For thousands of years, Jews have been living in Jerusalem, but it was not always the magnificent and large city that it is today; with dozens of neighborhoods and about 902,000 residents. In the past, Jerusalem was limited to the area of the Old City, where people found safety within its large stone walls, guarding […]
Judaicapedia: What is a Shofar?
The shofar is one of the oldest musical instruments, but today is seen as something more holy and less musical, as the Shofar in the Bible is said to have been used during the Temple service. Today, the shofar is blown a few times a year; during the weekdays of the Hebrew month of Elul […]
Holy Land History: Tel Aviv’s White City
Tel Aviv wasn’t always the city that never sleeps, in fact, there once was a time when Tel Aviv was just a quiet costal town. In 1909, a group of Jews gathered together on the beach just north of Jaffa and decided that this would be where they would live. They divided up the sandy […]