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Tag Archives: Mount of Olives

Rosh Hashana: Why Blow the Shofar?

Posted on 28 September, 2016 by zshavin

Rosh Hashana, the biblical Jewish New Year is described in the Torah (Lev. 23:24) as a “zikhron teruah”: A time of “blowing [of the shofar] of remembrance”. WHAT are we to “remember” and WHY do we blow the Shofar (ram’s Continue reading →

Posted in Traditions | Tagged Day of Remembrance, Holy Land, Holy Land Pilgrimage, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish New Year, Mount of Olives, Ram's Horn, Rosh Hashana, Shofar

Tomb of Zechariah

Posted on 26 August, 2015 by zshavin
Tomb of Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest in the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem

Tomb of Zechariah son of Jehoiada… Walking in the Kidron Valley at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem we come across the monumental rock carved Tomb of Zechariah son of Jehoiada the High Priest. Zechariah murdered: Zechariah Continue reading →

Posted in Jerusalem | Tagged Jehoiada, Jerusalem, Joash, Kidron Valley, Mount of Olives, Zechariah
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