Tag: The old city of jerusalem

Ein Kerem – A Village within a City

A quiet monastery hiding behind thick stone walls, narrow allies surrounded by ancient houses, some of the world’s most important churches and some ice cream and chocolate that taste like home. Ein Kerem has something to offer to everyone. During

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Ten measures of beauty

Chazal say that ten measures of beauty descended on the world, and nine were taken by Jerusalem.  But where is the tenth measure?  Jerusalem lovers will tell you it is also in the city, and that you need to go

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Poor Walter is Looking for water – A children tour to Ein Karem

On the top of a mountain not far away from the sky a weird thing happened. Dear young Walter had a jug of water but O poor Walter, the water is now over. What will the fate of Jerusalem be?

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Looking for King David

They say that David the king of Israel is alive and well.  If it is all true then where is he hiding and why has no one seen him lately?  It is time to go tour Jerusalem and search for

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The Road to a Newborn State

Once upon a time, when Jerusalem was tiny still, there was a neighborhood in it who wanted to found a state. It had a gymnasium, institutions and offices and the residents thought: This is where we build the Jewish state.

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Judaism in Jerusalem

When a Jewish person prays he must turn his body, or at least his heart, to the direction of Jerusalem, and it is hard to think of the Jewish religion without this city.  The Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, the

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The Temple Mount

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Holidays, Rituals and Ceremonies in Jerusalem

In Jerusalem every day is a holiday, but there are still some days that are special.  In these holidays people from all over the world gather around and come to the holy city to perform some very diverse ceremonies.  Selichot

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The Tale of Sri Morari Bapu in Zedekiah Cave

I would like to thank Pamela Salomon Benner for editing the English translation of this post Outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem and east of Damascus Gate is a small green door. If you stand in front

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A ball in Alhambra palace

Often, when I go out and walk the streets of Jerusalem I encounter a place or a person that surprises me. A while ago it happened to me again. I attended an event that was organized by a tour company

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