The Little Western Wall, also known as HaKotel HaKatan (or just Kotel Katan) and the Small Kotel, is a Jewish religious site located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, it is the continuation of the larger part of the Western Wall and almost exactly faces the Holy of Holies, a term in the Hebrew Bible which refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle, where who dwelt?
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Little Western Wall The Little Western Wall, also known as HaKotel HaKatan (or just Kotel Katan) and the Small Kotel, (Hebrew: הכותל הקטן‎ ‎ ), is a Jewish religious site located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem near the Iron Gate to the Temple Mount. The wall itself dates from the Second Temple period, (516 BCE – 70 CE). It is the continuation of the larger part of the Western Wall and almost exactly faces the Holy of Holies. HaKotel HaKatan is not as well-known and not as crowded as the larger part of the Western Wall. This section of the wall is of deep spiritual significance because of its close proximity to the Holy of Holies. However, it is not the closest location to the Holy of Holies, as there is a location in the Western Wall Tunnel which directly faces the Holy of Holies.
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Holy of Holies The Holy of Holies (Tiberian Hebrew: "Qṓḏeš HaQŏḏāšîm") is a term in the Hebrew Bible which refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle where God dwelt. The Ark is said to have contained the Ten Commandments, which were given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai. It is thought to be located under the Dome of the Rock.
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Qasr el Yahud Qasr el Yahud (Arabic: قصر اليهود‎ ; also Kasser/Qasser al-Yahud/Yehud etc.; lit. "Castle of the Jews", Hebrew: קאסר אל יהוד‎ ) is the official name of a baptism site in the Jordan River Valley region of the West Bank that is claimed by the State of Palestine and under Israeli occupation. The site and facilities are administered by the Israeli Civil Administration and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism as part of an Israeli national park.
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Birket Israel Birket Israel (trans. "Pool of Israel") also Birket Israil or Birket Isra'in, abbreviated from Birket Asbât Beni Israìl (trans. "Pool of the Tribes of the Children of Israel") was a public cistern located on the north-eastern corner of the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem. The structure is believed to have been built by the Romans for use as a water reservoir and also to protect the northern wall of the Temple Mount. Arab locals have known it by this name since at least 1857.
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Sha'ar HaGai Sha'ar HaGai (Hebrew: שער הגיא‎ ) in Hebrew, or Bab al-Wad in Arabic (Hebrew: באב אל-ואד‎ , Arabic: باب الواد‎ ‎ or باب الوادي ), lit. "Gate of the Valley" in both languages, is a point on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, 23 km from Jerusalem, where the road begins to ascend through a deep valley flanked by steep rocky slopes, named in Arabic Wadi Ali.
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Ras al-Amud Ras al-Amud (Arabic: راس العامود‎ ‎ ) is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, located southeast of the Old City, overlooking Silwan to the south, Abu Dis and al-Eizariya to the east, and the Temple Mount (known to Arabs as "Haram ash-Sharif") to the north. There were about 11,922 Palestinians living in the neighborhood in 2003.
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Tetragrammaton The tetragrammaton ( ; from Greek Τετραγράμματον , meaning "[consisting of] four letters"), in Hebrew and YHWH in Latin script, is the four-letter Biblical name of the God of Israel. The books of the Torah and the rest of the Hebrew Bible (with the exception of Esther, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs) contain the Hebrew word . Religiously observant Jews and those who follow conservative Jewish traditions do not pronounce , nor do they read aloud transliterated forms such as "Yahweh"; instead the word is substituted with a different term, whether used to address or to refer to the God of Israel. Common substitutions for Hebrew forms are "hakadosh baruch hu" ("The Holy One, Blessed Be He"), Adonai ("The Lord"), or "HaShem" ("The Name").
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Chamber of the Holocaust Chamber of the Holocaust (Hebrew: מרתף השואה‎ ‎ , "Martef HaShoa", lit. "Cellar of the Holocaust") is a small Holocaust museum located on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. It was Israel's first Holocaust museum.
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Allar, Jerusalem Allar (Arabic: علار‎ ‎ ) or 'Allar el-Fawqa ("Upper Allar") was a Palestinian Arab village located southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem near Wadi Surar ("Valley of Pebbles"), along "Wadi Tannur". The name was shared by the twin village of Allar al-Sifla ("Lower Allar") or Khirbat al-Tannur, with official imperial ledgers often listing them both under the single entry of Allar.
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New Jerusalem In the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible, New Jerusalem (, "Jehovah-shammah", or "[where] YHWH [is] there") is Ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city centered on the rebuilt Holy Temple, the Third Temple, to be established in Jerusalem, which would be the capital of the Messianic Kingdom, the meeting place of the twelve tribes of Israel, during the Messianic era. The prophecy is recorded by Ezekiel as having been received on Yom Kippur of the year 3372 of the Hebrew calendar. It will be inhabited by people to live eternally in spirit form, created by God as a gift to mankind. Not everyone will reside in New Jerusalem, as most will possibly stay on Earth.
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Torah reading Torah reading (; Ashkenazi pronunciation: "Kriyas HaToire") is a Jewish religious tradition that involves the public reading of a set of passages from a Torah scroll. The term often refers to the entire ceremony of removing the Torah scroll (or scrolls) from the Torah ark, chanting the appropriate excerpt with special cantillation (also called trope), and returning the scroll(s) to the ark.
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Tophet In the Hebrew Bible Tophet or Topheth (Hebrew: תוֹפֶת‎ ‎ ; Greek: Ταφεθ ; Latin: "Topheth" ) was a location in Jerusalem in the Gehinnom where worshipers influenced by the ancient Canaanite religion engaged in the human sacrifice of children to the gods Moloch and Baal by burning them alive. Tophet became a theological or poetic synonym for hell within Christendom.
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Church of the Holy Archangels, Jerusalem Church of the Holy Archangels (in Armenian (in Armenian Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի, transliterated as "Srbots Hreštakapetats yekeğetsi") also known as Deir Al Zeitoun, is an Armenian church in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Situated on the south east edge of the Armenian quarter, it was founded in the 12th century. According to tradition this site was the house of High Priest Annas. One of the altars, according to tradition, marking the place of the prison of Christ.
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Solomon's Porch Solomon's Porch, Portico or Colonnade (στοα του Σολομωντος; ; ; ), was a colonnade, or cloister, located on the eastern side of the Temple's Outer Court (Women's Court) in Jerusalem, named after Solomon, King of Israel, and not to be confused with the Royal Stoa, which was on the southern side of Herod's Temple.
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City of David The City of David (Hebrew: (Hebrew: עיר דוד‎ , "Ir David"; literal translation to Arabic: مدينة داوود‎ ‎ , "Madina Dawud", common Arabic name: وادي حلوه , "Wadi Hilweh") is an Israeli settlement and the archaeological site which is speculated to compose the original urban core of ancient Jerusalem. First suggested in 1920, the name was used officially from the 1970s, following the capture of East Jerusalem by Israel, but today the name is questioned in the archaeological academic community. In 1997 management of the park was taken over by Ir David Foundation. Although it is located within the Jerusalem Municipality, it is considered a settlement, having been built on land in the West Bank that was occupied by and annexed to Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War and 1980 Jerusalem Law. The international community regards Israeli settlements illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this. It is best known for its Iron Age structures attributed to Judean kings, and it also contains older Canaanite infrastructure dated to the Middle Bronze Age.
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Walls of Jerusalem The Walls of Jerusalem (Arabic: أسوار القدس‎ ‎ ; Hebrew: חומות ירושלים‎ ‎ ) surround the Old City of Jerusalem (approx. 1 km²). In 1535, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman I ordered the ruined city walls to be rebuilt. The work took some four years, between 1537 and 1541.
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Temple Mount The Temple Mount (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת‎ ‎ , "Har HaBáyit", "Mount of the House [of God, i.e. the Temple]"), known to Muslims as the Haram esh-Sharif (Arabic: الحرم الشريف‎ ‎ , "al-Ḥaram al-Šarīf", "the Noble Sanctuary", or الحرم القدسي الشريف , "al-Ḥaram al-Qudsī al-Šarīf", "the Noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem"), a hill located in the Old City of Jerusalem, is one of the most important religious sites in the world. It has been venerated as a holy site for thousands of years by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The present site is dominated by three monumental structures from the early Umayyad period: the al-Aqsa Mosque, the Dome of the Rock and the Dome of the Chain, as well as four minarets. Herodian walls and gates with additions dating back to the late Byzantine and early Islamic periods cut through the flanks of the Mount. Currently it can be reached through eleven gates, ten reserved for Muslims and one for non-Muslims, with guard posts of Israeli police in the vicinity of each.
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Dome of the Ascension The Dome of the Ascension (Arabic: قبة المعراج‎ ‎ "Qubbat al-Miraj"; Hebrew: כִּיפָּת הַעֲלִיָּיה‎ "Kippat Ha'Aliyah") is a small, free-standing domed structure built by Crusaders that stands just north the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
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Jericho Jericho ( ; Arabic: أريحا‎ ‎ "Arīḥā " ] ; Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ‎ "Yeriḥo ") is a city in the Palestinian Territories and is located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate, and is governed by the Fatah faction of the Palestinian National Authority. In 2007, it had a population of 18,346. The city was occupied by Jordan from 1949 to 1967, and has been held under Israeli occupation since 1967; administrative control was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1994. It is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and the city with the oldest known protective wall in the world. It was thought to have the oldest stone tower in the world as well, but excavations at Tell Qaramel in Syria have discovered stone towers that are even older.
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Gibeah Gibeah ( ; Hebrew: גבעה‎ "Giv'a") is a place name appearing in several books of the Bible. It is generally identified with a hill in Jerusalem, on the outskirts of the Pisgat Ze'ev and Shuafat neighborhoods, known as Tell el-Ful. However, this identification was challenged by Israel Finkelstein in 2011.
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Israeli settlement Israeli settlements are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Jewish ethnicity, built predominantly on lands within areas of what the international community call the Palestinian territories, which Israel has militarily occupied since the 1967 Six-Day War, and partly on lands considered Syrian territory also militarily occupied by Israel since the 1967 war. Such settlements within Palestinian territories currently exist in Area C of the West Bank and in East Jerusalem, and within Syrian territory in the Golan Heights.
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Zion Zion (Hebrew: צִיּוֹן‎ ‎ Tsiyyon), also transliterated Sion, Sayon, Syon, Tzion or Tsion, is a placename often used as a synonym for Jerusalem. The word is first found in which dates from c.630–540 BC according to modern scholarship. It commonly referred to a specific hill in Jerusalem, (Mount Zion) located to the south of Mount Moriah or the Temple Mount, on which stood a Jebusite fortress of the same name that was conquered by David and was named the City of David. The hill ("mount") is one of the many squat hills that form Jerusalem, to include the Mount of Olives etc. In the past many centuries, that was the only section of Jerusalem inside city wall that was the Jewish quarter.