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Israel
Located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, Israel is the only Jewish-majority state in the world. It has a total land area of 22,072 sq km with an estimated population of approximately 7.7 million as of 2010.
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Why was Dome of the Rock made?
The Dome and Al-Aqsa Mosque are both located on the Temple Mount, the site of Solomon's Temple and its successors. The Dome of the Rock was built between AD 685 and 691 by the caliph 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, not as a mosque for public worship but rather as a Mashhad, a shrine for pilgrims.
What happens at the dome of the rock?
The Dome of the Rock is located in the center of Jerusalem. It is an octagon structure with a big dome.
Is Israel smaller than most other countries and border the Persian Gulf?
Yes and No. Israel is smaller than 152 of the world's other countries, but it does not border the Persian Gulf.
What popular festivals are in israel?
There are twelve holidays in Israel: Purim, Pesech, Yom Hashoah, Yom Ha' Atzamaut, Lag Ba' Omer, Shavout, Tisha B' Av, Rosh Hasanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Sinchat Torah, Hanukkah.
1. Purim (Lots)- commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination. It is celebrated on February 28.
2. Pesach (Passover)- is probably the best known of the Jewish holidays, mostly because it ties in with Christian history. It is celebrated on March 30 - April 6.
3.Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day)- The full name of the day commemorating the victims is Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah--- literally the Day of the Holocaust and the Heroism. It is celebrated on April 11.
4. Yom Ha' Atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day)- Most of the Jewish communities in the Western world have incorporated this modern holiday to celebrate Israeli's Independence into their calendars, but some North American Jewish communities hold the public celebrations on a following Sunday to attract more participation. In Israel it is a formal holiday; so almost everyone has the day off. It is celebrated on April 20.
5. Lag Ba' Omer (Counting the Omer)- is a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between the Jewish Holidays of Passover and Shavout. It is celebrated on May 2.
6. Shavout (Penticost)- is the second of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance.
7. Tisha B' Av (Destruction of the temples)- the Fast of the Ninth of Av, is a day of mourning to commemorate the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, many of which coincidentally have occurred on the ninth of Av. It is celebrated on July 20.
8. Rosh Hashanah (New Year)- literally "head of the year is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe). It is celebrated on September 9.
9. Yom Kippur (Atonement)- is one of the most important holiday of the Jewish year. Many Jews who do not observe any other Jewish custom will refrain from work, fast and attend synagogue services on this day. It is celebrated on September 18.
10. Sukkot (Tabernacles)- the fifth day after Yom Kippur. It is quite a drastic transition, from one of the most solemn holidays in our year to one of the most joyous celebrations. It is celebrated on September 23.
11. Sinchat Torah (Celebrating the Torah)- is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Tarah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah is a component of the Biblical Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret("Eighth Day of Assembly"), which follows immediately after the festival of Sukkat in the month of Tishrei (mid-September to early October on the Gregorian calender). It Is Celebrated on October 1.
12. Hanukkah (Lights)- also known as the Festival of Lights is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.
What country is right below Israel?
No country is directly south of Israel, however, Egypt is west (somewhat south) and Jordan is east (somewhat south).
In Santa Cruz Mountains. You can find Mount Hermon Rd exit by taking Highway 17.
Take all the way down tell it dead ends and go left on Graham Hill Rd. Then right after the Safeway parking lot take a left on Conference Dr -- before the stop light.
What was the age to be in the Israeli Army?
ages 17-49
Mandatory Male Enlistment Age (for the populations subject to mandatory enlistment): 17-21
Mandatory Female Enlistment Age (for the populations subject to mandatory enlistment): 17-20
The question is "Why was Israel found", i.e. "Why did the first person who arrive in the land where Israel now stands do so?" -- The answer to this is that we have evidence that the first Homo sapiens crossed into Haifa roughly 100,000 years ago, but, of course, we have no idea the identity of the person who did this nor his motives. However, it was more likely than not that this person was in a tribe simply moving away from a more powerful tribe and looking for unoccupied land in which to live.
If the question was intended to be: Why was the Modern State of Israel founded? -- There are two operative parts to that question. There is the implicit question as to whether a Jewish State is something that should exist. There is the explicit question as to whether the geographical location chosen for this Jewish State is proper for its mission.
1) Why a Jewish State: Herzl explained quite well that the European concept of a nation-state was dependent on the idea that all of the people in any particular nation were of the same ethnic stock and heritage. Jews were branded by this system to be "the Other" and were regarded at best as possible equals and at worse as traitors, spies, thieves, and fifth columns. When the Dreyfus Affair turned out marches in Paris that said "Death to the Jews" on account of a kangaroo court against a particular guiltless Jew, it became clear that the Jew could not be integrated into Europe. After the Holocaust, the strongest proof that the Jew and the European Nation-State were irreconcilable, this view of denigrating "the Other" persists. In Europe, it is now directed at the Muslims since the Jews are not large enough of a threat to the European System. Unlike Muslims, though, which can return to their countries of origin if the discrimination becomes intolerable, the Jews did not have such a place. This is why the Jewish State is necessary. Since it came into existence it has accepted Jewish political refugees from over 50 nations and flown missions at its own expense to rescue Jews from at least 10 nations.
2) Why Israel: Ahad Ha'am explains that the Jewish Soul is intrinsically connected to his history and in the same way that a German-American can never be as properly German as a German in Germany, the People of Israel can never be as properly Jewish if they are not in the Land of Israel. The relics in that land speak to a Jewish sensibility and character. There are also religious reasons as expounded by Rav Avraham Kook which posit that the development of a Jewish State in Israel hastens the arrival of the Messiah. There are additional political reasons why Palestine and not Europe. As explained above, the European Culture is strongly anti-Other and making a Jewish State there would have fostered much more contempt and alienation (ironically).
When is Israel's next elections?
What role did the kings play in religion in ancient Israel?
I am assuming that you talking about the Jewish kings.
It depended on whether or not the kings walked with God them selves.
For example:
Saul was the 1st king, and though he was chosen by God, he did not lead the people to follow after God. The people did not do so on their own and fell into sin. Saul lost his kingship because of his "evil" heart towards God in not listening and obeying in what God told him to do.
David, the king after him, was a man of war, but lead the people to choose God and the people repented.David won many battles because God was with him and the people prospered. When David sinned in his personal life He repented before God and won God's favor once more.
David's son Solomon who reigned in his place, built a temple to God and the people followed hard after God. But when Solomon married wives of other ethnic groups, he built temples to their Gods also. The people then began to seek after other Gods and turned from their one true God with dire circumstances for the Jewish nation. I have never found that Solomon ever repented.
The Israelites' always stumbled from their moorings when their kings were not following God.
Or did you mean what was their part in the religion its self?
The Kings were not to spill the blood of sacrifice, the priests did that work before God. They were to ask God about all the goings on in the political field. They were to reign with a just hand and follow after God personally then follow the orders of God diligently.
The priests were the ones that lead the people in religion. They cared for the temple and the instruments of the temple. They lead the people in the observances and taught Gods word to the young. They killed all the offerings and took care to pray for the people.
How ever as the kings went- so the people.
Hope this helps. -Karla-
Is ancient Canaan now known as Iraq?
Israelis and the Israeli government and Turks and the Turkish government are concerned about poverty in their countries and seek to ameliorate it. The Saudi government is wholly unconcerned about the poverty in the country.
Should Christians take the Holy Land back from the Muslims?
Right now, Israel, a Jewish state, occupies most of the Holy Land. The Palestinians nominally occupy a smaller area of the Holy Land, but ruthlessly dominated by the Israelis, who are the occupying power in the Palestinian Territories. Some Palestinians are Christians.
How often is there snow in the holy land?
Other than the slopes of Mount Hermon (which get snow every year), there is noticeable snow about once every three years. Today's event (Dec. 13-14, 2013) was a once-in-thirty-years kind of thing. It snowed for 36 hours straight in the mountains, reaching half a meter deep or more. The Feb. 23, 1992 snowfall was a once-every-100-years event, with snow at every point over 100 meters above sea level, and as far south as the Eilat Mountains, and over 1 meter deep at high elevations.
The nominal snowline in Israel is 800 meters, meaning that snow below that altitude is unexpected and above that is more common. No matter what the air temperature, the ground here is never below freezing, so the snow melts pretty quickly in any case (about 10 cm. melt-off per day). The coldest air temperature in recent history (1992) was -60C (+210F) in the Galilee mountains.
The only areas where snow can normally be expected are Israel's higher mountains: in the Golan, the high points of the Galilee, the Hebron mountains and Jerusalem.
Where can be seen an ancient Jewish scroll?
When you Google Jewish scrolls under images you will have more than a 100.000 pictures to select from or alternatively you may visit a local Jewish institute and organize a visit to their libraries.
Also, see the Israel Museum's Great Isaiah Scroll website (link provided below). You can scroll through the entire scroll with your mouse, and zoom in to read the words!
When did Israel become Nuclear power?
It is uncertain if they are or are not. They refuse to confirm or deny it.
