THE NATION MOURNS THEIR SON, GILAD SHALIT. 1720 Days in Captivity - 11th March 2011 - גלעד שליט - 1720 ימים בשבי - 11 מרס

Gilad Shalit - Family Protest Tent - Jerusalem 11th March 2011

Link to the Tehillim project for Gilad Shalit:

Neot Kedumim - Biblical Reserve - נאות קדומים - 2011

Neot Kedumim - Biblical Reserve
נאות קדומים

Neot Kedumim is a 2,500 dunam nature preserve. It is located near Modiin, (mid-way between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem). The park replicates the natural settings of Biblical times.

Almond Trees in Bloom - שקד מצוי

Mosiac Floor - Byzantine Period

324 - 640 CE

Cyclamen - רקפת

Oleander Capsule  -הרדוף הנ חלים

Nodding Wood-sorrel - חמציץ נטוי

167 to 63 BCE Hashmonean building 

חרצית עטורה,  מורכבים - CROWN DAISY

R. Traub - Copyright 2011

Jerusalem 2010 - נעלי אליק - Elik's Shoes , (is no more)

Einot Tzukim (Ein Feshkha) Nature Reserve - On The Dead Sea - "עינות צוקים "עין פשחה

Einot Tzukim Nature Reserve, also known as Ein Feshkha  in Arabic, is an oasis along the eastern border of the Judean desert. This nature reserve lies at the lowest point on earth.

The oasis is fed by 150 different underground water springs of varying temperatures and varying degrees of saltiness.

עינות צוקים שמורת טבע, הידוע גם בשם "עין פשחה" בערבית, היא נווה מדבר לאורך הגבול המזרחי של מדבר יהודה. זו שמורת טבע הנמוך בעולם. אואזיס היא ניזונה מ- 150 המחתרת שונים בטמפרטורות בדרגות שונות של מליחות.

Jerusalem - Views from Armon Hanatziv - 2010 - ירושלים - צפיות מארמון הנציב - 2010

Abu Tur in foreground,  The white dome in the center is The Hurva
"אבו טור בקידמה, הכיפה הלבנה במרכז היא "החורבה

The Temple Mount


Silwan

To the left on the horizon is the Mount Scopus University tower

The Mount of Olives (the most ancient cemetery, still in use today),  in the centre 

The steeple on the right is Augasta Victoria. 

Silwan in the foreground.

Jerusalem - Western Wall - Monday, Bar Mitzvah at the Kottel

Gabriel and Howard

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