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The Times of Israel

 

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Shiloh Canyon
Photo Credit: Nachum Schwartz

"You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble."

 

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Where is the 'Certain Place' Described in Genesis 28?

FEATURED PHOTO: The Temple Mount and the Old City of Jerusalem all lit up (Shutterstock).

He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night,
for the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place,
he put it under his head and lay down in that place
Genesis 28:11 (The Israel Bible™)


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va-yif-GA ba-ma-KOHM va-ya-LAYN shahm ki va ha-SHE-mesh va-yi-KAKH me-ahv-NAY ha-ma-KOME va-ya-SAYM m’-ra-sho-TAV va-yish-KAHV ba-ma-KOHM ha-HU

Where is the place that Jacob slept? Tradition teaches us that this place was one of the most important places in the entire world! Jacob came upon the place where his father Abraham had built an altar to sacrifice Isaac. This is the place which, for centuries, has connected the Children of Israel to God. This place was Mount Moriah, eventually to become the heart and soul of Jerusalem. It was as if a magnet had drawn young Jacob to wander the hot Mesopotamian desert that night, to that particular place.

 

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IDF Captures ISIS Terrorists Planning Attack in Jerusalem

 

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I’d still call it PASSION. Something that I am grateful for…as I have something in life that is larger than me…and that is what’s worth living for.

Call Me Obsessed; At Least I Stand Up For Israel

 

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Welcome to God's House

FEATURED PHOTO: Worshippers wrapped in their talitot, prayer shawls, are deep in prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem (Shutterstock).

Shaken, he said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the abode of Hashem, and that is the gateway to heaven
Genesis 28:17 (The Israel Bible™)

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va-yee-RA va-yo-MAR mah no-RA ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH AYN ZEH KEE im BAYT
e-lo-HEEM v’-ZEH SHA-ar ha-sha-MA-yim

According to tradition, the 'abode of Hashem' in this verse refers to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. While the foot of the ladder in Jacob's dream was in Be'er Sheva, the middle of the ladder hung over Mount Moriah. When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he realized that he had seen no ordinary place, but the home of God, the most intimate spot for prayer to ascend heavenward. Today, worshippers flock to pray at the Western Wall due to its proximity to the Temple Mount in continuation of thousands of years of Jewish history.

 

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Ein Gev archaeological excavations, 2018. (Leore Grosman)

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12,000-year-old Galilee artifacts reset plaster production clock by 2 millennia

 

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Israeli Researchers Decipher Rock Hyrax’s Vocal Communication

 

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Young musicians from Polyphony Nazareth, the conservatory from the northern Arab city that has changed the way Arab Israelis are exposed to classical music (Courtesy Polyphony Nazareth)


With Jewish and Arab musicians, Nazareth conservatory puts on first festival

 

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Time To Go Home

FEATURED PHOTO: A beautiful home in Jerusalem's Yemin Moshe neighborhood (Shutterstock).

Then Hashem said to Yaakov, “Return to the land of your fathers where you were born, and I will be with you”
Genesis 31:3 (The Israel Bible™)

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va-YO-mer a-do-NAI el ya-a-KOV SHUV el E-retz a-vo-TE-kha ul-mo-lad-TE-kha
v’-eh-YEH i-MAKH

In this week's Bible portion, Hashem implies that He will be with Jacob only is he returns to the land of his fathers, the Land of Israel. Hashem purposefully removed His protection from Jacob in order to motivate him to leave Haran and return to the Land of Israel. After spending so much time outside the Holy Land, it was time for Jacob to finally return home.

 

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Ukrain applauses a young israeli singer (Tali Kuper)

 

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Israeli cyclists to race in Tour de France bearing Start-Up Nation banner

 

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Mazal Tov! Honor The New Baby With A Tree

FEATURED PHOTO: Rows of mature olive trees in the Galilee (Shutterstock).

He is like a tree planted beside streams of water, which yields its fruit in season, whose foliage never fades, and whatever it produces thrives
Psalms 1:3 (The Israel Bible™)

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v'-HA-yah ka-AYTZ SHA-tul al PEEL-gay ma-YEEM a-sher p'-REE-o YEE-tayn b'-EE-to v'-a-LAY-hu lo YEE-bol ve-KOL a-sher ya-a-SEH yatz-LEE-AKH

 

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Israel’s centrally-located city of Caesarea made Travel + Leisuremagazine’s list of “50 Best Places to Travel in 2020.”

Travel + Leisure is one of the top travel publications in the world and enjoys a readership of 4.8 million. Among the factors that helped land destinations on the best vacation list were tourism statistics, existence of major events, flight routes, hotel debuts, Instagram posts and opinions of travel experts and industry pros, according to the magazine.

The 50 locations were listed in alphabetical order, so Caesarea ended up at 12 on the list. The magazine described the city as a “happy marriage of antiquity and modernity.”



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