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Video of Berish Horowitz, Spinka Rebbe of Keap st. and Bedford ave. in Williamsburg, celebrating Sukkos; Video clips of Meir Eleazar Weiss, the Spinka Rebbe of 18th avenue in Boro Park, celebrating Sukkos; Video of a Wedding of scions of the Spinka dynasty, with the participation of several Spinka Rebbes Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
Finkelstein holds that Judah emerged as an operational kingdom somewhat later than Israel, during the second half of 9th century BCE, [4] but the subject is one of considerable controversy. [49] There are indications that during the 10th and 9th centuries BCE, the southern highlands had been divided between a number of centres, none with clear ...
Yahwism is the name given by modern scholars to the religion of ancient Israel and Judah. [1] An ancient Semitic religion of the Iron Age, Yahwism was essentially polytheistic and had a pantheon, with various gods and goddesses being worshipped by the Israelites. [2]
The Kingdom of Judah was relatively small—maybe 5,000 people in the 10th century BCE—and had been a vassal of Israel at least since the early 9th century, when the powerful Omride dynasty had taken over that kingdom, and until Israel's destruction by the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the late 8th century BCE. The Old Testament is mostly a Judean ...
The destruction of the house of Ahab is commended by the author of 2 Kings as a form of divine punishment. Yahweh rewards Jehu for being a willing executor of divine judgment by allowing four generations of kings to sit on the throne of Israel. [16] Jehu and his descendants Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, and Zachariah ruled Israel for 102 years.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Hypothesized Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant "United Monarchy" redirects here. For the union of monarchies under a single sovereign, see Personal union. For other uses, see Kingdom of Israel. Kingdom of Israel 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 c. 1047 BCE –930 BCE Land of Israel Shewing the ...
Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is a national park in central Israel, containing a large network of caves recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. [1] The national park includes the remains of the historical towns of Maresha, one of the important towns of Judah during the First Temple Period, [2] and Bayt Jibrin, a depopulated Palestinian town known as Eleutheropolis in the Roman era. [3]
National parks of Israel are declared historic sites or nature reserves, which are mostly operated and maintained by the National Nature and Parks Authority. As of 2015, Israel maintains 81 national parks and more than 400 nature reserves, including in the occupied West Bank , that protect 2,500 species of indigenous wild plants, 32 species of ...