A MODEL OF the Second Temple of Jerusalem. (credit ... the Second Temple was reconstructed under the auspices of King Herod. Talmudic sages praised it extravagant beauty, saying, “Whoever ...

David’s son and successor Solomon brought the project to fruition. This temple was destroyed, rebuilt, renovated, and then ...

He created magnificent public building works across Judaea, most notably the colossal reconstruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Herod saved his people from famine in the mid-20s B.C. Although his ...

Herod, even though he had a very complicated ... that would have circulated around the priesthood and around the Temple in Jerusalem, was an old group known as the Sadducees.

Death of Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai (Chida), Sephardi legal scholar, Kabbalist, emissary, and author of more than 70 ...

Herod, even though he had a very complicated ... that would have circulated around the priesthood and around the Temple in Jerusalem, was an old group known as the Sadducees.

The Israeli Police said on Thursday that 3,000 officers would be deployed in Jerusalem for the first Friday of Ramadan as ...

The Magi arrived at Herod’s palace in Jerusalem asking, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?”. Herod immediately feared a threat to his rule and was keen to locate the baby.

The local synagogues that had developed in the diaspora outside the Land of Israel became the ongoing universal centers of Jewish life. Unlike the words church or temple, which mean “House of God,” ...

Temple Mount is one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem for both Jews and Muslims. Historians have associated it with Mount Moriah (where the binding of Isaac took place) and Mount Zion (where the ...

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 ... Sea of Galilee Day Trip from Jerusalem (441 reviews) Caesarea ...