The temple lamp and the light of the world
The “light of the world,” raised as a devout Jew, would grow from those first moments in the cave, lying in a manger, to see ...
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INFORMATION SHEET
First-century Jerusalem was dominated by the mammoth expansions ... Judaism (as put in writing by the rabbis in the centuries after the destruction of the Second Temple) Prayer, the performance of God ...
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Rare oil lamp with Temple menorah found from time when Romans barred Jews from Jerusalem
Intricately designed 1,700-year-old artifact was discovered intact near the Mount of Olives and will go on display in ...
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Why some synagogues are screening ‘Legend of Destruction,’ a 2021 film about the Second Temple, on Tisha B’Av this year
When he first heard of the Israeli feature “Legend ... about the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E. To Zablocki, it could not have felt more urgent. That feeling has ...
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Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
This wall, located in the heart of the Old City, is a remnant of King Herod's renovation of the Second Temple and dates back to the first century B.C. Millions of pilgrims (Jewish and non-Jewish ...