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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2016

In the Highland's Depth, 2021

A system of pits recently discovered in Khirbet el-Hammam in northern Samaria apparently meets the accepted definition of “Gibeon pits”. These pits, used to store wine in the late Iron Age and early Persian period, are evidence of a developed local agriculture and of the site’s centrality. The location and identification of these pits in connection to other remains from Khirbet el-Hammam may shed new light on the size and centrality of the city during the Iron Age.

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חיבור זה עוסק ביחסי הגומלין שבין היהדות, ובאופן קונקרטי – ההלכה, לבין שיח זכויות האדם. למושג זכויות האדם כמה משמעויות. הספר מבקש לאמץ כאן דרך ביניים המכירה בכך שזכויות האדם הן גורם מתווך בין ערכים לבין חובות, או, מנקודת מבט תרבותית, דרך ביטוי פרטיקולרית למערכת ערכים העומדת בבסיס זכויות אלו. ליהדות פנים רבות. החיבור מתמקד בהופעתה הנורמטיבית – בהלכה. טענתי היא שהשיח ההלכתי מתאפיין במערכת ערכים המשפיעה על ההכרעות הניתנות במסגרתו, כמו גם על אופיו ועיצובו. השפעה זו מתבטאת לעתים בגלוי, אך לרוב באופן סמוי, כגורם בעל השפעה בתהליך הפרשני. ברובד הסמוי, העקיף לעתים, יש מכנה משותף רחב מאוד בין היהדות לבין זכויות האדם, והוא מתבטא בשורשים המניעים את המערכות הללו, כל אחת בדרכה. הפרק המצורף לדוגמא - המפגש הסמוי: שיקולים מוסריים כשיקולים פרשניים מנחים.

Judea and Samaria Research Studies, 2022

British authorities in Palestine encouraged the development of Jerusalem beyond its municipal boundaries, based on their understanding of its future trends. Under Ottoman rule, new neighborhoods were built in proximity to the center of town and with a certain degree of geographic contiguity with the neighborhoods that preceded them. In contrast, the British Mandate built neighborhoods in remote locations, spread over extensive areas. These neighborhoods had no contiguity with any previous settlements, and were planned based on available land. These "Garden Suburbs" established a new form of urban sprawl that surrounded central Jerusalem from the south (Talpiot together with Admat Amos and Givat Eliyahu, which were in the planning stage) and the west (Rehavia, Bayit VeGan, Beit HaKerem, Kiryat Moshe and Givat Shaul). Until the beginning of the Mandate period, the area east of Jerusalem remained almost devoid of Jewish habitation. Members of Agudat HaDayarim (The Tenants&#39...

New studies in the archaeology of Jerusalem and its region , 2022

Summary of the excavations work done in the IAA Jerusalem District during 2022.

Preface "Faith, liberty, friendship, chief blessings of the human mind" (Tacitus) "When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me." (Emo Philips) "He who believes does not know he believes. He who knows he believes does not believe" (Joshua Sobol) Oren Hasson opens his discussion of the "Evolution of God" with a quote from Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking Glass, according to which: …the Queen tells Alice that she is "'just one hundred and one, five months and a day.' 'I can't believe that!' said Alice. 'Can't you?' the Queen said in a pitying tone. 'Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.' Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said: 'one can't believe impossible things.'" In Centro IV x* Alice was wrong, of course. We believe in many highly improbable things. Sometimes it even seems to us, especially when we contemplate the beliefs of others, that the more impossible things are, the more easily we are persuaded to believe in them. Pay attention what people believe or believed: according to the Papago native American tribe, living in Arizona, out of the primordial chaos was born a child named 'First Born'. He created the earth with the help of song-a motif of sacred importance among the native Americans. 'First Born' only created the sun after the explicit request of humans, who wanted to see one another and live in peace with one another. The Greeks believed that the Titans created the world, that Prometheus created humans and became their patron, and they also believed that the first woman, Pandora, was created by Hades, god of the volcano and the underworld. The statement about the social role of man and woman in our world is deeply embedded and emphasized in this creation narrative. The god Ngāi, who resides atop Mount Kenya, promised the promised land, namely, the highlands of Kenya, with its fertile lands, to the chosen people, the Kikuyu tribe. Most believers in a singular God believe that his son, Jesus, born of a virgin, is the Messiah who brought redemption to the world and that there is none beside him. Hundreds of millions of others believe that God changed his covenant with the descendants of Abraham for the sake of his covenant with the prophet Muhammad. A negligible minority of monotheistic believers are more optimistic, still hoping that the Messiah has not yet come and that there is still room to expect a better world. An even smaller minority within this minority was more precise in its expectations and believed that the late Lubavitcher Rebbe is the Messiah, and behold, the end of days is upon us. Many of these believers continued to believe this even when the rabbi was on his deathbed, and many of them still believe

Judea and Samaria Research Studies, 2021

The current article presents the results of interdisciplinary research conducted in Israel over the last few years. This research aims to characterize the traditional varieties of the Holy Land, as well as the means of production and characteristics of the wines made from these varieties. In a previous paper, we suggested that unique apparatuses located at Hirbat Hablta are related to the production of a sweet wine named "Helioston," and presented the historical sources that support this claim. In the current article, we discuss the historical sources relating to Cyprus ("Cafrissin") wine and Helioston wine; we propose that the Cafrissin wine, mentioned as an ingredient of the incense used at the temple in Jerusalem, is a wine produced in a similar manner (the partial drying of grapes) to Helioston wine. We propose that in both cases, the wines were high in alcohol and contained high residual sugar content. To demonstrate the possibility of producing wine of this...

مجلة كلية اللغات, 2017

The current research addresses the epistolary style in Hebrew literature in the Enlightenment Era. The researcher addressed this style of writing in Abraham's novel (the hypocrite) that has become as mailbox of all the novel's characters. The novelist utilized these letters to present the secrets and thoughts of the characters as well as their feelings. Generally, this novel was composed entirely of letters that aimed at preparing the readers, who were living outside Israel, to comprehend the implicit meaning of the novel. The writer in his novel depicted the Jewish people in a particular time who characterized as a conservative community. He found out that letters werean appropriate means to uncover the thoughts of characters. Those letters revolved around (criticism, piece of advice, guidance, cheating, and conspiracy). Abraham Mapu put forward in-depth information through this type of writing. It was clearly observed that the main plot of the novel concentrated on letters...