Category Archives: Jerusalem

Hezekiah’s Pool in Jerusalem

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

A large water reservoir in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, known variously as Hezekiah’s Pool, the Towers’ Pool and the Pool of the Patriarch, is finally being cleaned up. Haaretz reports: After years of neglect, Hezekiah’s … Continue reading →

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The Mysteries of the Temple Mount

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

In a previous post, we wrote that Accordance Bible Software had added some of our books to their collections. My book, The Quest – Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, has now been reviewed by David Lang in an Accordance … Continue reading →

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New online resource of Rabbinic Texts

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

David Instone-Brewer of Tyndale House has created an enormously useful website for the study of Rabbinic Texts. It is now easy to look up most of the early rabbinic legal texts. The rabbinic texts were among the first to be … Continue reading →

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Is the Second Temple waiting to be unearthed?

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

In an interview with Aaron Klein’s Investigative Radio programme on New York’s WABC Radio, Eilat Mazar claims that the 2nd Jewish temple is just ‘waiting to be unearthed’. You can read the interview here. Although I would agree that many … Continue reading →

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Priestly Blessing for the First Time on the Temple Mount during Jerusalem Day

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

On the second of the common days of Pesach (Passover), which this year fell on the 21st of April, there is usually a large gathering at the Western Wall to watch the priestly blessing. Yesterday a much smaller, but perhaps … Continue reading →

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A moving scene at the Western Wall

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

Jehuda Hartman was 22 on June 7, 1967 when he stood as an IDF paratrooper at the liberated Western Wall or Kotel. 44 Years later, on Jerusalem Day, he recreates the shot. Click on the picture to see the video: … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem Underground Stream Discovered

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

Some 2000 years ago, Strabo wrote that Jerusalem was a “city well watered within, but desert outside” (Geography 16:2:40). The Gihon Spring and the many water reservoirs inside the Old City of Jerusalem attest to the truth of that statement. … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem Day

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

Read the Israel National News report on the countrywide celebrations that start tonight: Jerusalem Reunification Day – the day marking Israel’s return to the Temple Mount, the Old City , Mt. of Olives, and the areas that became Ramat Eshkol, Gilo … Continue reading →

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Underground Jerusalem

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

This report by Matti Friedman of the Associated Press, has been widely published today: JERUSALEM – Underneath the crowded alleys and holy sites of old Jerusalem, hundreds of people are snaking at any given moment through tunnels, vaulted medieval chambers … Continue reading →

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Temple Mount Faithful petitions for State Comptroller’s excavation report

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

In a previous post, we reported on State Comptroller’s report on the illegal activities by the Waqf on the Temple Mount. According to the website of the Temple Mount Faithful: “The goal of the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful … Continue reading →

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