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Showing posts with label Old City. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 9, 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014
Vintage Photos from Jerusalem's Hinnom Valley - Israel's History - a Picture a Day
Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2014
This is a picture of "Gei Hinnom" (the Hinnom Valley) in Jerusalem, beneath the walls of the Old City. Today, few residents or tourists know about the history of the area called "Breichat HaSultan (the Sultan's Pool), except for the occasional concert in the amphitheater. As we researched the picture, however, we discovered that the pool and cattle market were the frequent focus of photographers a century ago.
The Valley of Ben-Hinnom is mentioned repeatedly in the Bible, serving as a border between tribes of Judah and Benjamin. From biblical times it had an infamous reputation as the site of human sacrifices to Molech. The evil perpetrated there made the name "Gei Hinnom," or Gehenna, synonymous with Hell. A dam was built across the valley, possibly at the time of the Second Temple, with a road on top that passed between Mt. Zion and the opposite hill (eventually Mishkenot HaSha'ananim). The reservoir created by the dam measured 169 meters by 67meters, with a depth of 12 meters. The road became one of the principle routes to Jerusalem from the south. Suleiman the Magnificent built a sabil fountain on the dam, and it still exists today.
A sheep market was located on the opposite side of Jerusalem's Old City at Herod's Gate, which can be viewed here. After the 1948 war between Israel and its Arab neighbors, the valley was a desolate no-man's zone between Jordan and Israel.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
New day. New year. Renewed hope.
Psalm 121
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
The Lord the Keeper of Israel.
A Song of Ascents.
121 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
From where shall my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.
From where shall my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper;
The Lord is your shade on your right hand.
6 The sun will not smite you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
8 The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in
From this time forth and forever.
The Lord is your shade on your right hand.
6 The sun will not smite you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
8 The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in
From this time forth and forever.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Jerusalem Snow...and a lot of it. 12.12.13
Jerusalem's Old City 12.12.13
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Breaking Israel News - Jerusalem Helps Christian Residents Prepare for Christmas
Jerusalem Helps Christian Residents Prepare for Christmas
Christmas trees and festive lighting will help Christian residents and tourists commemorate the holiday.
A man rings a bell outside of the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, a day Christmas 2012. (Photo: FLASH90)
With dozens of churches scattered throughout the Christian Quarter of the Old City, around the Old City and in the neighborhood of Ein Karem, and being only six kilometers from Bethlehem, Jerusalem is a very special place for both Christian residents and tourists to celebrate Christmas.
According to the city of Jerusalem spokesperson, “as the home of the three Abrahamic traditions, Jerusalem is dear to over 3.5 billion people of varying faiths around the world. Our city is proud to be an open city, with freedom of religion for all residents.”
As in years past, the Jerusalem Municipality and the Jewish National Fund will distribute free Christmas trees to Christian residents of Jerusalem on Sunday, December 22 at the College Des Freres – De La Salle High School. The Jerusalem Development Authority, in coordination with local residents and shop keepers, will also decorate the streets and hang festive lighting in the Christian Quarter of the Old City.
In addition to the Christian residents of Jerusalem, Israel is expecting 75,000 tourists for the December holiday. As reported by Breaking Israel News, Israel’s ministry of tourism has invested 86 million shekels ($24 million US dollars) over the past two years to maintain and improve the infrastructure of Christian holy sites. Tourism minister Uzi Landau plans to host pre-Christmas receptions for Church leaders in Jerusalem and Nazareth, as well as providing free shuttles between Jerusalem and Bethlehem on Christmas itself.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) - Walls & Gates of Jerusalem
Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) |
The Chatham University Archives placed all 110 colored slides from the"Holy Land Lantern Slides"online, and in this posting we present a selection to focus on the collection's pictures of Jerusalem's walls and gates.
This Picture of Jaffa Gate has been featured in previous postings when we found it in other collections.
We also determined that the photo was taken prior to 1898 because of a glimpse of the moat wall on the right side of the picture. The wall was torn down and the moat filled in so that the Germany emperor's carriage could enter.
There are no pictures of the Zion, Dung and Herod Gates of the Old City. The "New Gate" of the Old City, an entrance built for access into the Christian Quarter, was constructed in 1889, after the photographs were taken.
The "lions" carved on both sides of the gate are actually panthers, the symbol of the Mamluk Sultan Baybars (1223-1277). The panthers were believed to have been part of a Mamluki structure and placed at the gate by Suleiman to commemorate the Ottoman victory over the Mamluks in 1517. View an earlier posting on Lions Gate here.
See our previous feature on
Sha'ar Harachamim and the graves
beneath it here.
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Will Jerusalem Be Divided Again?
Will Jerusalem Be Divided Again?
By Scott Ross and Julie Stahl
CBN News Middle East Bureau
Monday, November 25, 2013
JERUSALEM, Israel - Jerusalem. Its name means "City of Peace," yet it's been destroyed, rebuilt, conquered, and re-conquered more times than any other city in history.
"The city has a role to play," Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told CBN News. "It's the center of the world."
For 19 years, Jerusalem was divided between Israel and Jordan with the Old City on the Jordan side. In 1967, the Six-Day War led to the reuniting of the city under Israeli sovereignty.
Now, part of the U.S.-backed peace process seeks to split the city once again. Dividing Jerusalem is the most contentious issue in Middle East peace talks.
Israel maintains Jerusalem is its eternal, undivided capital. Palestinians want the eastern part for the capital of a future state.
CBN's Scott Ross recently asked Mayor Barkat and others about dividing the city. Barkat said dividing the city is impossible.
Following is their discussion.
Barkat: It cannot be divided, it will never function as a divided city. It has to be one physical city enabling all to worship their faith, their way, to respect each other. There's room for all.
Ross: Can you convince the Palestinians of that?
Barkat: The Palestinian residents that live in Jerusalem understand that, and you know I'm also a high tech entrepreneur, a venture capitalist. It will never work. There's not one good example of a city that was split that ever functioned. And, unfortunately, Jerusalem did not function for 2,000 years when it moved from conqueror to conqueror until it was reunited.
Jerusalem is mentioned by name more than 800 times in the Bible -- even more if you count synonyms like the "City of David" and "Zion." Six hundred sixty of those references are in the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament.
Ross also asked author and businessman Moshe Kempinsky about the Jewish connection to Jerusalem.
Kempinsky: I remember this to this very day, [I] sat in the park, my kids were playing in the park, and I realized when Zechariah said there would yet be a time when old men and old women would rest on their canes and children would play in the streets of Jerusalem, maybe my kids were what he saw.
Ross: What does Jerusalem mean to the Jewish people? I mean, like, it's an inane question, but you know, why Jerusalem?
Kempinsky: Well, it's inane because it could be inane, because why Jerusalem? Why not a city next to road resources, on the shores, which is where most people put their capital cities -- but God chose it.
Ross: The city being divided at one point, reunited again in '67, will it be divided again?
Kempinsky: I don't think it can be. Psalm 122 says, 'Jerusalem is built as a city that compacted together.' But in Hebrew it doesn't say compacted. In Hebrew it actually says shackru bara meutad, that is 'reunited together.' God is saying this is a city that will be torn asunder, but then I'm going to bring it back together.
Ross spoke with Israelis in Tel Aviv, Israel's largest city. They told him they're willing to share the city but not divide it.
"In my heart, it's something I cannot agree with -- that my town gonna be separated again," Jerusalemite Oren Naim said.
"We believe Jerusalem is supposed to be Jewish forever, but I do believe that there's supposed to be a solution that's going to be good for the both of the people," Yigal said.
"Both side[s] will never agree with it. Palestinian[s] want Jerusalem as the capital and we will never do this," said Jonathan Nissim Malcha, who immigrated from France.
Kempinsky says God has a plan for the city whether the world believes in it or not.
Ross: What do other nations say when you or other groups say when you speak the way you're speaking now, with your argument, your point of view ... how does a Palestinian respond to that?
Kempinsky: I think the secret to understanding this country is that facts are completely irrelevant.
Ross: Facts are irrelevant?
Kempinsky: Facts are completely irrelevant. Reality is not what counts here. Perception of reality is what counts. And I believe that to understand what goes on here, especially with the Palestinians, is you need to understand what they perceive. They really believe what they believe because they've been told that's what they need to believe. So dialogue with the Palestinian[s] today has become almost impossible because Islam has moved into an area that has become impossible.
Jerusalem is never mentioned by name in the Koran [Islam's holy book], but Muslims interpret a reference to the furthest mosque as being al Aksa mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount.
At the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Ross asked Muslims and Arab Christians how they viewed their connection to the city.
"What took by force, we'll come back by force," one man said.
"Well there you go," Ross commented.
Ross asked a second man if he thought the city should be divided.
"I believe that they have the two sides sit together and speak together, leave the Arab countries aside and they can come to peace. Jerusalem is not a big problem," the second man said.
"It is not a big problem?" Ross asked.
"No. They make it a big problem. It's not a big problem. It's for all the religions," he said.
"This is all Arab town [city]. This is [an] Arab town. Can't be divided," a third man said angrily.
And then, two of them began to argue with each other right in front of Ross and the cameras.
"I didn't say to give. Never, ever I say to give [up the city]," the second man said.
"You can't divide the Old City. Jerusalem, I said, is only for Palestinians. Not Israelis. Israel [is] outside the occupied territories -- where is Zion gate," the third man argued.
"You have the Wailing [Western] Wall. What you are going to do with the Wailing Wall?" the second man asked.
"The Wailing Wall, they could have the Wailing Wall and the Armenian quarter," the third man shouted.
Ross noted that this was a perfect example of the explosive nature of the issue.
As one of the most contested places on earth, the Bible says Jerusalem will be a stumbling block to the entire world.
Ross: We pray for the peace of Jerusalem. What are we praying for?
Kempinsky: The word for…for peace is…
Ross: Shalom?
Kempinsky: Shalom, it comes out of the word shalem. Complete. We're praying for that completion -- when the heavenly and the earthly will be clearly seen as being united. It's not a future event. It's a future revelation.
Ross: Do you think it's going to happen in your lifetime?
By Scott Ross and Julie Stahl
CBN News Middle East Bureau
Monday, November 25, 2013
JERUSALEM, Israel - Jerusalem. Its name means "City of Peace," yet it's been destroyed, rebuilt, conquered, and re-conquered more times than any other city in history.
"The city has a role to play," Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told CBN News. "It's the center of the world."
For 19 years, Jerusalem was divided between Israel and Jordan with the Old City on the Jordan side. In 1967, the Six-Day War led to the reuniting of the city under Israeli sovereignty.
Now, part of the U.S.-backed peace process seeks to split the city once again. Dividing Jerusalem is the most contentious issue in Middle East peace talks.
Israel maintains Jerusalem is its eternal, undivided capital. Palestinians want the eastern part for the capital of a future state.
CBN's Scott Ross recently asked Mayor Barkat and others about dividing the city. Barkat said dividing the city is impossible.
Following is their discussion.
Barkat: It cannot be divided, it will never function as a divided city. It has to be one physical city enabling all to worship their faith, their way, to respect each other. There's room for all.
Ross: Can you convince the Palestinians of that?
Barkat: The Palestinian residents that live in Jerusalem understand that, and you know I'm also a high tech entrepreneur, a venture capitalist. It will never work. There's not one good example of a city that was split that ever functioned. And, unfortunately, Jerusalem did not function for 2,000 years when it moved from conqueror to conqueror until it was reunited.
Jerusalem is mentioned by name more than 800 times in the Bible -- even more if you count synonyms like the "City of David" and "Zion." Six hundred sixty of those references are in the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament.
Ross also asked author and businessman Moshe Kempinsky about the Jewish connection to Jerusalem.
Kempinsky: I remember this to this very day, [I] sat in the park, my kids were playing in the park, and I realized when Zechariah said there would yet be a time when old men and old women would rest on their canes and children would play in the streets of Jerusalem, maybe my kids were what he saw.
Ross: What does Jerusalem mean to the Jewish people? I mean, like, it's an inane question, but you know, why Jerusalem?
Kempinsky: Well, it's inane because it could be inane, because why Jerusalem? Why not a city next to road resources, on the shores, which is where most people put their capital cities -- but God chose it.
Ross: The city being divided at one point, reunited again in '67, will it be divided again?
Kempinsky: I don't think it can be. Psalm 122 says, 'Jerusalem is built as a city that compacted together.' But in Hebrew it doesn't say compacted. In Hebrew it actually says shackru bara meutad, that is 'reunited together.' God is saying this is a city that will be torn asunder, but then I'm going to bring it back together.
Ross spoke with Israelis in Tel Aviv, Israel's largest city. They told him they're willing to share the city but not divide it.
"In my heart, it's something I cannot agree with -- that my town gonna be separated again," Jerusalemite Oren Naim said.
"We believe Jerusalem is supposed to be Jewish forever, but I do believe that there's supposed to be a solution that's going to be good for the both of the people," Yigal said.
"Both side[s] will never agree with it. Palestinian[s] want Jerusalem as the capital and we will never do this," said Jonathan Nissim Malcha, who immigrated from France.
Kempinsky says God has a plan for the city whether the world believes in it or not.
Ross: What do other nations say when you or other groups say when you speak the way you're speaking now, with your argument, your point of view ... how does a Palestinian respond to that?
Kempinsky: I think the secret to understanding this country is that facts are completely irrelevant.
Ross: Facts are irrelevant?
Kempinsky: Facts are completely irrelevant. Reality is not what counts here. Perception of reality is what counts. And I believe that to understand what goes on here, especially with the Palestinians, is you need to understand what they perceive. They really believe what they believe because they've been told that's what they need to believe. So dialogue with the Palestinian[s] today has become almost impossible because Islam has moved into an area that has become impossible.
Jerusalem is never mentioned by name in the Koran [Islam's holy book], but Muslims interpret a reference to the furthest mosque as being al Aksa mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount.
At the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Ross asked Muslims and Arab Christians how they viewed their connection to the city.
"What took by force, we'll come back by force," one man said.
"Well there you go," Ross commented.
Ross asked a second man if he thought the city should be divided.
"I believe that they have the two sides sit together and speak together, leave the Arab countries aside and they can come to peace. Jerusalem is not a big problem," the second man said.
"It is not a big problem?" Ross asked.
"No. They make it a big problem. It's not a big problem. It's for all the religions," he said.
"This is all Arab town [city]. This is [an] Arab town. Can't be divided," a third man said angrily.
And then, two of them began to argue with each other right in front of Ross and the cameras.
"I didn't say to give. Never, ever I say to give [up the city]," the second man said.
"You can't divide the Old City. Jerusalem, I said, is only for Palestinians. Not Israelis. Israel [is] outside the occupied territories -- where is Zion gate," the third man argued.
"You have the Wailing [Western] Wall. What you are going to do with the Wailing Wall?" the second man asked.
"The Wailing Wall, they could have the Wailing Wall and the Armenian quarter," the third man shouted.
Ross noted that this was a perfect example of the explosive nature of the issue.
As one of the most contested places on earth, the Bible says Jerusalem will be a stumbling block to the entire world.
Ross: We pray for the peace of Jerusalem. What are we praying for?
Kempinsky: The word for…for peace is…
Ross: Shalom?
Kempinsky: Shalom, it comes out of the word shalem. Complete. We're praying for that completion -- when the heavenly and the earthly will be clearly seen as being united. It's not a future event. It's a future revelation.
Ross: Do you think it's going to happen in your lifetime?
Kempinsky: I believe it's imminent.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Western Wall Tunnel - Jerusalem
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On our Love For His People Ahava Adventure in Nov. 2013
we went into the Western Wall Heritage Tunnel. Amazing.
The tunnel was built by King Herod as part of the Second Temple.
This would have been standing in Jesus' (Yeshua's) time.
(Photos by Steve Martin)
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Blocks are 40' long and weigh 700 TONS.
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Location in the tunnel where the Holy of Holies in the
Temple was located above.
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My feet standing in the tunnel.
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The aqueduct feeding water to the Temple was open to the public last year.
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Saturday, November 2, 2013
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