The Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the Old City

The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, Hebrew: הר הזיתים‎, Har HaZeitim; Arabic: جبل الزيتون, الطور‎, Jebel ez-Zeitun, Jebel et-Tur, "Mount of the Summit") is a mountain ridge to the east of Jerusalem. It is named from the olive trees with which its sides are clothed. At the foot of the mountain is the Gardens of Gethsemane where Jesus stayed in Jerusalem, according to tradition. The Mount of Olives is the site of many important Biblical events. Roman soldiers from the 10th Legion camped on the Mount during the Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 AD, which lead to the destruction of the city. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 531 pixel Image in higher resolution (1544 × 1024 pixel, file size: 796 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: Daniel Maleck Lewy, all permissions given. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 531 pixel Image in higher resolution (1544 × 1024 pixel, file size: 796 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: Daniel Maleck Lewy, all permissions given. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim) (Standard) Yerushalayim or Yerushalaim Arabic commonly القـُدْس (Al-Quds); officially in Israel أورشليم القدس (Urshalim-Al-Quds) Name Meaning Hebrew: (see below), Arabic: The Holiness Government City District Jerusalem Population 724,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 123,000 dunams (123 km²) Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds, the Holiness)[2... For the Italian political alliance see Olive Tree, and the color, olive (color). ... The Garden of Gethsemane. ... The Bible (From Greek βιβλια—biblia, meaning books, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported papyrus) is the sacred scripture of Christianity. ... The Roman army is the set of land-based military forces employed by the Roman Kingdom, Roman republic and later Roman empire as part of the Roman military. ... Legio X Fretensis (Latin: Tenth legion of the sea strait) was a Roman legion levied by Augustus in 41/40 BC to fight during the period of civil war that started the dissolution of the Roman Republic. ... Combatants Roman Empire Jews of Judea Commanders Titus Flavius Vespasianus Simon Bar-Giora Yohanan mi-Gush Halav (John of Gischala) Eleazar ben Simon Strength 70,000 men 13,000 men, split among three factions Casualties Unknown 60,000–1,100,000 (mass civilian casualties) The Siege of Jerusalem in the... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s - 70s - 80s 90s 100s 110s 120s Years: 65 66 67 68 69 - 70 - 71 72 73 74 75 Events The building of the Colosseum starts (approximate date). ...

In the Book of Zechariah the Mount of Olives is identified as the place from which God will begin to redeem the dead at the end of days. For this reason, Jews have always sought to be buried on the mountain, and from Biblical times to the present day the mountain has been used as a cemetery for the Jews of Jerusalem. There are an estimated 150,000 graves on the Mount, including those of many famous figures such as Zechariah (who prophesied there), Yad Avshalom, and a host of great rabbis from the 15th to the 20th centuries including Abraham Isaac Kook, the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. The Book of Zechariah is a book of the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh attributed to the prophet Zechariah. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... // In Judeo-Christian theology, the End Times are depicted as a time of tribulation that precede the predicted coming of a Messiah figure. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. ... Zechariah as depicted on Michelangelos ceiling of the Sistine Chapel Zechariah or Zecharya (זְכַרְיָה Renowned/Remembered of/is the LORD, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ) was a person in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. ... The tomb known today as benito(Avshaloms Monument - יד אבשלום) is located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, situated between the Temple Mount and Mount of Olives. ... Rabbi, in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב, rav, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished (in knowledge). Sephardic and Yemenite Jews pronounce this word רִבִּי ribbÄ«; the modern Israeli pronunciation רַבִּי rabbÄ« is derived from a recent (18th... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Abraham Isaac Kook (1864 - 1935) was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine, the founder of the (now) Religious Zionist Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav, and a renowned Torah scholar. ... Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Standard Hebrew, AÅ¡kanazi,AÅ¡kanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, ʾAÅ¡kănāzî, ʾAÅ¡kănāzîm, pronounced sing. ...

Major damage was suffered while the Mount was occupied by Jordan between the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and 1967, with Jordanians using the gravestones from the cemetery for construction of roads and army latrines, including gravestones from millennia-old graves. After the Six-Day War, the Israelis painstakingly repatriated as many of the surviving gravestones as possible. The modern neighbourhood of A-Tur is located on the mountain's summit. Combatants Egypt Syria Transjordan  Lebanon Saudi Arabia Iraq Holy War Army Arab Liberation Army  Israel Commanders Glubb Pasha Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni† Hasan Salama† Fawzi al-Qawuqji Yaakov Dori Yigael Yadin Strength Egypt: 10,000 initially rising to 20,000 Iraq: 5,000 initially rising to 15,000–18... A latrine is a structure (usually small; holding a single person) for defecation. ... Combatants Israel Active: Egypt Syria Jordan Aided by: Iraq  Kuwait  Saudi Arabia  Sudan  Algeria Commanders Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, Uzi Narkiss, Israel Tal, Mordechai Hod, Ariel Sharon Abdel Hakim Amer, Abdul Munim Riad, Zaid ibn Shaker, Hafez al-Assad Strength 264,000 (incl. ... A-Tur (meaning The Mount in Arabic) is an Arab village situated on the historic Mount of Olives approximately 1km east of the Old City of Jerusalem. ...

Biblical references

The Mount of Olives is first mentioned in connection with David's flight from Jerusalem through the rebellion of Absalom (2 Samuel 15:30), and is only once again mentioned in the Old Testament, in Zechariah 14:4. It is, however, frequently alluded to (I Kings 11:7; II Kings 23:13; Nehemiah 8:15; Ezekiel 11:23). David and Goliath by Caravaggio, c. ... Absalom or Avshalom (אַבְשָׁלוֹם Father/Leader of/is peace, Standard Hebrew Avšalom, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇšālôm), in the Bible, is the third son of David, king of Israel. ... The Books of Samuel (Hebrew: Sefer Shmuel ספר שמואל), are part of the Tanakh (part of Judaisms Hebrew Bible) and also of the Old Testament (of Christianity). ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh. ... The Book of Zechariah is a book of the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh attributed to the prophet Zechariah. ... The Books of Kings (Hebrew: Sefer Melachim ספר מלכים) is a part of Judaisms Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. ... The Books of Kings (Hebrew: Sefer Melachim ספר מלכים) is a part of Judaisms Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. ... The Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible, known to Jews as the Tanach and to Christians as the Old Testament. ... Ezekiel the Prophet of the Hebrew Scriptures is depicted on a 1510 Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo. ...

It is frequently mentioned in the New Testament (Matthew 21:1;26:30, etc.). The road from Jerusalem to Bethany runs over the mount as it did in Biblical times. According to the Bible, it was on this mount that Jesus stood when he wept over Jerusalem. John 21:1 Jesus Appears to His Disciples--Alessandro Mantovani: the Vatican, Rome. ... Bethany was a village on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, less than two miles (3 km) from Jerusalem, remembered by Christians as the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus in the New Testament. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ...

Jesus is said to have spent a good deal of time on the mount, teaching and prophesying to his disciples (Matthew 24-25), returning after each day to rest (Luke 21:37), and also coming there on the night of his betrayal (Matthew 26:39). This mount, or rather mountain range, has four summits or peaks: (1) the "Galilee" peak, so called from a tradition that the angels stood here when they spoke to the disciples (Acts 1:11); (2) the "Mount of Ascension," the supposed site of that event, which was, however, somewhere probably nearer Bethany (Luke 24:51, 52); (3) the "Prophets," from the catacombs on its side, called "the prophets' tombs;" and (4) the "Mount of Corruption," so called because of the "high places" erected there by Solomon for the idolatrous worship of his foreign wives (I Kings 11:7; II Kings 23:13). The Gospel of Luke is the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament, which tell the story of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. ... The Acts of the Apostles (Greek Praxeis Apostolon) is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. ... This article is about the Ascension of Jesus Christ. ... King Solomon Latin name (Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה, (Shlomo) Standard Tibe88rian ; Arabic: سليمان, Sulayman; all essentially meaning peace) is a figure described in Middle Eastern scriptures as a wise ruler of an empire centred on the united Kingdom of Israel. ...

The Mount of Olives is also the site of the prophecy of Zechariah and Ezekiel's theophany. Prophecy in a broad sense, is the prediction of future events or the speaking of divine words (divine Revelation) through chosen human messengers (prophets). ... Zechariah as depicted on Michelangelos ceiling of the Sistine Chapel Zechariah or Zecharya (זְכַרְיָה Renowned/Remembered of/is the LORD, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ) was a person in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. ... Ezekiel the Prophet of the Hebrew Scriptures is depicted on a 1510 Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo. ... Look up theophany in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. Eastons Bible Dictionary generally refers to the Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, by Matthew George Easton M.A., D.D. (1823-1894), published three years after Eastons death in 1897 by Thomas Nelson. ...

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The spraling ancient Jewish cemetery Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 531 pixel Image in higher resolution (1544 × 1024 pixel, file size: 992 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: Daniel Maleck Lewy, 2005, all permissions are given. ...

Yad Avshalom Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... The tomb known today as benito(Avshaloms Monument - יד אבשלום) is located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, situated between the Temple Mount and Mount of Olives. ...

Tomb of Zechariah and of the Hezir family Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Tomb of Zechariah The Tomb of Zechariah (Hebrew: קבר זכריה) is an ancient monument in the Kidron Valley, directly east of the Old City of Jerusalem. ...

Church of Maria Magdalene Church of Maria Magdalene File links The following pages link to this file: Church of Maria Magdalene ... Jerusalems Mount of Olives and the Church of Maria Magdalene The Russian Orthodox Church of Maria Magdalene is located on the Mount of Olives, in the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, Israel. ...

Notable sites located on the mount

• Yad Avshalom
• Tomb of Zechariah
• Church of all Nations
• Church of Maria Magdalene
• Dominus Flevit Church
• Gethsemane
• Mary's Tomb
• Seven Arches Hotel

The tomb known today as benito(Avshaloms Monument - יד אבשלום) is located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, situated between the Temple Mount and Mount of Olives. ... Tomb of Zechariah The Tomb of Zechariah (Hebrew: קבר זכריה) is an ancient monument in the Kidron Valley, directly east of the Old City of Jerusalem. ... Church of All Nations near Mount of Olives in Jerusalem For other churches called Church of All Nations, see Church of All Nations (disambiguation). ... Jerusalems Mount of Olives and the Church of Maria Magdalene The Russian Orthodox Church of Maria Magdalene is located on the Mount of Olives, in the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, Israel. ... Dominus Flevit Church is on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. ... The Garden of Gethsemane. ... A tomb in the Kedron Valley attributed to Mary, the mother of Jesus. ... The Seven Arches Hotel atop the Mount of Olives The Seven Arches Hotel, atop the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, was completed in 1964. ...

Notable people buried on the mount

• Abraham Isaac Kook (1864-1935); Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate of Palestine; founder of Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav.
• Ahron Soloveichik (1917-2001); Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk, Chicago.
• Aryeh Kaplan (1934-1983); Rabbi, noted author of The Living Torah and other works.
• Avigdor Miller (1908-2001); Profound American thinker and lecturer of Orthodox Judaism; communal rabbi and Mashgiach ruchani.
• Ben Ish Chai (1832-1909); Leading hakham, posek and kabbalist.
• Chaim ibn Attar (1696-1743); Prominent talmudist, kabbalist and author.
• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858-1922); Linguist.
• Gabriel A. Shrem (1916-1986); Chief cantor of the Sephardic Syrian Jewish Community in New York.
• Immanuel Jakobovits (1921-1999); Chief rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth.
• Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers (1624-1662); Bohemian rabbi and kabbalist.
• Meir Feinstein (1927-1947); Irgun activist.
• Menahem Begin (1913-1992); Prime minister of Israel.
• Moshe Biderman (1776-1851); Hassidic rabbi.
• Moshe Halberstam (1932-2006); Rosh yeshivah of the Tschakava yeshivah and prominent Dayan of the Edah Charedis.
• Pesach Stein (1918-2002); Rosh yeshiva of Telz yeshiva.
• Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969); Mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
• Robert Maxwell (1923-1991); British media proprietor.
• Shaul Yedidya Elazar Taub (1886-1947); Second Modzitzer Rebbe; composer. (He was the last person to buried on the Mount of Olives until it was liberated in 1967). His son, Rebbe Shmuel Eliyahu, the third Modzitzer Rebbe, was buried there in 1984; and his grandson, Rebbe Yisrael Dan, the fourth Modzitzer Rebbe, was buried there in 2006; both graves are in close proximity to his.
• Shlomo Goren (1917-1994); Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel and author.
• Shmuel Salant (1816-1909); Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem and a renowned talmudist.
• Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896-1981); Poet.
• Yechezkel Sarna (1890-1969); Rosh yeshiva of Slabodka yeshiva.
• Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowicz (1900-1981); Grand Rabbi of the Biala hasidic dynasty.
• Yisrael Eldad (1910-1996); Activist, philosopher.
• Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss (1902-1989); Prominent talmudic scholar, Posek and chief Rabbi of the Edah Charedis.
• Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1849-1932); Co-founder of the Edah Charedis in Jerusalem and its first chief rabbi.
• Zundel Salant (1786-1866); Prominent rabbi.
• Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891-1982); Leader of the Mizrachi movement in Israel and Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav.

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Robert Maxwell Ian Robert Maxwell MC (June 10, 1923 – November 5, 1991), British media proprietor, rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing business. ... {{year nav|1939 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A media proprietor is a person who controls, either through personal ownership or a dominant position in a public company, a significant part of the mass media. ... Modzitz or Modzhitz within Orthodox Judaism is the name of a Hasidic Judaism group that derives its name from Modzice, one of the boroughs of the town of DÄ™blin, Poland, located on the Vistula River. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Modzitz or Modzhitz within Orthodox Judaism is the name of a Hasidic Judaism group that derives its name from Modzice, one of the boroughs of the town of DÄ™blin, Poland, located on the Vistula River. ... Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew word רבי. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Shlomo Goren (1917-1994), was a former Orthodox Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Standard Hebrew, AÅ¡kanazi,AÅ¡kanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, ʾAÅ¡kănāzî, ʾAÅ¡kănāzîm, pronounced sing. ... // Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Rabbi Shmuel Salant Rabbi Shmuel Salant (January 2, 1816 – August 16, 1909) served as the Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and was a renowned Talmudist and Torah scholar. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Standard Hebrew, AÅ¡kanazi,AÅ¡kanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, ʾAÅ¡kănāzî, ʾAÅ¡kănāzîm, pronounced sing. ... // Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim) (Standard) Yerushalayim or Yerushalaim Arabic commonly القـُدْس (Al-Quds); officially in Israel أورشليم القدس (Urshalim-Al-Quds) Name Meaning Hebrew: (see below), Arabic: The Holiness Government City District Jerusalem Population 724,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 123,000 dunams (123 km²) Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds, the Holiness)[2... The first page of the Talmud, in the standard Vilna edition. ... Uri Zvi Greenberg, late in life. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... R Yechezkel Sarna Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna (1890 - 1969) was the successor to Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka, as the spiritual mentor of the Yeshiva. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (pl. ... Slabodka yeshiva (Knesset Yisrael), was known colloquially as the mother of yeshivas (rabbinical seminaries). ... Grand Rabbi Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowicz of Biala, author of Chelkas Yehoshua and Seder Hayom Grand Rabbi David Matisyahu Rabinowicz of Biala - Bnei Brak, ztl Grand Rabbi David Matisyahu Rabinowicz of Biala, previous Biala Rebbe of Bnei Brak, author of Lehavas David, with his son-in-law Rabbi Wolf Kornreich... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is the pronunciation by Ahskenazic Jews of the Hebrew word רבי. Its transliteration should be Rebbi, but the i (eeh sound) is rarely stressed, rendering its pronounciation as the a in America, hence Rebbe. ... Grand Rabbi Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowicz of Biala, author of Chelkas Yehoshua and Seder Hayom Grand Rabbi David Matisyahu Rabinowicz of Biala - Bnei Brak, ztl Grand Rabbi David Matisyahu Rabinowicz of Biala, previous Biala Rebbe of Bnei Brak, author of Lehavas David, with his son-in-law Rabbi Wolf Kornreich... Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ... Dr. Israel Eldad Israel Eldad (1910-1996) born Israel Schieb in Podvolochisk, Galicia, was a philospher and one of the leaders of the Lohame Herut Israel or Lehi. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Rabbi Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss, (1902-1989), also known as the Minchas Yitzchak, was a prominent Dayan, Halachic authority and Talmudic scholar. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The first page of the Vilna Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berachot, folio 2a The Talmud (Hebrew: תלמוד) is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history. ... Posek (Hebrew פוסק, IPA: , pl. ... // Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... The Edah Charedis (also written Edah Haredit and Eda Haredit) is the Rabbinical Body of anti-Zionist Haredi Ashkenazic Jews in Jerusalem. ... Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1849 - 1932) was the Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Haredi Jewish community of Jerusalem during the years of the British mandate and co-founder of the Edah HaChareidis. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... The Edah Charedis (also written Edah Haredit and Eda Haredit) is the Rabbinical Body of anti-Zionist Haredi Ashkenazic Jews in Jerusalem. ... // Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant (1786-1866) (also known as Zundel Salant) was the primary teacher of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Rabbi, in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב, rav, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished (in knowledge). Sephardic and Yemenite Jews pronounce this word רִבִּי ribbÄ«; the modern Israeli pronunciation רַבִּי rabbÄ« is derived from a recent (18th... Prophet of Greater Israel, his teachings inspired the modern religious settlement movement in the territories. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mizrakhi (acronym for Merkaz Rukhani or religious centre) is the name of the religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilnius at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines. ... Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (pl. ... Yeshivat Mercaz haRav is a religious Zionist yeshiva situated in Jerusalem. ...

Trivia

Gabriel Shehebar 1914-1998

External links

• Mount of Olives Hotel - An affordable family-run hotel situated at the summit of the Mount of Olives, next door to the Chapel of Ascension.
• Detailed historical and spiritual history of the Mount from a Jewish perspective
• Jerusalem Photo Portal - Mount of Olives
• Picture slide show of Mount Olivet
• Mount of Olives - Photos and information

Coordinates: 31°47′00″N, 35°15′03″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...