Author: Ben Zion
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Galil – lecture 8
One of the most important and mysterious characters of the Galil, who is also mentioned in this week’s Parasha – Pinchas, is: “Serach the daughter of Asher.” According to the Midrash, she lived for 700 years! And managed to give advice to both Jacob and Yoav, David’s army chief-of-staff. We will learn about her miraculous…
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Road 443 – lecture 3
Givon and the Fast of Esther An important battle took place near Givon between Judah Maccabee and Nikanor. This battle took place on the 13th of Adar and was designated for generations as a day of joy – “Nikanor Day”. So how did they establish a day of joy on a fast day? In many…
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Galil – lecture 7
The Galil throughout history – from biblical times, when the Galil symbolized the place where the Israelites did not settle, through the Hasmonean period, who conquered the Galil and made it the most central place for the Jews of the Land of Israel during the Mishnah period, and up to the Sykes-Picot Agreement that determined…
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Galil – lecture 6
The city of “Kedesh” in the Galil – was one of the cities of refuge. Why does the Bible indicate, both that Kedesh was in the Galil and also in the mountains of Naphtali? It turns out that there were many cities called Kedesh, many in the south, and also some in the Galil. “Kedesh…
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Galil – lecture 5
Why is the name “Galil” mentioned in the story of Solomon’s handing over the cities to Hiram? Why does the Bible state that the name of the place is “Kavul” to this day? Is it because there really is an Arab village called Kavul to this day, near an archaeological mound dating back to the…
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Road 443 – lecture 2
The biblical road to Jerusalem – why was it the main road in biblical times? We will get to know the main city on this road – Givon. Where is it mentioned in the Bible? Where is it today? And the amazing archaeological finds that were found there in our time – a storage handle,…
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Road 443 – lecture 1
Introducing the new site: The Biblical Road to Jerusalem (now known as Route 443). We will see a video that describes the road on the map, and – as usual – we will conduct a “Kahoot” quiz with questions about the new site: What important events occurred there? Where did Joshua stand when he said:…
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Galil – lecture 4
Three approaches to giving the cities of Galil to Hiram: 1. Exchange of territories. 2. The land was given only on lease, for produce. 3. Critical approach: Solomon in his later years had a crave for gold, and could no longer send Hiram only grain and oil, but had to give him cities in Galilee,…
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Galil – lecture 3
After examining the references to Galil in the Bible, and in Joshua’s Galilean War, we will come to the conclusion that the word “Galil” does not indicate a topographical region (like “Negev” or “Shfela”) but a political region. That is why it is written: “Galil of the Philistines,”, or: “Galil of the Gentiles”, in Isaiah.…
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Galil – lecture 2
Where is Galil mentioned in the Bible? And does the word Galil refer to the region in the north that we today call Galil? We will learn about Joshua’s first war to conquer the Galil and ask why the Bible does not mention that Joshua conquered the Galil? While other areas in the country are…