Archives)
 
 "One of the handsome southern approaches to the mosque of Omar, a Mohammedan temple of religion. The mosque is on the higher level. In the immediate foregrounds is one of the famous fountains of the Temple area, and men may be seen at their religious ablutions. When one reaches the approach it is necessary to rent slippers. They are always kept on hand for the purpose of entering the Mosque and are retained until the visitor finished not only the Mosque of Omar, but also the Mosque el-Aksa on the south end of the area. This is an act of reverence just as we would remove our hats when going into a church."
 


The interior of the Dome of the Rock 
(Oregon State University Archives)  
Note how the crevices of the Rock are deeper than those
seen in other photos of the surface.
 
 "This rock has been regarded as sacred from the earliest times. Long before the Hebrew occupation of Palestine [Editor's note: some 3,500 years ago], this striking formation led the ancients to view this as a Holy mount. Its length is about 58 feet, the breadth nearly 52 feet. It extends above the surrounding pavement from four to six and half feet. Here on Mount Moriah, which is called also Zion, Abraham was about to offer Isaac. Here by the threshing-floor of Araunsh, David saw the destroying angel. Here also Solomen [sic] built the temple, but this rock was not within it as it is within the Mosque. It is probable that the altar of sacrifice stood on the rock.
The interior of the Mosque, which is an octagon with sides 66 feet 7 inches in length, is 174 feet in diameter. It is divided by its two series of supports into three concentric parts. The pillars were all taken from older buildings. An inscription in the oldest Arabic character, Cufic, records that "Adballah el-Iman el-Melik, prince of the faithful erected this dome in the year 72-692 A.D.["] It is in the Arabian style." 


Safed [Tzfat in Hebrew], holy Jewish city in the Galilee 
(Oregon State University Archives) See more on Safed here

"About ten miles northwest of the Sea of Galilee on a very high hill (2,749 feet) of the ancient province of Galilee, is situated the city of Safed, which is thought by some to be the city referred to by Jesus in His sermon on the mount (Matt 5:14).

[Editor's note: There is little archaeological evidence of Safed's existence as a population center at the time of the Second Temple.]
You remember the words of our Lord to his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount? "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid." He may have pointed to this very hill and this very city, now known as Safed, in northern Galilee. Although no place having this location is named in the Bible, it is probable that in Christ's day, a city was standing on this hill, for in the New Testament period, this land was densely populated. Safed stands as a landmark, seen in every direction, and well illustrated the words of Jesus regarding the prominence of his disciples in the world." 
  
Christian pilgrims on their way from the Jordan River to Jerusalem
(Oregon State University Archives)


"This picture is taken along the Jericho road looking west toward Jerusalem. The subject of the picture "Pilgrims" is one that has its place in all histories of religion. The present motley crowd is made up of a number of nationalities, but the majority are Russians. These have already been to the Jordon at their reputed places of the baptism of Jesus. and are now returning to the Holy City to partake in the festivities around the Holy Sepulchre which takes place at Easter." 

Christian Street in Jerusalem's Old City
(Oregon State University Archives)

Image description from historic lecture booklet: "Christian Street is a thoroughfare running north and south ending at David Street. It is by far the cleanest street in all Jerusalem. There is a new "Jerusalem" now being built by the Jewish Zionists, who are settling in Palestine in great numbers. They are establishing a university and are spending millions of dollars in modernizing the city and whole region." 

 
The serpentine road between Jerusalem and Jaffa
(Oregon State University Archives)
 
"A good macadamized road extends from Jaffa to Jerusalem. The section of road in the picture with its serpentine windings is six or eight miles from Jerusalem." 
 
 
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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Amazing Sunset over Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, Israel, Holy Land HD

Bless my friends in Israel, Lord, on this glorious day You have created. Let Your eternal Light shine upon them today Yeshua Hamashiach (Jesus Christ).
Steve Martin



Published on Jan 6, 2013
Best sunset over Jerusalem on Christmas day 25th December 2012 standing on the Mount of Olives in front of the Eastern/Mercy/Golden Gate HD
//*The East Gate and the Return of Jesus.

Neh. 3:29
"...the gate that looketh toward the east: And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east."

Ezekiel 44:1-3
1 Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut.
2 And he said to me, "This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it shall remain shut.
3 Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way."

The "Golden Gate" was located in the East wall of Jerusalem; it was one of eleven entrance gates into the city. Notice in the above picture that this gate is sealed shut. It was sealed up in the 16th century A.D.

A little background on the East gate of Jerusalem: The East gate was walled up by it's Muslim conquerors (the Ottoman Turks) in 1530 A.D. Notice also the cemetery that has been planted in front of it. Many believe this was done to prevent the entrance of the Jewish Messiah through that gate as was foretold by known Old Testament prophecies. However, Ezekiel prophesied the shutting of this gate itself around 600 B.C. -- that it would be shut "because the LORD (Jehovah or Yahweh), the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut."

Jesus entered Jerusalem through the East gate around 30 A.D. (long before it was blocked by the Ottomans) as he came down from the Mount of Olives and entered the temple according to our understanding of Luke 19:28-48. He would have entered through the original gate in the wall which was destroyed with the city by the Romans in 70 A.D. Ezekiel says concerning this closed gate that the "Prince" (which the Messiah is often called throughout the Old Testament and Jesus is called in the New Testament) shall enter it again. Jesus, having entered the city, said that he would not be seen again until Jerusalem acknowledges him (Matthew 23:37-39).

The Eastern gate is presently considered by the Arabs to be their exclusive property. It is sealed up and blocked off. However one day, the Messiah will land on the Mount of Olives, with all His saints, and walk down to and right through the Eastern Gate and into the Temple area.