Jerusalem - Machane Yehudah Market - Dec 2010

Stop over for prayers and a shiur 

Tel Lachish - Novemeber 2010 - תל לכיש

Tel Lachish 

Evidence of the earliest habitation dates back to 4th BCE. Mention of Lachish as a fortified city, was first made in the Bible. (Josh10:3).  

Captured by Joshuah and included in the Judah tribal allotments. 

Fortified by Rehoboam against the Egyptian threat and later taken by Sennacherib, King of Assyria, 701 BCE. 

Lachish was restored and fortified during the First Temple period. Again destroyed by Nebuchadnezzer, King of Babylon   - 598 BCE. 

Although resettled after the Babylonian Exile, Lachish never regained its former glory. 

The Lachish letters (end of the First Temple period), were amongst the most important finds at Lachish - 21 ostraca inscribed with ink in paleo-Hebraic letters, these dealing with administrative and daily affairs.  

Working the fields of Moshav Lachish The moshav  was first established as a Nahal outpost in 1955.

Ever wondered what a pomegranate orchard looks like?

Hannukah - 2010 -4th Candle

Hannukah - 2010 - Chag Samech

Jerusalem - The Hurva Synagogue, Reborn - 2010 - בית הכנסת רבי יהודה חסיד – החורבה

The view of the dome of the rebuilt Hurva Synagogue stands as further testimony to the return of the Jewish People to Jerusalem . 

The synagogue was reopened Erev Rosh Hodesh Nissan – March 15 this year. 

Initially the  Hurva was built by disciples of Rabbi Judah Hahasid in the early 18th century. Shortly after the initial construction of the Hurva, it was torn down by Muslims who demanded the returns of loans.  

Rebuilt in the mid 19^th Century it marked the primary place of worship in Israel. 

During the war of independence in 1948 the Jordanian legion blew the synagogue up.

Under Construction

Views from the Hurva

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Below the Hurva lies a Mikva (Ritual Bath) and above that a Byzantine road ..

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Link into more information on The Hurva: http://www.rova-yehudi.org.il/en/atar-hurva.asp

: http://www.rova-yehudi.org.il/atar-hurva.asp

President’s Forest - Tzora Forest - (Shephela - Judaen Lowlands) - Olive Trees

President's Forest - Judean Plain




http://www.kkl.org.il/eng/tourism-and-recreation/forests-and-parks/presidents-tzora-forest.aspx

Eilat 2010 - Dolphin Reef - “Bottlenose” Dolphins

Some of the Reef's family

“Bottlenose” Dolphins

Playing with dolphins

'Bottlenosed' Dolphin

White Speckeled Bulbul - Dolphin Reef - Eilat

©Rimonah Traub  Copyright 2010

This is Joker who walks in from Eilat every day, to swim with his dolphins - read his story on.. http://www.dolphinreef.co.il/Default.aspx?tabid=60

Tel Aviv/ Jaffa and The Old Jaffa Railway Station - October 2010 - HaTachana -התחנה - תחנת הרכבת יפו

Neve Tzedek - Tel Aviv 

 
Tel Aviv

11 Barnet Zerach Street - Tel Aviv

Shenker Arie Street and Trade Tower - Hamered Street - Tel Aviv

 Porsche Cabriolet on Rothchild Avenue Tel Aviv

Shmerling Haim Street

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The Old Jaffa-Jerusalem Train Station At Al-Manshiyya

The first railway station in the Middle East - first opened in 1891 and closed in 1948

Now newly renovated/ restored