An Evening's Walk

-
Sunday evening we took another walk through the Old City, mainly to see the Jewish Quarter.

The most important thing to bring to Jerusalem is your passage cards--when you're in the Bible Bee, of course.


Outside the City

Tower of David

Old City walls (outside Jaffa (Yafo) Gate)

Looking into the Old City

Jaffa Gate sign

A bit of history

Chicken for a Kaparot ritual.


Inside the City

Remembering the time when the Turks tried to kill all the Armenians.

Check Deuteronomy 6:9, where we are commanded to affix a mezuzah on every doorpost.

This is how Jerusalem was defended in ancient times--archers stood at each of these rooms and shot arrows through the narrow holes.

The menorah for the Third Temple.  The Jews are waiting for permission to build the new temple on the Temple Mount, where the Dome of the Rock currently stands.

The Dome of the Rock from a distance.


The Cardo

The Cardo was the main commercial avenue of Jerusalem for many years.

Part of the inside of the Cardo

Old remains

How the Cardo would've looked like in ancient times--bustling and full of people (now it is quite empty).  Notice the modern-day boy on the right of the picture?

Sign (see below)

Jerusalem has been built layer upon layer over the centuries!  A section has been dug out--the first foundations lie VERY DEEP!!


Pizza

On our way back home from exploring the Old City we stopped to get a to-go pizza; 20 shekels all cheese.





As we ate the delicious, hot pizza, I couldn't help thinking how wonderful it was to live right in the heart of Jerusalem!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The National Bible Bee 2016

-
The National Bible Bee Competition ( www.biblebee.org ) this year took place in San Antonio, Texas, November 16-20.  My sister and I were competing in the Junior division and my two younger siblings in the Primary division. My family drove across two states to Texas in our eight-passenger van packed with our personal belongings and a good amount of cookware (my brother has severe allergy to soy, eggs, milk, nuts, and peanuts, so we have to cook all his food).  We took a one-night stop in El Paso before continuing on to San Antonio. Registration (Wed. 11/16) When we arrived in San Antonio, I didn't feel much of the "Bible Bee spirit" yet; it was more like living in a dream.  Until Wednesday afternoon, that is. On the sixteenth (Wed.) we registered and got our name tags.  Our family photo was taken, and right after that a camera crew came up to us and interviewed my siblings and I.  I didn't mind, because I liked interviews, and they said they m...
Read more

Welcome in Israel

-
Image
We left for Tel Aviv, Israel early one morning.  Our flight was at noon. Right before we checked in our baggage and got our boarding passes, a representative from the ElעלAlאל Airlines (Israeli) asked us a few questions about where we were going in Israel, why we were going, what we'd do, where we'd stay, etc. and about our check-in baggage.  After the bags were packed had they passed through hands other than ours?  Had anyone asked us to deliver/take something to Israel for them?  Were there any weapons in our belongings? After we answered these questions the representative took a piece of paper from a stack, wrote something on it, and circled one of the four letters printed on the top of the paper.  We wondered what it meant. As we waited to board the plane we saw two men putting on their tefillin  and praying towards Jerusalem.  We also saw a couple Orthodox Jews.  Almost all of them wore different hats (some wore kippahs ; others ...
Read more

Through & Around the Old City

-
Image
Our apartment in Jerusalem is a few minutes' walk from Jaffa (aka Yafo) Gate and 10-15 minutes from the Western Wall (known as haKotel , the Wall, in Hebrew). The men's side of the Wall.  A security check is required before entrance.  On Friday night the Wall is crowded with people celebrating the arrival of Shabbat!  It is truly a wonderful experience to be there with the celebration. There are tours of the Western Wall tunnels (to the left of the entrance; close to the Netivaryeh, a yeshiva)--each about an hour and a half. The Golden Gate.  It has been sealed up (as prophesied in the Bible) by the Muslims to prevent the Messiah from entering in during His second coming.  This is also the gate Yeshua (Jesus) entered through on a colt, the foal of a donkey. . Through the Streets Church of John the Baptist Shawarmas and falafels are Israeli foods you can find everywhere!  Shawarmas are mostly filled with meat and are usua...
Read more