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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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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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Parashat Naso

The LORD bless you, and protect you; The LORD make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; The LORD look with favor upon you, and give you peace. These three verses (Numbers, 6: 24-26) are in

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Some corner of a foregin field

World War I  left a deeply scarred western society. The millions left dead, the crippled and the returning soldiers who could not find peace in the postwar world changed the face of Europe for good. These days the trauma is

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Jaffa of Jerusalem

The Jaffa Street is the center of modern Jerusalem. The new light rail and many coffee shops that opened lately create a European atmosphere with some Jerusalem spicing in it. Our tour will take us to Jaffa Street and its

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Beta Israels Sigd festival in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood

Everybody is drawn by Jerusalem. Every Jerusalem resident know that when he sees a new flag raised in the city he’d better stay home. You don’t want to walk or drive the streets of the city when some foreign diplomat

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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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Tours in Jerusalem with Yishay Shavit