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Jerusalem Liberated
1967
The Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount were liberated during the 1967 Six Day War (see "Today in Jewish History" for Iyar 26). The day is marked in Israel as "Jerusalem Day."
Jewish Calendar » Iyar » Iyar 28 » Jewish History » Jerusalem Liberated
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Jerusalem Walls Dedicated
335 BCE
The rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem was celebrated with great jubilation nearly 88 years after they were destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
Jewish Calendar » Iyar » Iyar 7 » Jewish History » Jerusalem Walls Dedicated
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Next Year in Jerusalem... Really!
By Aron Moss
Here's one I always wanted to know: What if you're living in Jerusalem? Do you say the prayer/wish, "Next year in Jerusalem!", or just leave that line out?
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Moshiach & The Future » Next Year in Jerusalem... Really!
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Why Do Jews Love Jerusalem?
By Yeruchem Eilfort
Why do we focus so much attention on one place? Is G-d's Presence not found everywhere?
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Mitzvot & Jewish Customs » Why Do Jews Love Jerusalem?
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Jerusalem Walls Rebuilt
335 BCE
The rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem -- which had been in ruins since the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians 88 years earlier -- was completed by Nehemia on Elul 25 of the year 3426 from creation (335 BCE) as related in the Book of ...
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul - 25 » Jewish History » Jerusalem Walls Rebuilt
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Nachmanides Renews Jerusalem community
1267
Nachmanides (Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman, 1194-1270) arrived in Jerusalem, after being forced to flee his native Spain (see "On This Date" for Av 12) and renewed its Jewish community there. The synagogue he established is functional today, having been ...
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul 9 » Jewish History » Nachmanides Renews Jerusalem community
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Tevet 10
Jewish Calendar » Tevet » Tevet 10
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The Tenth of Teves
Support for Jerusalem
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
“The Essence of this Day” The fast of the Tenth of Teves is marked by a halachic stringency greater than that of all the other commemorative fasts. When any of those fasts fall on Shabbos, they are postponed to the following day. If, however, the Tenth ...
Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » Timeless Patterns in Time » The Tenth of Teves
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Flying West
By Simon Jacobson
The center is not our creation, but the circle is. The paradox today is this: one cannot create a circle without a firm center, yet the center is invisible until we create our circle
Society & Living » Voices » Personal Journeys » Flying West
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The Shofar and the Wall
Rabbi Moshe Segal
Could we possibly forgo the sounding of the shofar, which symbolizes the redemption of Israel? For me, it was unthinkable
Library » Stories » Contemporary » The Shofar and the Wall
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