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Zmanim (Hebrew: זְמַנִּים, literally means "times", singular zman) are specific times of the day mentioned in Jewish law. These times appear in various contexts: Shabbat and Jewish holidays begin and end at specific times in the evening, while some rituals must be performed during the day or the night, or during specific hours of the ...
Haifa District (Hebrew: מְחוֹז חֵיפָה, Mehoz Heifa) Area: 866 km 2 [6] Population (EoY 2018): 1,032,800 [7] District capital: Haifa. Subdistricts and natural regions: Haifa Subdistrict – population: 583,400 311 Haifa Region; Hadera Subdistrict – population: 449,300 321 Karmel Coast; 322 Zikhron Ya’aqov Region; 323 Alexander ...
Bat Galim was the first point of Jewish settlement in modern Haifa. [1] The neighborhood was established in the 1920s as a garden suburb of private homes designed by the Bauhaus architect Richard Kauffmann. During the British Mandate, Bat Galim was Haifa's entertainment center.
Haifa's development owed much to British plans to make it a central port and hub for Middle-East crude oil. The British Government of Palestine developed the port and built refineries, thereby facilitating the rapid development of the city as a center for the country's heavy industries. Haifa was also among the first towns to be fully electrified.
Building wine barrels, 1890s Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue. Zikhron Ya'akov (Hebrew: זִכְרוֹן יַעֲקֹב, lit. "Jacob's Memorial"; often shortened to just Zikhron) is a Moshava (town) in Israel, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District.
The National Maritime Museum (Hebrew: המוזיאון הימי הלאומי, HaMuze'on HaYami HaLe'umi) is a maritime and archaeological museum in Haifa, Israel. The museum was founded in 1953, based on the private collection of its founder and first director, Aryeh Ben-Eli.
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Plaque of Maimonides, Rambam Hospital Palestinian Government Hospital of Haifa, 1938. Rambam Health Care Campus (Hebrew: רמב"ם – הקריה הרפואית לבריאות האדם) commonly called Rambam Hospital, is a teaching hospital in the Bat Galim neighborhood of Haifa, Israel. Rambam Health Care Campus is a part of Tertiary Referral ...